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Patrick Scalisi
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The Ghost IS the Machine
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Connecticut Cryptids: A Field Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Creatures of the Nutmeg State
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Dark Doorways: The Best of Post Mortem Press
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The Key to the Universe
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Penny Dread Tales, Volume 1: Gears, Coils, Aether & Steam
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The Horse Thieves and Other Tales of the New West
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Allusions of Innocence
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Shadowplay: An Anthology of New Horror Fiction
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The Take Back: A Short Story Collection (Owl Hollow Anthology Series)
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44 Lies by 22 Liars
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Connecticut Cryptids is Now Available!
For the past three years, I've been working on a non-fiction local history project about Connecticut cryptids -- that is, creatures that are thought to exist but never proven to exist.
How can stories about Bigfoot and sea serpents be non-fiction, you ask? Because many have roots in real local history and folklore! Working with my creative partner, Valerie Ruby-Omen, we have created what we believ Read more of this blog post »
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| Novel retelling of Homer's classic epic. The artwork is beautiful. My one complaint is that the typeface chosen for the text totally clashes with the style of the book -- the letterer would have done better with, say, comic sans. ...more | |
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| This was … fine. Young readers should enjoy it, but there’s not much storytelling meat on these licensed bones. | |
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I had the great pleasure of meeting Thom Wall when he gave a presentation in Connecticut on the history of juggling. He is a great speaker and clearly passionate about his subject matter. As an academic work, Juggling From Antiquity to Middle Ages is ...more |
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| A very admirable adaptation of Homer’s epic poem translated to graphic novel medium. You can tell from the page notes in the back that Gareth Hinds gave lots of consideration to what to include and how to best tell the story in a format that’s vastly ...more | |
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| Once again, I was disappointed by this entry in Gibson's Bridge trilogy, though for different reasons than Virtual Light. Whereas the latter had, in my view, a problem with narrative arc and climax, All Tomorrow's Parties feels incomplete -- and come ...more | |
“I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all.”
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