Fantasy

“So handsome you is today, so handsome and wide and full of bees.” The voice was shrill and slippery and moved through the air like ribbons of steam, there and not there. The Oak King merely glanced over at the speaker and continued drumming his long, slender fingers on the…

Did you think your clothes is soulless? Not at all. Mine even taught me a life lesson. — One early morning I was about to leave for work. I quickly opened my wardrobe and started flipping through the hangers one by one until I stumbled upon something I didn’t recognise at first. It was an emerald green coat I bought for myself as a birthday present a while…

Hokey Pokey was my first read from author Kate Mascarenhas and I must be honest it wasn’t my usual fare. The title of the book is actually an absinthe based cocktail from the hotel bar. The story is in essence a fantasy come creature feature mystery set in the Regent…

The first of Sanderson’s four 2023 “secret projects” is a charming, Princess Bride-esque adventure with a very interesting narrator. — Tress of the Emerald Sea is the first “secret novel” out of four (all of which will be out this year) from Brandon Sanderson’s highly successful Kickstarter from last year. When I heard about this, I knew that I didn’t want to read anything about the novels and instead I…

A short-short story I got stopped by the highway patrol. “Do you know how fast you were going?” “No sir.” “You were doing 77 in a 65. I’ll give you a break. I’ll write you up for 75 in a 65.” I thought, “You should be nominated for sainthood,” but instead I just…