Because This Photo of Edna St. Vincent Millay Will Always Be Extraordinary…

I have to share it with you.

Again.

It has been too long.

Edna St. Vincent Millay at Mitchell Kennerley's house in Mamaroneck,New York (1914). Photo by Arnold Genthe.

Edna St. Vincent Millay at Mitchell Kennerley’s house in Mamaroneck, New York (1914). Photo by Arnold Genthe.

“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.”-Edna St. Vincent Millay

Cropped black and white version.

Cropped black and white version.

[June Giveaway] Last Chance to Win a Copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling [CLOSED]

The giveaway closes on 30 June at 11:59 PM EDT.

Do you like horror? Short stories? Horror short stories?

How about free things?

If you answered “yes” to all of the above, you’ll want to enter our June giveaway.

I have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, and will be parting with a copy of Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling. It’s a nifty book that features my story, Beyond the Boneyard Gate.

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling

If you’d like to enter, please leave a comment on this post by the end of the month. That’s all! A winner will be chosen on or around 1st July. This giveaway is open to residents of the United States or Canada. Good luck!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.”-Rumi

Two Graves

Two Graves

“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

Wall of Graves

Wall of Graves

This is my entry in the Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse.

[Book Nerd Links] Five Literary Links for a Warm Wednesday

Seven (Eccentrically) Themed Reading Lists for Summer

I don’t know about you, but my To Be Read List doesn’t need more entries. It’s already massive, unwieldy, and intimidating. With summer officially here, though, it’s natural to dream of sunny days spent lingering over crisp new books. Warm weather adds a refreshing quality to the act and art of reading. Why not take advantage of that fleeting feeling as frequently as possible?

What would you read this summer, if you had nothing but free time?

With this in mind, I’ve compiled seven themed reading lists. They include some of my favourite books, as well as intriguing looking ones that are new to me.

Let’s go!

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”-Oscar Wilde

FANTASTIC GOINGS-ON:

  1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick (BAS BLEU #UJ5352)-$14.95.
  2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (DOVER)-$7.95
  3. The Secret Rooms: The True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey (DAEDALUS BOOKS #52583)-$4.98
  4. Beowulf Translated by R.K. Gordon (DOVER)-$2.50
  5. The Tempest by William Shakespeare (DOVER)-$2.50

CHARM SCHOOL:

  1. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (BARNES & NOBLE)-$12.10
  2. Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell (BAS BLEU #UK0172)-$13.95
  3. The Technique of the Love Affair: By a Gentlewoman Edited and Annotated by Norrie Epstein (Amazon)-Prices Vary
  4. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (BARNES & NOBLE)-$13.22
  5. The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar by Martin Windrow (BAS BLEU #UJ7662)-$17.00

BECAUSE I SAID SO: Continue reading