Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Magic Murder and a Bunny Scooby Doo

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

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An illusionist from a family of magicians under a generational curse has to come home is disgrace to her family business of building “magic” places, as in hidden staircases and doors, or basically every house or building you’ve ever seen on Scooby Doo. That’s the beginning scenario of Under Lock & Skeleton Key; Tempet Raj has a lot to deal with at the start of the story having to come home to, after an accident may have ruined her Las Vegas stage career, she needs […]

Magically Disturbed

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

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For years I’ve had issues with short story collections. The whipping from one plot to another so quickly makes my brain feel like it’s on a very shaky roller coaster. But it’s the genre my mentor most likes to teach, so I’ve found myself reading a lot of it lately. Thanks to his patience, I have a newfound understanding of the short story, and decided to start off the year by revisiting the first short story collection I ever finished, Neil Gaiman’s “Smoke and Mirrors.” […]



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