David Salo is a linguist, whose primary professional interest is Tocharian, an extinct Indo-European Language. In 1998 he was one of the founders of a mailing list focused on these languages, and in 2004 he published A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. He helped [...]
From word-of-mouth storytelling to printed texts to cinematic adaptations, the princess has been defined and redefined in remarkable ways.
I’m usually borrowing from more than one source. Maybe I ought to try reworking a fairy tale while sticking strictly to one narrative.
My name is Emma Bear, and I am eleven years old. I live on Black Ankle Road beside the Licking River. I live in a palace. My father is a king. I have a fairy godfather.
Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who presently makes his home in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife MaryAnn Harris. His most recent books are The Painted Boy (Viking, 2010), The Very Best of Charles de Lint (Tachyon Press, 2010) and Promises to Keep (Tachyon, 2011). His first album, Old Blue Truck, came [...]
A dog will tell you what is on her mind; to learn what is on a wolf’s mind, we must do much more than merely listen.
Whenever I go back to Brooklyn I think of my wolves, now. I think that’s my favorite part of this piece, how it changed the way I saw the city.
It was snowing when the wolves first came, loping down Flatbush Ave., lithe and fast, panting clouds, their paws landing with a soft, heavy sound like bombs falling somewhere far away.
Jacqueline Carey exploded onto the fantasy scene in 2001 with the publication of Kushiel’s Dart. Readers responded enthusiastically to Carey’s edgy mixture of intrigue, adventure, and eroticism.
I suppose there are people who live completely productive, happy, generous lives without even considering the ugliness of humanity.
