RIP Brian Jacques: A Sentimental Account of my Fond Memories of Reading Redwall/Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.. Fantasy tales with classical elements baffle people. More so, they are easily dismissed because they are not considered relevant anymore. Some people take that belief far to the extent where they dismiss these stories or view them anachronistically:…

Exodus from Eden-A zombie story *Be forewarned that this story presents my Stephen King inspired insanity!  It also contains a few obscenities, sexual references, scary sequences, heretical ruminations, and incomplete sentences towards the end. Reader discretion is advised!*                 Applying the last bit of blush to my cheeks, I thought through my itinerary for the…

The Philosophy of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles:    Philosophical discussions of Anne Rice’s beautiful series are a rare find. I’ve pored over many internet pages in a search for some credible analysis of her books through a philosophical lens. Perhaps, the reason lies with the misconception of Anne Rice’s books. She mainly writes about vampires…

Click below to become entrapped in the dark, sprawling world of Death Seer! (Well, I’m not going to reveal any plot specifics. Its actually just a new blog created for the purpose of writing mainly about my quest to finish my first novel!)

   Empty Vessel      What was the proper technique of respectfully glancing upon a dead cadaver?  If the body was someone unfamiliar, I might have scrutinized it in a quest to seek out the identity of it. Something like eye color, clothing choice, hair, and other unmistakable differences between different humans might have helped me…

Book Recommendations from my Blog Readers: I hate feeling this useless or lost. Though, I’m desperately in need of a new book to fulfill that void within. I’m facing one of those trials where you are sifting through piles of books with intriguing and puzzling premises only to feel unfulfilled by the book once it…

Inside the Development of Death Seer: Remember those supposed simpler days when you were younger? I mean, everyone suggested to you that these days were grand and rightly simplified. Of course, the complications of society never meddled with your childhood happiness. You were protected at all times by this childlike prism of dreams and ideals….

CSFF Blog Tour for C.S. Lankin’s The Wolf of Tebron: Day 2 Post  The Review:(Thanks Living Ink Books for this complimentary copy of yet another quality book from your library!)    The curve of difficulty for this review is high. Why? Typically, reviews are such a commonplace feature of this blog: How then could these…

CSFF Blog Tour for C.S. Lankin’s The Wolf of Tebron: Day 1 Post  Fairy Tales=  Incognito Moral Tales about the conflict between our “selves”    All fairy tales on the surface have this saccharine quality. In many ways, they are quaint and even delightful. Yes, there are momentary threats to the story world of a…

Of Love and Evil Review: Anne Rice books never cease to entrap me in this dreamlike state that occurs while I’m reading the books or afterwords. Normally, the need to continue reading her books dawns on you like a spontaneous desire for rich coffee or scrumptious chocolate. Every page of her books weaves an intricate…

  Fantastyfreak’s Favorite Things of 2010: The Bibliophilic Necessities of Life. Welcome readers! Hopefully, everyone who congregates here habitually  enjoyed their holidays even if the promised bliss was really quite a bit stale. Remember, holidays oftentimes are more chaotic than any other days because you are far more attentive to the the positive elements. Therefore,…

More About my Novel in the Works, “Death Seer,” The first of three books. Please do not inconsiderately copy or emulate any of the ideas shared here!It is not meant for others to steal story ideas that I have developed for many years. These are bare details luckily and therefore would be hard to structure…