I crouched on a narrow stone ledge protruding above a vast cavern. Bear lay next to me gnawing on a stalker femur. Long veins of luminescent crystal split the ceiling here and there and slid up the walls, glowing like overpowered lamps, diluting the darkness to a gentle twilight. My talent told me it was
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The Hair Calamity
I received a surprising number of questions regarding my hair. I’ve addressed it on Facebook, but a lot of people don’t use it. I color my hair because I’m going grey. A lot of people look lovely with grey hair. I’m not one of them. I’ve tried to grow it out and it is terrible
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This Kingdom Finds Home in the UK
We are delighted to officially announce that THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME – Maggie the Undying volume 1 has found a home with Tor UK. Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, is delighted to announce the acquisition of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, an extraordinary epic fantasy by bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. Publisher
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The Inheritance: Chapter 7 Part 2
Flex. The stream didn’t glow. I stared at it some more, but I was getting only clear water. It flowed from a gap in the rock, forming a narrow but deep current that ran across a massive cavern. Chomp, chomp… “Will you please quit doing that?” Bear raised her bloody muzzle from the stalker’s body
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The Inheritance: Chapter 7 Part 1
Mod R is taking time off, so I’m moderating. I know she sometimes explains why a comment was pulled. I don’t have time, unfortunately, so if your comment disappears, it was probably really off topic or it might have gotten flagged as spam. Elias studied London from across the conference table. The man was lean,
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If You Can’t Win, Bribe
Last night, in the middle of the tornado warning alert and our phones and our alarm system screaming in unison that a tornado is imminent: Gordon: Is that a tornado siren of a flash flood siren? Me: Who knows? Kid 2. Kid 2 knows. They used to just do sirens for the tornados, but now
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The Inheritance: Chapter 6 Part 3
It is a holiday in US, so we are taking it easy and the installment is on the short side. Happy Memorial Day. Something wet my hand. My eyes snapped open. Sometime between the waves of shivers and searing pain, my will had given out and I’d fallen asleep. Bear lay next to me, licking
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The Inheritance: Chapter 6 Part 2
The stone bridge stretched in front of me. It was only twenty-seven yards long, but it felt like a mile. I shuffled across it, one foot in front of the other, my body weak and exhausted, and poor Bear heavy like an anchor in my arms. She was still breathing. I felt her every ragged
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Name That Street
Before anything else: MAGIC TRIUMPHS is out from Graphic Audio today. Yay! Gordon’s surgery went well. We got home safe yesterday and today he is in the home gym, working the shoulder as the doctor instructed. The doctor was pleased and saw no additional need to do anything beyond the expected scope of the surgery.
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The Inheritance: Chapter 5 Part 3
The rollercoaster note is still in effect: this will be a scary ride, but it will arrive safely. Ada is not a pushover. Something was wrong with Bear. We had cut our way through the stalker tunnels. Our trail was littered with corpses, and we had just killed our fifteenth beast. It hadn’t gotten easier,
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Life and Other Dishes
I have a weird feeling this week. It’s like I overlooked something or forgot some bill, and I keep checking to see what I missed and can’t find it. And it’s Thursday already. How? How? Gordon’s surgery is next week. They will clean the scar tissue from his shoulder, and he will have to immediately
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Dishhhwashhher
The trouble with the dishwasher started as soon as we came back from vacation. After we got home, I marinated some chicken, and ended up with a load of dishes that had a big glass marinading dish in it. I start the dishwasher. It gets through part of the cycle. I come back to the
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