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I’m About To Blow (Dry) Your Mind
Posted on January 13, 2025 Posted by Athena Scalzi 18 Comments
Yesterday, I had a nice event to attend, and less time than I would’ve preferred to get ready for said event. I really needed to wash my hair, but I was out of conditioner. I knew I didn’t have time to go all the way to the closest Sephora, buy my conditioner, come all the way back and then wash my hair, so I came up with a wild plan. There’s a Great Clips right next to the highway I needed to get on to go to the event, and one of the services they offer is a shampooing. I could just go to Great Clips, get my hair washed, hop on the highway and go straight to the event.
And before y’all judge me for not just going like five minutes to Dollar General to buy Pantene or something, I care about my hair a lot and like the products that I like, okay. So, yes, I do spend way too much on shampoo and conditioner from Sephora, and you know what, it smells amazing and I will not tolerate slander on this matter.
Great Clips back in the day was a place you just walked in to and waited your turn to get your hair cut for real cheap. With today’s technology, you can go online and view a live waitlist at your local Great Clips, and put your name down to reserve your spot in line. So I did just that, and it said they’d be ready for me in thirty minutes, which was just enough time for me to change my clothes and get there right on time.
I was taken back immediately, thoroughly shampooed and conditioned by a very nice lady, and then she took me over to her chair, brushed through my hair and parted it just where I like it. She then asked if it was okay if she blow-dried my head, as she didn’t want me to walk out with wet hair into 20 degree weather. You see, blow-drying would cost extra, as the shampooing doesn’t include it, but she didn’t want me to freeze out there. So she blow-dried the heck out of my scalp so it wouldn’t really count as a “styling” but it was certainly very helpful.
And then on top of all of that she put some great smelling anti-frizz oil in my hair! In total this probably took like twenty-five minutes, as I have a lot of hair. And my total came out to six dollars.
You heard that right, six smackaroos for all that. And, yes, technically the blow-dry was a nicety, so I got more bang for my buck simply because my stylist was extra nice, but I couldn’t believe it! It was so quick and easy and so cheap.
Like, did you know you could just do that?! I only wash my hair once a week, and honestly with how much my shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, and hair oil cost, I’m thinking it might just be financially smart for me to go weekly to ol’ Great Clips.
Now, for what it’s worth, I tipped twenty dollars. I know that seems like a lot on a six dollar service, but not only was the service incredibly cheap compared to what I had anticipated, but my stylist saved me from the thirty dollar styling fee, spent almost a full half hour on me, and was very nice! I’m not saying you have to do the same if you go, but for all her effort and time I can’t picture myself tipping 20% because that would’ve only been, what, like a dollar fifty? It just seemed too low. As did the cost of the service, but I’m not complaining.
Like, six dollars would make sense to me if I had very short hair, or even medium length fine hair, but there’s no extra charge for having a ton of hair. I don’t know, maybe this isn’t as revolutionary as I think it is. Maybe I’ve been sleeping on Great Clips and y’all have already been knowing about this.
I know this seems like a silly story to share, but I honestly found it so helpful and convenient in a time where I was in a pickle. Plus, sometimes I struggle with washing my hair right on wash day because it really is a full on TASK for me, so maybe if I have a particularly tough day, I could just do this instead. Maybe you’re someone who struggles with that kind of thing, too? Especially if mobility is an issue, I feel like this could be a huge help. Or if your power is out or you’re traveling and don’t have access to shampoo, conditioner, or even water.
I don’t know, I just think it’s neat, I guess. I hope you find it helpful, too!
-AMS
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Monday, January 13, 2025
Indie Spotlight: William Luvaas
Welcome to our Indie Spotlight series, in which TNBBC gives small press authors the floor to shed some light on their writing process, publishing experiences, or whatever else they'd like to share with you, the readers!
Today, we are joined by William Luvaas, who shares some insight into his forthcoming collection.
THE THREE DEVILS AND OTHER STORIES
My first story dealing with climate change, “Season of
Limb Fall,” was published two years before Al Gore’s documentary “An
Inconvenient Truth” was released. The reality and horror of global
warming struck me hard, and I felt I needed to write about it, which I’ve done
ever since in my short fiction—not exclusively but imperatively.
