Practical Magic
Arthur C. Clarke posited long ago that any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I’d like to turn that aphorism on its head and suggest that any significantly advanced...
View ArticleOf Witches and Toe Shoes
I continue to ponder inequality. Or perhaps it’s more than that, an endless history of things unchallenged or questioned. First, witches. My erstwhile significant other asked me the question: “Why are...
View ArticleAn Atheist Thinks About Magic and Religion
On the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct, Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz were discussing Arthur C. Clarke’s third law, the one about any sufficiently advanced science being indistinguishable...
View ArticleBVC Announces Evergreen by Marissa Doyle
Evergreen by Marissa Doyle A deadly power walks the forest…but a worse one stalks her. It’s 1901–a brave new century–and seventeen-year-old Grace Boisvert thinks it’s high time to forget that she’s a...
View ArticleBVC Announces The Spirit Gate by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
The Spirit Gate by Maya Bohnhoff The magic of Polia is broken, the delicate connection between its male and female elements, sundered. Blame for this and other calamities both natural and political...
View ArticleBVC Announces The Spirit Gate by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
The Spirit Gate by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff The magic of Polia is broken, the delicate connection between its male and female elements, sundered. Blame for this and other calamities both natural and...
View ArticleBVC Announces The Queen and The Tower, by Shannon Page
The Queen and The Tower The Nightcraft Quartet: Book 1 by Shannon Page Calendula Isadora (Callie) is an uncommonly powerful witch with a mind for science. But her independent ways run afoul of her San...
View ArticleBVC Announces Spy Princess by Sherwood Smith
Spy Princess by Sherwood Smith 12-year-old aristo Lilah asks, Why are the kingdom’s magic spells are fading? But her uncle the king only wants a stronger army. Why are the kids outside the palace...
View ArticleBVC Announces Fractured Fairy Tales by Alma Alexander
Fractured Fairy Tales by Alma Alexander Fairy tales – new-told, re-told, re-invented, rebuilt, new-visioned. Fairy tales are the building blocks not just of fantasy but of all fiction, the original...
View ArticleBVC Announces Maps to Nowhere by Marie Brennan
Maps to Nowhere by Marie Brennan Two cities joined by their reflections. A realm of feathered serpents and jaguar-men. A desert where a former goddess seeks the ultimate truth. In this collection,...
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