Witches dance and werewolves howlVampires bite and ogres growlGhosts and ghouls come into the lightJoining the fun on Halloween night Children line up to trick or treatLaughing and skipping down the streetBehind each mask, who will it beTake off the mask and who will you see One day each year the two worlds meetMonsters come…
Night is falling Light the candles one by one Stoke up the fire Keep the dark at bay Out there is the unknown The borders are thin on nights like this And who knows what waits Out in the foggy black At the end of the track In the unknown forest What lies in wait…
“Smoke and Mirrors” is a collection of short stories by the author of “American Gods” (and other great novels) Neil Gaiman. Some of these short works are poems, others the more regular prose, some are creepy, some are quirky, all of them make great reading. I am going to review four of the stories that…
In reading and watching a great many fantasy-based stories, something that often comes up is the usefulness of silver as a protection and a weapon against dark forces and evil creatures. I started to wonder why: why silver? What made that so magical in the eyes of ancient peoples? I decided to see what the…
Eclectic Assemblage 