Young Adult Fiction

Falling From the Sky And The Art of Javier Pinon

2 Comments / Artists, Authors, Books, Writing Process, Young Adult Fiction /

I was quite astonished to see this wonderful mythic and western art of Javier Pinon — the unusual combination of cowboys and Greek myths. This is a collage of Icarus Falling — and it struck me so much because it bears an eerie resemblance to a passage of transformation that I wrote years ago in […]

Falling From the Sky And The Art of Javier Pinon Read More »

“Molly” in “Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales”

Anthology, Authors, Book Reviews, Fantasy Fiction, Folklore, Monsters, Short Fiction, Writings, Young Adult Fiction /

    The new anthology, Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villianous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling is now out for the reading pleasure of your favorite middle grade scary-book reader. (My kids devoured all of Alvin Schwartz's wonderfully ghoulish and creepy tales at that age.) The anthology offers versions of well-known fairy tales, but from

“Molly” in “Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales” Read More »