My forthcoming collection, The Three Devils And Other Stories, is a work
of Climate Fiction (Cli Fi), as it’s known, like my 2013 collection Ashes
Rain Down: A Story Cycle (the Huffington Post’s 2013 Book of the Year and a
finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards). While I dislike
genre labels and the formulaic approach to subject matter they imply, I embrace
Climate Fiction’s use of magic or grotesque realism to bring a future
threatened by climate disaster and its accompanying social upheaval to
life—creating a world that is at once both recognizable and grossly distorted.
In The Three Devils, the apocalypse comes to
Southern California in the form of a worldwide pandemic of mythological
proportions and the ravages of climate change that imperil the economy and
social order and wreak havoc in people’s lives in a nearly-unrecognizable near
future. Call it a work of dystopian or apocalyptic fiction, as well as
Cli Fi.
Climate Fiction is intrinsically political since it
assumes that global warming will seriously impact our lives. Climate
change skeptics consider this a partisan stance, but most of us who write such
works see it as inevitable given our undeniably warming planet: tomorrow will
be a rough ride. We consider it our writerly duty to enter the fray
rather than leave the vision of our collective future to politicians, corporate
executives, and right wing pundits.
While some works of Climate Fiction have been well received, such as Octavia E.
Butler’s Parable of the Sower, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and
Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry For the Future, many publishers,
especially big ones, eschew Cli Fi, as do some literary magazines, seeming to
consider it unfashionably political at a time when most fiction focuses on
personal and identity politics—what Don DeLillo calls
“around-the-house-and-in-the-yard” fiction—rather than on the larger dramas
that impact us all. Joyce Carol Oates also bemoans current American
fiction’s avoidance of political themes, which is a departure from the recent
past. Consider the many impactful, even prophetic socio-political novels
of the last century: The Jungle, Invisible Man, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Grapes of Wrath, Fahrenheit 451, Catch 22...to name a few. Since
then, fiction’s scope has narrowed.
Perhaps understandably, Cli Fi is often conflated with Sci Fi. This puts
off some editors and readers, especially of literary fiction. While both
genres are speculative and hyperbolic, the two are quite different. Cli
Fi is earthbound and set in the near-future, while Sci Fi often looks far ahead
and far away to extraterrestrial realms. The monsters in Cli Fi are not
two-headed Cyborgs but earthly, natural forces spinning out of control. I
might also suggest that while science fiction regularly challenges current
scientific knowledge, Climate Fiction is predicated upon global warming being
settled scientific fact.
Cli Fi writings that make readers uncomfortable are doing their job well.
While such works, like all good fiction, should be engaging, dramatic,
colorful, even entertaining, they are meant to wake readers up rather than lull
them to sleep. Now, as we face what is likely the greatest existential
threat humans have ever known, likely to end our civilization and drive many
plants and animals we love to extinction, we need to have our eyes wide open
and not turn our heads away. For publishers, readers, and writers to
ignore or avoid this most critical issue of our time is akin to ignoring racism
and gender inequality as American fiction generally did prior to the last half
of the Twentieth Century.
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https://www.amazon.com/Three-Devils-Other-Stories/
From acclaimed writer William Luvaas comes a new
collection of dark and devastating tales. With grit and grace, chaos
and compassion, angst and absolution, The Three Devils makes us reckon
with the maelstrom, all while wrestling with the longings of the busted and
beautiful human heart.
Praise for The Three Devils and Other Stories
“William Luvaas, my friends, is a
wild-eyed genius.”
—Lauren Groff, National Book Award Finalist
“Wildly imaginative and always engaging.”
—Kim Barnes, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
“A rare
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Review: Level: Unknown by David Dalglish
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Mihir's Top Reads of 2024
Last year I wasn’t able to post my top
reads but I was reminded that there are a few readers who are keeping their eye
out for it (thanks Pradeep). So this year I wanted to be sure to not be lazy. 2024
was a varied reading year with a wide variety of epic fantasy. Infact my top 7
are indicative of how rich the stories were and it wasn’t easy ranking them.
