Brian Froud’s Faerieland series

They had the freedom to write whatever they chose, just as I’d had the freedom to paint what I chose; yet we’d agreed on a central premise: a recognition that Faerie, inextricably bound as it is to nature and natural forces, is gravely threatened by the ecological crises that human beings have brought to . . . → Read More: Brian Froud’s Faerieland series

Charles de Lint (author) and Brian Froud (illustrator): The Wild Wood

Grey Walker wrote this review.

As I was reading The Wild Wood today, I found the imprint of a shape pressed onto the words on the page in front of me. I was puzzled until I turned back one page and saw the same shape, inked in black: one of Brian Froud’s symbolic . . . → Read More: Charles de Lint (author) and Brian Froud (illustrator): The Wild Wood

Midori Snyder: hannah’s garden

Anwir ap Evnessyen wrote this review.

Well, I must say I was quite surprised when our Lady Grey asked me to write a review for this charming magazine. I am here as an observer for my Lady of the Winter Court, and I had not anticipated such an honor.  Still, the dear lady promised . . . → Read More: Midori Snyder: hannah’s garden

Patricia McKillip: Something Rich and Strange

Vonnie Cartes-Powell wrote this review.

McKillip uses the sea in many of her books, but in Something Rich and Strange the sea is not only the setting and a metaphor for mystery and magic and change — the sea is the subject. The book begins with protagonists Megan and Jonah (how is that for . . . → Read More: Patricia McKillip: Something Rich and Strange