Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, re….

Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When it is do….

Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer..

Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sun….

Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!.

Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run Lord Ferris's household, and throw parties and all. Now...explai….

He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless..

In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion of privil….

A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for an en….

I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has been achie….

Dream big. Find what makes you happy, and pursue it as you would food and warmth. You deserve it. And if you don’t, then do what it takes to becom….

Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?.

Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion..

Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time..