Bedlam’s Bard and Beyond World’s End, by Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon and Rosemary Edghill (Baen, 1998/2001)

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I traveled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes To save her shoes from gravel. Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny For they all go … Continue reading

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2001)

A storm is coming. One strong enough to sweep away all that has gone before, and open up the world to a new age. The age of media, the Internet, drugs, Hollywood scandals, sports stars, politics, and more. An age … Continue reading

A Kiss Of Shadows, by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballentine Books, October 2000)

One of the things most people seem to forget about fairy tales is that they were, once upon a time, earthy, lusty stories in which just about anything was possible, and no subject was too taboo to touch upon. While … Continue reading

Many Books of Ghost Tales, Part Two

Charleston Ghosts, by Margaret Rhett Martin (University of South Carolina Press, 1963) Ghosts of the Carolinas, by Nancy Roberts (University of South Carolina Press, 1962) The Haunted South, by Nancy Roberts (University of South Carolina Press, 1988) North Carolina Ghosts … Continue reading

Many Books of Ghost Tales, Part One

The Field Guide To North American Hauntings, by W. Haden Blackman (Three Rivers Press, 1998) The Cold, Cold Hand, edited by James Burchill, Linda Crider and Peggy Kendrick (Rutledge Hill Press, 1997) The Encyclopedia of Ghosts, by Daniel Cohen (Avon, … Continue reading

Assorted Fairy Tale Books

A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from Norway, edited by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen E. Moe (Tokens of Norway, 1962) Old Wives’ Fairy Tale Book, edited by Angela Carter (Pantheon Books, 1990) Fairy Tales: Traditional Tales Retold For Gay … Continue reading

Weep Not For Me, by Deborah A. Symonds (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997)

This has not been an easy book to review, for several reasons. First of all, we must consider the full title, and the subject matter: Weep Not For Me: Women, Ballads, and Infanticide in Early Modern Scotland. That’s right, Deborah … Continue reading

The Flight of Michael McBride, by Midori Snyder (Tor, 1995)

“Once, long ago when the Tuatha Da Danann rode their fairy horses over the green hills, a mortal man fell in love with Etian, the second and much-neglected wife of Midhir, King of the Fairy Hill of Bri Leith. This … Continue reading