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Continue reading →: Necronomicon Enchanter: Sye’s Magic TodayWithin the pages of the Necronomicon Enchanter book in Lita’s library, the curious may learn the Enchanters’ magical matters. Beware, for the knowledge might drive the reader mad with bitter desire and luscious regret. Previously: Magical Chaos Theory and Old Forest Enchanters’ Magical Discipline Essence Kiss Five Schools Uslar Rings…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Guardian of Secrets: And Her Deathly PactThe Guardian of Secrets: And Her Deathly Pact by Jana Petken is a family saga detailing the lives of María Martinéz de Amo’s kin. Told through a series of narratives from her family’s journals, María’s story spans two generations. As all properly told stories should go, the tale starts at…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: Carnivorous EelThe Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. carnivorous eel [kahr ‘niv er uh s ēl] noun, c. 1650; < L carnivorus, c. 1000; ME ele, OE ēl, ǣl; also ribbon fish. Denizen of the Clockpunk…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Dark DaysThe Dark Days: End of the World – Episode 1 by Ginger Gelsheimer and Taylor Anderson is a YA thriller about teen Claudia Sheeplord and the end of the world via asteroid. Claudia has been skeptical about the blather over the past month about the killer asteroid that will slam…
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Continue reading →: Ephraim’s Elevator PitchAll sorts of odd things happen at Lita’s castle. Even a trip on a mundane lift turns magical when a sorceress goes along for the ride. The fun of fantasy worlds is that anyone can turn the mundane into the fantastic. Consider the magic of elevators. You enter the box…
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Continue reading →: News Release: Wrath Takes Honorable MentionMore chit-chat around the web about Lita’s goings-on. Check out Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane by Lita Burke Takes Honorable Mention in the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest at 1888 Press Release. Here is what they had to say: “In a world packed with irresistible magic, regrettable choices, and…
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Continue reading →: Review: Terms of SurrenderTerms of Surrender by Lorrie Farrelly is a historical western romance about a former captain in the confederate army, Michael Cantrell, and his search for redemption in the ranch lands of Wyoming. In the months following the American Civil War, the battlefield horrors have broken Michael’s spirit. He saw his…
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Continue reading →: Forever Boy – “Perfect for YA” Says Examiner.com“Forever Boy is a wonderful escape story for older kids,” says an Examiner.com reviewer. “As well as adults who love a good magical fantasy that is unlike anything they’ve ever read before.” Launched in 2008, Examiner.com is a dynamic entertainment, news and lifestyle network that serves more than 20 million…
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Continue reading →: Dramatis Personæ: KadmeionThe Dramatis Personæ is the roster of conjurers and sentient magical creatures staying in the many rooms, grottos, and byways of Lita’s castle. Here is an entry in the guest book for the Clockpunk Wizard Wing. Kadmeion [‘kad mē ôn] proper noun, c.1300 BC; Gr> Mycenaean acropolis palace complex at…












