Finn Darby is a mild-mannered widower who also happens to be the cartoonist of one of the most successful comic strips in the country. He resurrected the strip from his late grandfather, the original creator, who was a less than endearing gentleman (horrendous and despicable are too kind). When a wide scale terrorist attack claimsContinue reading “Hitchers by Will McIntosh”
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Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Too highbrow to read zombie apocalypse novels? Intellectual reader, may I introduce you to Zone One by Colson Whitehead. Whitehead, who has what you would call literary street credit with novels like The Intuitionist and John Henry Days, has written what one might not think possible: a well-written, witty, and literary zombie apocalypse novel. “ZoneContinue reading “Zone One by Colson Whitehead”
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman: review and recipe
Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a very young age. Knowing that someone had to be responsible, 4 year old Sally takes fate into her own hands and calls her Aunts and asks to be taken in. Somewhat reluctantly they agree, and so begins the story of Sally and Gillian. In their new town,Continue reading “Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman: review and recipe”
flannel and folklore 