2004 fantasy, first of a series. Elena Klovis has a wicked stepmother and two ugly sisters. But when they leave her to look after the house while they flee debt collectors and seek good marriages elsewhere, she has a plan…
More gaming with nearby friends.
2022 urban fantasy romance, second of a trilogy. Llewellyn ("Wells") Jones goes back to Graves Glen, as much to get away from his static life in Wales as to start something new. Certainly he won't be getting involved with Gwyn Jones. Not only is she the ancestral enemy (even if his brother married her cousin), she's the magic-shop competition…
1957 Napoleonic naval fiction, ninth written and eleventh by internal chronology. Ten years after the war ended, Admiral Hornblower, in command of the West India squadron, faces a variety of challenges. US vt Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved a lot of string searching. (Note that this ends today.)
I've been running RPGs for over forty years. (Eek.) By now I have a reasonable idea of what my notes before a game should look like.
Some years ago, netbooks were everywhere. Now they aren't. But for the dedicated fan they're still achievable.
2025 SF, last of its trilogy. The colony is going to be invaded, the rebellion is at a standstill, and the new dictator is about to make his move…
1965 historical fiction for young people. Phaedrus the gladiator wins his freedom, but has no idea what to do with it, and rapidly runs into trouble. Then he is offered a role in a cunning plan: to stand in for the rightful king (deposed, blinded so as to be unable to rule, and thought dead) of a North British tribe and lead the counter-coup.
I went to the unfortunately-named British Birds of Prey gathering. It was… an experience.