Screenplay excerpt EXT. FOREST – NIGHT A storm blackens the sky above twisted trees. Shadows press in on a procession of armed FEMALE ELVES. There is no light except the small, glowing, magic orb held in the right hand of AERONA, who is leading the company. LIGHTNING flashes, illuminating the forest and the company. In…
Author: K. A. Lindstrom
A traveling nomad with hermitic tendencies.
The Last Automaton of Doctor Jubal Varva
Excerpt Noon came, but no church bells marked the time. Bells never chimed. Doctor Varva was thinking about the bells nonetheless. I could always tell. He never noticed anything when he thought about the bells. The Bombardment rattled spare parts on his desk, a spring falling to the floor from the vibrations. He stared at…
The Great Astrolabe of Einsem
Excerpt: “What is this?” Eyda asked, flipping through the delicate pages. On them were a series of complex diagrams showing circles of various sizes, labeled with numbers and shapes she did not comprehend. A few pages in, she saw the familiar image of the Astrolabe’s face. It shows how the Astrolabe works. “Where did you…
Welcome to Hell, Please Wipe Your Feet
CHAPTER 1 (EXCERPT FROM WORK IN PROGRESS, Title TBD) Tomás de Torquemada had Elizabeth Báthory pinned as he attempted to rip her arm off with the scimitar embedded in her collarbone. The crowd cheered. Zaebos sighed dramatically, not paying the least bit of attention to the fight. “We could get a huge payout this time!”…
Mortal Engines
The YA dystopian genre feels like it has been done to death in the last decade, mostly as a result of the authors riding the coattails of the popular Hunger Games series. But seven years before Suzanne Collins released the first book of her popular series, Philip Reeve released Mortal Engines. If you have read my other…
Crazy Rich Asians (and the sequels)
I am writing the review of Kevin Kwan’s bestselling book series, which started with 2013’s Crazy Rich Asians, hours before going to see the film version. I saw the preview for it, picked up the book in an airport, and promptly finished it in less than a week. A few weeks later, I picked up…
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures
Recommendation: 100% Should Read Short story anthologies vary widely based on content. The popular journals often have very artistic, highbrow tales that I personally find rather dry. I attempted to read some stories out of an edition of Glimmer Train I picked up at a book sale. I did not make it far. As a fan…
The Talking Earth
Like the better known Julie of the Wolves, The Talking Earth is a love letter to nature by popular children’s author, Jean Craighead George. It shares a similar plot, where a Native American girl goes out alone and experiences her world with only her animal companions. I read all George’s Wolves books, but I return to The Talking Earth…
Do the World A Favor: Become a Minority
The most enlightening experience I have ever had was the day I first became a minority. Culture shock is a real thing. The first time I traveled to a non-white, non-English-speaking country was when I spent several days in Morocco. There, I was truly an outsider, and stood out like sore thumb. I went to…
Women Wartime Spies
Women Wartime Spies by Ann Kramer is a glimpse into the secret history of Britain’s bravest women. Kramer tells the stories of women who served in both World War I and World War II, highlighting the dangers they lived through day by day and the secrets many of them took to the grave. Spies is…