Tag: Fantasy

2025-08-25—Travel By Star

Just in case this is a dealbreaker for anyone, I have to state this as plainly as I can: at no point in Travel by Star (by Paul Scott Grill) does a tiny pink blob hop on a five-pointed glowing stellar object and ride it to another location—or, in other words, travel by star. This…

August 25, 2025
2025-08-04—Frieren

Frieren: Slayer’s Journey— No, wait. That’s not right. Frieren: Rip and Tear— No… No, that’s not the name of the show… What was it again… Frieren: Eternal— FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END. That’s it, that’s the show. I watched Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. The first season. And it was pretty good. And I have some thoughts.…

August 4, 2025
2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)

Let’s throw back to the early 2000s today. Remember Bartimaeus? The Bartimaeus Trilogy is an alternate history, fantasy YA series by Jonathan Stroud. Since it’s an alternate history (and events are often moved around and reinterpreted in that genre), I’m not confident about the exact years the books take place in, but for general context…

July 28, 2025
2025-07-15—July Newsletter

Hello there! Once again, I’m changing things up just a little bit in the hopes to hit just the right stride for this website and my author goals. Rather than 1+ times a month posting a big blog post with reviews, discussions, and all sorts of other things lumped into it, going forward I’m going…

July 15, 2025
2025-06-25—Inner Demon Release Journey, Part 4

When Gnyphe’s best friend Kat vanishes, she’ll stop at nothing to get her back. But in the vast, lawless Chamberpot district, missing streetlings are rarely found—even by a girl who can teleport through shadows. As she digs deeper, Gnyphe uncovers a chilling link between Kat’s disappearance and her own fractured past. Worse, the shadowy creature…

June 25, 2025