Editor’s note: As a holiday treat, Book View Cafe is happy to share a short story by Katharine Kerr featuring her psychic detective, Nola O’Grady. Leaf by Katharine Kerr I saw the case first on the local news websites. “Prominent … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Don’t expect rational clarity from me. The whole muffin thing is a Gordian knot, and if you try slicing through it all you end up with is crumbs. When I was a kid, there were muffins and there were crumpets … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough Britain and the United States are divided by more than their common tongue. The Atlantic Ocean, pooh — a mere pond. What really divides us is our food. There are so many examples of this, that … Continue reading
The story of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table is one of the longest shared world stories in Western history. From what I can tell, there were various mentions of Arthur in poems, especially Welsh ones, before … Continue reading
War Among the Crocodiles by Leah Cutter As a modern wizard, Yvette knows many things: how to imprint her name on the very stones of her land to protect it, how to hear secrets from winds great and small, and … Continue reading
December’s newsletter is out! Click on the link to see our newest releases, exclusive specials, and Book View Cafe News! … Continue reading
For many of us, this time of year is associated with generosity: gifts, hospitality, and giving to charity. In keeping with that, I am running a fundraiser: Lady Trent’s Friends of Nepal, which is part of Patrick Rothfuss’ larger Worldbuilders … Continue reading
Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity makes a forceful case that autism and related conditions are not caused by some error in human development but rather are examples of the natural diversity of human … Continue reading
My book IRON AXE got a lot of favorable reviews. Awesome! It also got a few less-favorable reviews. Ah well. Not everyone can like everything. One displeased reader, however, wrote: “I really enjoyed this story up until the introduction of … Continue reading
I made this soup up out of my head after I read in a Georgette Heyer novel about a chef who, though he could of course prepare elegant French delicacies for his fashionable employer, knew also how to cater for an old lady with a sensitive digestion. He offered her a soup made with fresh green peas. (Can you name that Heyer novel and the old lady who enjoyed the soup?)
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