New Words: Cromlech
chromlech n. (in Wales) a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones. “From the Porch of Soth she walked lines to a cromlech in souther Mirayhr where she stayed at a village...
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achromous a⋅chro⋅mous /ə’kroʊmətaɪz/ adjective having no color syn: achromic Filthy brown clouds marred the pale expanse over the Iscan Bay like dark spots on the achromous fur if a beast. –from The...
View ArticleNew Words: rivage
riv·age (rvj) n. Archaic A coast, shore, or bank. [Middle English, from Old French, from rive, bank, from Latin rpa.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition...
View ArticleThe Last Page, Anthony Huso, Review
Y'all know how I love my cover art. This cover is perfect, a suprise nestled right up at the end of the story. All I gotta say is, this book must have been a bitch to copy edit. Huso’s story is weird....
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What’s worth re-reading? The largest cost for me in reading is not the dollar cost of the book but the time cost of the commitment. With so many great reads out there, both new and old titles, it’s...
View Article2012 Reads (Lunch discussion 1 of 3)
What are you looking forward to being published in 2012? 2012 is a big year for my TBR towerS (multiple). My list, in the order of anticipated publications, near as I can tell (never mind, they’re just...
View ArticleNew Words: Oneiromancy
“It was not a dream that needed interpretation, not a misty plunge into oneiromancy or egocentrism.” –Anthony Huso, The Last Page oneiromancy o⋅nei⋅ro⋅man⋅cy /oʊ’naɪəroʊmænsi/ noun divination through...
View ArticleA Winter Scene
That night, winter fell like an anvil. From Kjnardag’s glittering slopes a cold snap stabbed south and crackled in the Iscan Bay. Snow descended. A parasitic host bedaubed the north with grotesque...
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