Tales to Tide You Over

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~~Margaret McGaffey Fisk~~

Latest Releases

Becoming Home - Click for more information

Life and Law (The Steamship Chronicles, Book 4) - Click for more information

An Innocent Secret (Uncommon Lords and Ladies, Book 3) - Click for more information.

News & Events

The Fourth NaNo 2018 Progress Report (Pulling Victory from the Ashes with Short Excerpts)

November 27, 2018

Last week, I clung to the delusion of possibility like a raft in a vast ocean. This week, with four days remaining, I have conceded the battle. Even with the almost 7,500 words of my journal, I'm nowhere near the 50,000 words necessary to complete NaNo. Even worse, 7,500 is about what NaNo lists as ...
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Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire

February 20, 2019

I was a little ambivalent about Antimony in the previous book, though I enjoyed it anyway. Unlike Alex and Verity, Antimony was still gaining a sense of self. I didn't realize how much of an effect it had on her character until Tricks for Free. Not a lot of time has passed between them, but her whol...
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Things That Make Me Smile No.159: Dotwork Mandala

February 19, 2019

An artist at work creating a complex dotwork mandala that develops a 3D appearance before your eyes. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qc5DNCfajM Note: I was pointed in the direction of this piece by Patricia Loofburrow, an author of noir steampunk I've reviewed many times....
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