"Shadowbridge" is a ocean, spotted with a few islands and an eternal ribbon of bridges on which people live. Every bridge has its own traditions, its own culture, and its own gods/myths. The bridges are going somewhere but people never seem to travel more than their own bridge. Hence puppeteers, the wandering storytellers that use everything from hand puppets to full body pantomiming.
Our heroine starts her story off like waking in the middle of a fairy tale. She has the hard life and heart break that ultimately give her the push she needs to shove off and get into her new life, her real life. There are reasons she leaves and reasons she cannot be a puppeteer but because of her talent her friends help her hide it. There are hints that her world is reborn after ours destroys itself and that this is a new earth. The new myths are beautifully detailed so that when someone starts talking about a dragon bowl and madness you are only confused until the titbit of information unfolds in the next few pages. Then the next time you hear or see one you understand the dangers and then a whole new set of fears for our heroine reaches you. You want her to win, you want her to succeed because as with any good fairy tale heroine she deserves it. She is well on her way in this first book. read Lord Tophet to see her ending.
I asked Mr. Frost once if the object she finds is a "-----" and was confirmed. read it its page a hundred and something. IF you can tell me what the object is I will confirm. Again I met him at a book signing at Between Books in Claymont Delaware.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Fitcher's Brides (Fairy Tales
This is a retelling of the Bluebeard "fairy tale" and I use the term loosely. Like Grimm's fairy tales this is not for children. Its not even for some adults I know.
Add some pieces of "the Fitcher bird" and you have one seriously creepy book.
Take a Utopian society, add some religious fanaticism, and a man that wants to prove his superiority, while killing his wives because he set them up for it, and well i couldn't stop reading. That's good because there was no way i was going to sleep after that anyway.
I met Gregory Frost at a book signing, in Claymont Delaware at Between Books to have this book autographed. What I told him was this "you really freaked me out, thank you." He said "your welcome" and that he was glad he could freak me out. I love this man lol
Add some pieces of "the Fitcher bird" and you have one seriously creepy book.
Take a Utopian society, add some religious fanaticism, and a man that wants to prove his superiority, while killing his wives because he set them up for it, and well i couldn't stop reading. That's good because there was no way i was going to sleep after that anyway.
I met Gregory Frost at a book signing, in Claymont Delaware at Between Books to have this book autographed. What I told him was this "you really freaked me out, thank you." He said "your welcome" and that he was glad he could freak me out. I love this man lol
Call of Cthulhu Novels: Baby's First Mythos
This is not your typical baby's first ABC book.
If you are a hardcore Lovecraft fan you will buy this book for yourself. If you happen to have a child (like me) you'll probably buy it for them to save for when they are older.
I purchased it and taped a photo of my son who at the time was almost 2 years old to the inside cover. I showed CJ when I had him autograph the book. He made a joke about raising him right that I'll never forget. thanks :)
He wrote this book with his daughter illustrating it and I think that says a lot. The illustrations are black and white like any good grimoire and they add to the creepy factor. This version has the letters a-z (now with x!) and the numbers 1-9 with 0.
This is definitely not for kids under the age of twelve. Unless they are already H.P. Lovecraft fans. Of course my son already is. I'a Cthulhu.
If you are a hardcore Lovecraft fan you will buy this book for yourself. If you happen to have a child (like me) you'll probably buy it for them to save for when they are older.
I purchased it and taped a photo of my son who at the time was almost 2 years old to the inside cover. I showed CJ when I had him autograph the book. He made a joke about raising him right that I'll never forget. thanks :)
He wrote this book with his daughter illustrating it and I think that says a lot. The illustrations are black and white like any good grimoire and they add to the creepy factor. This version has the letters a-z (now with x!) and the numbers 1-9 with 0.
This is definitely not for kids under the age of twelve. Unless they are already H.P. Lovecraft fans. Of course my son already is. I'a Cthulhu.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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