Down a Street That Wasn’t There by Marie Brennan Step beyond the ordinary . . . Beneath the surface of our reality lies a world of magic and danger — a world where buildings have guardian spirits, shapeshifting coyotes prey … Continue reading
I wanted to find out if chocolate had ever been used to kill someone, outside of adding poison to the drink. But you’re lucky today, because instead of that macabre subject, while reading Chocolate, a Global History by Sarah Moss … Continue reading
Down a Street That Wasn’t There by Marie Brennan Step beyond the ordinary . . . Beneath the surface of our reality lies a world of magic and danger — a world where buildings have guardian spirits, shapeshifting coyotes prey … Continue reading
Join Thor and me on our anniversary retreat in remote southeast Mexico, where we celebrated our “luna de miel” (honeymoon) ten years ago. NOTE: I’ll continue my photo-journal blog posts of my recent Greek islands research trip next Saturday, April … Continue reading
Rainy gray spring in the Pacific Northwest demands a change of scenery, so Thor and I recently headed south to the land of the Mayans and endless Caribbean beaches. Our favorite secluded getaway just a mile by sea from the … Continue reading
“April is the cruelest month….” Actually, here in the Pacific Northwest, make that January through May, and this year we’ve logged record rainfall and windstorms keeping us in the gloomy gray. So when Thor and I near the end of … Continue reading
Thor and I are off on another adventure, research for my new novel-in-progress, but meanwhile we’ll revisit our first trip to Mexico together, our casi luna de miel (almost honeymoon) eight years ago. Another novel, a humorous mystery set along … Continue reading
