Elizabeth Reviews: Spinning Silver

Spinning Silverby Naomi NovikGenre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Adaptation “Wait!” I said, as he began to turn away. “Why would you take me? You must know I have no magic, not really: I can’t change silver to gold for you in your kingdom, if you take...

Waldsby’s Winteryew Wassail

A Themed Drink for The Dimension Door Podcast, Episode 22 This drink is inspired by the small town of Waldsby, which the characters of The Dimension Door Podcast enter for the first time in Episode 22. Waldsby is a small town in Irrisen which sits just outside of the...

Chronicling VIII

​Styling Strands           My mother saved money by cutting hair for the family. My father, at one point, began cutting his own hair, as well. I had sisters who were interested in learning to cut hair, in practicing at doing so. It was...

Dressing Up Drinks: An Introduction

Cocktails & Other Concoctions Over the past few years, I have developed an appreciation for mixology, and what began as an enjoyment of concoctions others have created has grown to include enjoying the creation of my own recipes. Even more recently, I have begun...

Chronicling VII

Waiting           It’s hot in the car. I roll the windows down and hope for a breeze to stir the air. The trees beside the field spread a generous expanse of shade that doesn’t touch me where I sit within the suffocating embrace of...

Chronicling VI

Power Connections     It’s easier to be brave, to speak my mind, to muster the audacity to voice the disagreement and dissatisfaction that simmer within, when I’m alone in the car and he’s just a voice on the phone. Unimportant, really,...