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SCREEN SCROOGES: Silent Supplement I

     A sorry spot in serializing some of my non-fiction works in this space is a nagging refrain of “Remember how hard this was to research?  Sure woulda been easier with the Interwebs”.  Take, for example, my comparison of screen versions of “A Christmas Carol”, serialized herein not so long ago.  It would easily haveContinue reading “SCREEN SCROOGES: Silent Supplement I”

SO…DID THEY MEAN….

     The joke archaeologist, digging around in bygone postcards, has turned up several which might or might not be a little naughtier than they look.  Some of them I can help with, while others have confused me.  Take the simple example above.  Caption and concept were popular in cards around the start of the lastContinue reading “SO…DID THEY MEAN….”

WEDNESDAY FICTION: In the Details

     “So I get three wishes?  Say yes or I’ll stick you back in the bottle.”      “Yes, my mistress, you are to receive, to the best of my ability, three wishes.”      “Good.  I had to slaughter the entire Psiclysmian royal family, AND their horses and dogs, for access to the chest where theyContinue reading “WEDNESDAY FICTION: In the Details”

THE SOUND AND THE FURRY: Kerrin and the Thorn Tree

     Kerrin lived in the city of Sartain, and she liked it.  She would write letters to her relatives who lived in the country, asking why they didn’t move to a nicer place.      “Everything in the city is clean and modern,” she wrote.  “We have nice, solid rick buildings with none of your thatchedContinue reading “THE SOUND AND THE FURRY: Kerrin and the Thorn Tree”

FICTION FRIDAY: Link to the Past

     Negotiating with an evil spirit is no joke.  Not from the human side, anyway.  The spirit stopped even attempting to hide its snickers as I went through the arduous and occasionally embarrassing ritual to make my request.      But at last I had it: one hour in my hometown fifty years to the momentContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Link to the Past”

MIDWEEK FICTION: Get-Together

     “How are we doing?  Turkey’s started, cranberries cooling….”      “ Ma!  Uncle Burt says he’s coming after all.”      “Okay, we’ll get one more blueberry pie out of the freezer, then.”      “That’s easy.  Oh, for….  He’ll have Aunt Alyxxa with him, won’t he?”      “I suppose so.  Just remember, when she asks youContinue reading “MIDWEEK FICTION: Get-Together”

THE SOUND AND THE FURRY: Creston and the Crown, Pt. 2

    Stug’s eyes went all round, and nearly rolled down his pale cheeks at the sight of Creston putting the big jeweled hat on.  It just sat on top of Creston’s head, being the type of crown that wasn’t designed to come down over the ears.      “Hmmmm,” said Creston, “I guess I’ll have toContinue reading “THE SOUND AND THE FURRY: Creston and the Crown, Pt. 2”

The Collectible Trade

     In our last thrilling installment, we were discussing collectibles, and how collecting said collectibles, especially those which are produced as collectibles, is subject to change without notice.  And it occurred to me that I have a few examples of what was once the hottest collectible in the market: the trade card.  Not to beContinue reading “The Collectible Trade”

Limited!

     A. Edward Newton, one of the great American book collectors suggested, when people asked him how to buy books as an investment, that they buy the best of whatever they happened to like.  That way, he said, if the market didn’t behave as expected and that collection did not appreciate, they’d at least haveContinue reading “Limited!”