For her birthday, Giannine Bellisario (Janine) receives a gift certificate to the popular Rasmussen Gaming Center, a virtual reality arcade offering the very best in role-playing simulations. After some thought, she chooses Heir Apparent, a complicated game in which the … Continue reading
Harry Potter is back for the fifth installment in the best-selling phenomenon that’s swept the world, and this is his biggest, most dangerous adventure yet. Not only are all the old characters – Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, Draco, … Continue reading
As Harry’s 6th year at Hogwarts approaches, a secret war amongst the wizards and witches of the world continues to rage on, with the reborn Lord Voldemort’s Death-Eaters inflicting a slow, ghastly toll upon those who would stop them. The … Continue reading
Cassie Brittman’s always been there for family, especially when it comes to keeping her flighty mother grounded in the real world. But when her grandfather, a famous painter whose mind has seen better days, ends up in the hospital, dying, … Continue reading
The third and final look at retold fairy tales again turns its attention to geese, with Goose Girl. In this particular version, Anidori-Kiladra, Crown Princess of the small kingdom of Kildenree, is born with a peculiar, magical gift, to understand … Continue reading
It just so happens I stumbled across a small cache of retold fairy tales in time for this edition of my column. First up is Goose Chase, which ties together stock elements from a number of stories, including the orphaned … Continue reading
Goddesses #3: Muses on the Move, and Goddesses #4: Love or Fate, continue and conclude the story about three teenage Muses exiled to modern-day Earth until they can overcome certain character flaws. When we last saw our heroines, Polly (Polyhymnia), … Continue reading
Polly, Era, and Thalia have just suffered the ultimate in grounding: banishment to Earth. You see, they’re not exactly ordinary run-of-the-mill teenage girls. No, they’re the resident troublemakers of Olympus, home of the Greek gods, and they’ve just upset their … Continue reading
In the Uplands, warring clans of witchfolk rule, each clan possessing specific, often deadly powers through which they both protect themselves and enforce their wills. It’s a region of distrust, of insular and secretive people, of long-held grudges and blood … Continue reading
Christie’s always known there was something different about his older stepbrother Danny. Heavy, clumsy, mentally slow, prone to fits and episodes, capable of holding his breath for unusually long times, Danny doesn’t fit in with normal people at all. And … Continue reading
