Author: David Jón Fuller
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If you’ve never read Tolkien, you may be wondering where the ideal place is to start. Ironically, it’s not at the beginning. Tolkien began working on the stories that would form the history and mythology of his Middle-earth while still a young man; he even worked on it sporadically as a soldier in the First…
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For those who don’t know, Jason McKinney is an author who has tackled zombies (Memoirs of the Dead), werewolves (Dog World and Dog ‘Verse) and both at the same time (Werewolves of the Dead). One thing I really wanted to know, since his latest novel deals with the (inevitable) werewolf apocalypse, was what would make his playlist?…
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In a school newspaper article back when I started grade ten, a snippet of advice for would-be readers of fantasy ran thus: “Read Tolkien. Live Tolkien. Love Tolkien. Memorize Tolkien. Tolkien, we would like to note, has absolutely nothing to do with inhaling drugs.” Fortunately, at 14, I was already up to speed on the…
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There are some childhood fears we outgrow, but some still have the power to terrify us. Terror through the eyes of a child is the focus of the first anthology of short stories from Sirens Call Publications, Childhood Nightmares: Under the Bed. Included are stories by Julianne Snow, Colin F. Barnes, Nina D’Arcangela (who also worked…