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Continue reading →: Review: Black DiamondBlack Diamond by Jennifer Loiske and Eveliina Tommola is a YA fantasy about Shannon McLean, a 12-year-old girl who moves in with her magician father and is immersed in a demon-infested battle. Three weeks after her mother passes away, a heartbroken Shannon leaves Boston and moves to London to live…
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Continue reading →: Magic in Threes: Most Visited Classic Blog Posts in 2014Where did Gentle Reader find the enchantments in Lita Burke’s fantasy worlds during 2014? Three is a magical number. Let’s take a look at the three most popular blog posts that came out before 2014. The most visited classic blog post in 2014 talked about the magic behind the curtain in Lita’s worlds. World-building…
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Continue reading →: Review: Mateguas IslandMateguas Island: A Novel of Terror and Suspense by Linda Watkins is a supernatural thriller about a family down on their luck who inherit a magic-filled malevolent house on an island off the coast of Maine. Bill Andersen, his eight-year-old twin daughters, and his wife Karen move across the country…
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Continue reading →: Guild Matters Sye: Midwinter Festival for Church MagiciansThe Guild Matters Sye book whispers the arcane secrets of the Magic Workers and Merchant guilds. This is the second of three stories about Sye’s Midwinter Festival. Previously: Midwinter Festival for Secular Magicians Sciomancers in the Enchanters of Sye world honor the wandering dead during the three-day Midwinter Festival. These Church…
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Continue reading →: Guild Matters Sye: Midwinter Festival for Secular MagiciansThe Guild Matters Sye book whispers the arcane secrets of the Magic Workers and Merchant guilds. This is the first of three stories about Sye’s Midwinter Festival. The Midwinter Festival in the Enchanters of Sye world is held on the three darkest days of the year, when the sun shuns…
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Continue reading →: True. Monkeys Do the Cooking in Death’s CastleLita takes Gentle Reader to the land of Clockpunk Wizard today, with an excerpt from Old Bony Blue Eyes. Wizard Kadmeion and his assistant Sir Bright have arrived at Death’s castle. The wizard went to The Library to seek out Charon and his resident magician, Wizard Mephistopheles. Because Death is notorious…
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Continue reading →: Review: My Wizard BuddyMy Wizard Buddy by Brian Wu and Scott Spotson is a middle grades fantasy about 11-year-old Tyler Dunsmore and his adventures with a magic-wielding youngster wizard. Life just isn’t fair for young Tyler. His insufferable older sister is possessive of her electronic tablet–a treasure that has the hottest video game around.…














