Unusual visitors are par for the course in the life of Bouragner Felpz, consulting magician, but few materialize out of flames from the fireplace. Enter Lilith Maugs, an enigmatic woman with a tumultuous past who has come to Felpz for aid, yet in doing so puts him, and his ward Corianne, in mortal peril. [Amazon] …
Bouragner Felpz, the renowned Magician’s Consultant, has never been known to sing. Yet sing he does, as do any who touch the unusual fire stones that have been unearthed around the Willowbee mansion. What put the song in the fire stones? What does it mean? Who is it for? The answer lies in an ancient …
There is something called the Bechdel Test. It is named after Allison Bechdel, and it is used as a way to highlight how small and or insignificant female characters are in movies. The rules are these: There must be at least two women, with names, in the film. The two women must talk to each …
In a world where magic and supernatural entities are real forces to be reckoned with, sometimes the best person to solve a murder mystery is not a detective, but a magician. Such is the case in this, the seventh adventure of Bouragner Felpz, where he is called in to investigate the impossible murder of a …
Nothing much to say, except Neil deGrasse Tyson is possibly my favorite human being. After, you know, my mother, of course. Next time you have the chance, go outside at night and look—not up at the sky, but out—at the universe. It’s a wonderful feeling. Oh, and don’t bother following silly old me on twitter, …
It’s Tuesday, which usually means there is a new episode up over at Radio Grimbald, but I’m taking a week off on the grounds that the next story is not ready yet. Doing anything on a weekly basis quickly becomes hectic. You think doing it once a week is not really all that often, but …
After all that business of announcing new eBooks, have a nice long rambly journal! [edit: updated the journal a tiny bit, it is now augmented with handy links to relevant items.] I was in Las Vegas, Nevada, this last weekend, thanks to the generous offer from my amazing aunt, Rachel. As a starving artiste I …
Miss Vitronica Mage is the youngest of four children who have all mysteriously disappeared on the eve of their 21st birthdays. Now about to turn 21 herself, she comes to Bouragner Felpz in a desperate attempt to save herself, but what Felpz discovers when he investigates the case proves to be far more intricate than …
Mr. Bouragner Felpz, consulting magician, has taken many strange and sinister cases: bleeding stairs, cursed cathedrals, sentient shadows. But none have concerned such intimidating characters as the near-legendary figure he encountered in his investigation of the vengeful Abbey Axe. In this story he recounts an adventure from his early days, when he went to solve …
Since I hate to leave a story unfinished I thought I’d type up a report on my horse’s injury. For those of you with blissfully short memories, a few weeks ago I went to take the ol’ pony out for a ride and this happened. A tense weekend spent soaking, bandaging, and administering bute followed, …