In the delightfully twisted tale, When You Wish Upon a Star, from Elizabeth Lim we take another look at the story of Pinocchio. But in a really huge twist, Lim’s tale focuses on an important but often overlooked character, the Blue Fairy. Pinocchio and his trials are kind of peripheral to most of the story, although his fate is extremely important
Read MoreA new live-action Peter Pan movie, Peter Pan & Wendy, has arrived on Disney+! Being excited about this new take on a classic adventure, I’ve come up with Second Star on the Right Cinnamon Bread. This beautiful star-shaped cinnamon bread is much easier to make than you think but it’s every bit as delicious as it looks! This cinnamon bread
Read MoreDoctor Who is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. So The Cosmic Circus is doing a year-long celebration of this incredible show. For my part, there’s a whole series of books based on the show. I’ll be doing a few reviews on these books throughout the year. In the first book I’m reviewing, Joy Wilkinson’s Doctor Who: The Witchfinders, the 13th
Read MoreDoctor Doom is again cast as the hero in David Annandale’s newest Marvel novel, The Tyrant Skies. This time Doom is pitted against his old enemy, the Red Skull. The Red Skull has found himself some new allies, billionaires who assume they are better than everyone else simply because they have money. He plans on using that money to bring the
Read MoreWhat if? They’re only two little words but they are some of the most powerful in the English language. “What if?” changes everything that went before and allows something completely new to happen. In Straight On Till Morning, Liz Braswell uses these words to imagine a world where Peter Pan never took Wendy to Neverland. Instead, what if Captain Hook took
Read MoreCountess Alessandra Zorzi and her apprentice Pepper are back in Shadows of Pnath by Josh Reynolds. This time the two have left Arkham for a wild adventure through France. The Countess and Pepper have been having a great time working their way through Europe. The Countess has been “acquiring” things of occult value to send back to Miskatonic University and teaching
Read MoreIn Victor von Doom’s last battle with Hell, he lost something. He lost the knowledge of his future and he wants it back. Now he believes he has found a way to recover those lost memories. But as he searches for his lost future he discovers something from the deep past. Something that should stay buried. Something that may destroy not
Read MoreDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves just came out. And your’s truly posted reviews last month of the two prequel books, The Druid’s Call and The Road to Neverwinter. Between these three I’ve been thinking about what these intrepid adventurers eat. And I couldn’t help but be drawn to Holga’s love of the simple potato. Now she calls herself a purist
Read MoreSydney gave up everything to rid the unseen world of corruption. Almost completely mundane, she’s struggling to find her place in the world without her magic. But then the worst possible thing happens – the House of Shadows begins to rebuild itself. Sydney may not have her magic anymore but she refuses to allow that abomination to return to life. She’s
Read MoreDormammu has been busy with a plan to take over not just Earth, not just the universe, but the entire multiverse. Marvel’s mightiest heroes have been doing their best to thwart him but this villain has been planning for a long time and he’s covered all the contingencies. It seems like Dormammu has won. But it’s not in a hero’s nature
Read MoreIn the old wild west times of comic book publishing, one man rose to the top, becoming the face of an entire industry. And he took a publishing company with him, ushering in the world of comics we know today. It’s safe to say that Stan Lee, nee Stanley Lieber, is Marvel and Marvel is Stan Lee in the public’s mind.
Read MoreSide by side with the mundane world sits the world of magic. Powerful families with a rigid caste system rule this unseen world. But the wheel of fortune has begun to turn. Anything can happen during a “turning” and a young, unknown magician, Sydney, is hoping to turn the magical world on its head during this one. She has come to
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