So without further ado, here are my top
reads for 2024:
1) The
Storm beneath The World by Michael R. Fletcher – This was an incredibly
unique story about an anthromorphic insect civilization & easily the best
story that has sprouted form the mad Canadian’s mind. Can’t wait to read the
sequel and see how Fletcher ends it all.
2) The
Doors Of Midnight by RR Virdi – The sequel to The First Binding was in
everyway a sequel that outshone its predecessor. The brilliance of the author’s
prose & plotting skills were already visible in the preceding title but in
this one, he took things to a new level. The 3rd volume in the Tales
Of Tremaine is easily one of my most anticipated reads whenever it releases.
3) Herald by Rob J. Hayes – The beginning of a new epic fantasy from one of my
favourites is always a cause to celebrate. With the Godeater saga, Rob plans to
go the GRRM route and has written a story that is simultaneously unfolding
across three millennia.
4) The
Last Shield by Cameron Johnston – Cameron Johnston is a huge fan of David
Gemmell and in this book, he was able to give us a heroic fantasy story & a
stoic female MC who absolutely would have done the big man proud.
5) Blood
Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang – This book was a fantasy title that originally
was released in 2023 but I got to it in 2024. M.L. Wang’s BOBH was a
fascinating tapestry about academia, racism and xenophobia while giving us a
fascinating world. An incredibly different follow up to Kaigen but retaining
all of the author’s signature style.
6) The
Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence – This was another 2023 title which
I was only able to read a year later after its release. The Library trilogy
book 1 is possibly the most meta story that Mark Lawrence has written &
another feather in his already shining cap.
7) Fool’s
Promise by Angela Boord – Angela Boord’s 2nd volume of the Eterean
saga showcased exactly why we loved Fortune’s Fool. With more worldbuilding
& complex characters, accompanied by stellar prose, this sequel proved why
AB needs to be celebrated by more readers.
8) How
To Become The Dark Lord And Die Trying by Django Wexler – This was a funny
story that exceeded my wildest expectations as the author really went all in
with its zany premise. Filled with snark, humour & a lot of fun, this is
one series that I couldn’t get more of.
9) Mushroom
Blues by Adrian M. Gibson – Adrian M. Gibson’s debut was a sleek hybrid mixing
fantasy, SF, & Noir with a complex world scenario. It was also very
polished & hence was the FBC finalist for SPFBOX. If you haven’t read this
one yet, you need to jump on it.
10) The
Hunter’s Gambit by Ciel Pierlot – I was made aware of this book thanks to
my blogmate Caitlin, and her review precisely encapsulates what this book is
about. Evil vampires, bloody action, a morally grey protagonist made this
standalone a quick and fast read. Ciel Pierlot absolutely nailed this dark
fantasy tale & I hope we get more stories within this milieu.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Review: Level: Unknown by David Dalglish
Buy Level: Unknown
OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO: David Dalglish currently lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife, Samantha, and daughters, Morgan, Katherine, and Alyssa. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 with a degree in mathematics and currently spends his free time tanking dungeons for his wife and daughter in Final Fantasy XIV.
FORMAT/INFO: Level: Unknown was published by Orbit on January 14th, 2024. It is 464 pages long and told in third person from multiple POVs. It is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: Nick is just a simple lab tech, he shouldn’t have to worry about swords swinging at his head. But that becomes a daily concern when an alien artifact forms a connection with him, plunging him into a simulated fantasy world every time he falls asleep. Nick quickly learns that while the world might be fake and death just means waking up, the pain is still very real. Even worse the pain is taking a strain on his real life body, and it might not be too long before his body gives out entirely. To top it all off, Nick's fellow researchers have discovered that a devastating event is heading to their planet, and the clues to how to stop it lie so
2024 In Review: Part Three
By: Our Reviewers
10 Jan 2025
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2024! So much to talk about, so little space. In books, Julia Armfield’s Private Rites combined climate fiction, dysfunctional family drama, and folk horror, and convincingly argued that they are one and the same. Sylvie Cathrall’s A Letter to the Luminous Deep told a cod-Victorian epistolary tale of scientists exploring the secrets of a water planet, and falling in love along the way. Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time plucked a premise out of fanfic and turned it into a disquieting meditation on racism and immigration. Holly Gramazio’s The Husbands took a high-concept rom-com premise and used it to ponder the pitfalls of the quest for The One.
