Tomorrow is Caitlin Schwarzbach’s birthday (see list of characters)! Her birthday also coincides with the Celtic holiday of Imbolc, which is sometimes in Breton referred to as Gouel Varia ar Gouloù or The Festival of Light and also celebrated as St. Brigid’s day. To celebrate this important Celtic holiday, we’re offering Primary Fault at 99 cents on Amazon worldwide through Monday, February 3, 2014 (outside of the U.S., this is converted to the local currency and may be a weird amount!) (amazon.com, amazon.de, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com.au, amazon.it, amazon.fr, amazon.es, for example) If you don’t have a Kindle and would like… Read More
Pan-Celtic Lord of the Hunt(?) The Horned One and his bestiary I used the question mark at the end of the subtitle because including Cernunnos as one of the figures associated with an overarching Celtic pantheon, may not be entirely correct. According to John T. Koch, in Celtic Culture, A Historical Encyclopedia , there exists only a single written reference to Cernunnos, a statuary. His name is listed (with the ‘C’ missing) along with other Gallic, Romano-Gallic, and Roman deities. He is depicted as having a stag’s horns decorated with what look like Gallic torques. This depiction of Cernunnos is… Read More
Albedo OneIreland’s Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror proudly announces the 9th International Aeon Award Short Fiction Contest: The Aeon Award 2014 Grand Prize: €1000 Second Prize: €200 Third Prize: €100 Plus guaranteed publication in Albedo One for the top three stories as chosen by our esteemed Grand Judges Ian Watson, Eileen Gunn, Todd McCaffrey and Michael Carroll. The Aeon Award is a prestigious fiction writing competition for short stories in any speculative fiction genre, i.e. fantasy, science fiction, horror or anything in-between or unclassifiable. The Aeon Award short fiction contest has been running since 2004 and has… Read More
This savory tart is from Primary Fault, made by Samantha Eschweiler for Caitie. It received thumbs up from the Official Schattenreich Recipe taste-testing team (including the four-footed members).NEW! My friend and fellow foodie, Yvonne Oots has just recently tested the recipe and posted her results on her blog, Olive’s Place where she talks about food and history. Here is the link to the recipe – with nutritional information! Yay! Leek and Sausage Pie 1 recipe Tart Dough (use your favorite or see below) 2-4 spiced sausages (ca. 200 g) (good quality fresh bratwurst* works very well – ask your butcher… Read More
Book 1 of the Rage of Kings The Iron Wolves Andy Remic IBSN 978-0857663566 Angry RobotRelease Date: December 31, 2013 From the book’s description: Thirty years ago, the Iron Wolves held back mud-orc hordes at the Pass of Splintered Bones, and led a brutal charge that saw the sorcerer Morkagoth slain.Now, a new terror stalks the realm. Orlana the Changer has escaped from the Chaos Halls and is building an army, twisting horses, lions and bears into terrible, bloody hunters, summoning mud-orcs from the slime and heading north to battle the mighty region of Vagandrak where, it said, the King… Read More