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Saturday, December 28, 2024
NOT BORN OF WOMAN
NOT BORN OF WOMAN
Paradise
Investigations, Book 1
By Teel James Glenn
Macabre Ink
211 pgs
As strange as it may
sound, Mary Shelley’s classic character, the Frankenstein monster, has been utilized
as the hero in quite a few series. What comes to mind is the recent comic book
series wherein Joe Frankenstein is a mobster. Then we have Dean Koontz
memorable paperback series which had the creature battling his creator in
modern time as the doctor is the true villain wishing to rule mankind. Thus,
when picking up Teel James Glenn latest offering and discovering the monster as
a private eye in 1930s New York, we were both surprised and delighted.
Glenn’s hero, now
calling himself Adam Paradise, is the same patchwork human we discovered in
Shelley’s book. He has survived a few hundred years in the cold of the Arctic realizing
he is somewhat immortal. Returning to civilization, and New York City specifically,
his goal is to discover his own purpose for being while studying the ways of
humanity.
In this first of
what is obviously intended to be series, Paradise is hired by a young woman from
a Romani family, i.e. of the gypsy culture, to retrieve a lost necklace of
importance to her clan. The woman’s older brother sold the item to a pawnbroker
to pay off gambling debts. When confronting the buyer, Paradise finds himself
crossing paths with a local Mob Boss and the police. His pal, detective Tommy
Shane, is dealing with a serial killer who targets young women and a Catholic
priest receiving death threats. If that stew plot wasn’t complicated enough,
Paradise then discovers German Bundist promoting their Nazis philosophy are
also after the same necklace.
With “Not Born of
Woman,” Glenn weaves a fast-paced narrative as told by his protagonist. The
supporting characters are pulp colorful, but what fascinated this reviewer was
Paradise’s philosophical musings on life, death, good and evil. There is a depth
to this thriller not often found in such stories. Highly recommended. This is one
of the writer’s best.
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What differentiates The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema is author Nikolas Schreck used to practice the Black Arts. That granted the original 2001 edition a seal of credibility, but this new, considerable update — courtesy of Headpress — allows him to cover dozens of titles that didn’t exist, like Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, in a hilarious review that alone is worth the price of purchase. In his intro, Schreck asks, “Who the hell is the Devil anyway?” then answers with a thorough history lesson spanning the life of cinema. Yes, horror films abound, but Satan pops up in costumed dramas, British comedies, kiddie matinees, mondo docs, animation, pornography and even an “all-Negro musical” from Vincente Minnelli. From Kenneth Anger to Irwin Allen, Ingmar Bergman to Ed Wood, our writer proves to be the authority of the evil one’s vast filmography. Surrender!
Another year means another McFarland & Company publication from Roberto Curti. As prolific as he is, his subject this time makes him look lazy by comparison: cult icon Jess Franco. Co-authored by Francesco Cesari, The Films of Jesus Franco, 1953-1966 examines the works of the Spanish director from his start — his pre-OB/GYN cinema, one might say. As is Curti’s wont, each pic — from puffery like Attack of the Robots to artistic triumphs like The Diabolical Dr. Z — reliably devotes coverage so in-depth, they may as well be a submersible. What really makes this Jesús text special is how heavily it goes into Franco films we’ll never see, from his university short Theory of Sunrise, a debut “ignored” by other Franco texts, to Treasure Island, an abandoned ’64 adaptation/collaboration with Orson Welles. One Yank’s quibble: The movies are listed in Spanish, so unless you know your Red Lips from your Labios rojos, keep the index bookmarked.
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The Wide World of Photography: Past, Present and Future
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Photography: Youngest Son of the Visual Arts
Of all the major artistic media, only photography appeared relatively late in the course of human history.
While people have been writing, painting, and composing music for thousands of years, they have only been taking photographs since 1826. In that year, French scientist Joseph Niépce snapped the world’s first photo (entitled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’) at his country estate.
This website is created and run by photography enthusiasts for photography enthusiasts. Conveniently broken up into easily digestible sections, it offers a range of written and visual material on the exciting world of photography.
Two Centuries in Photos
It’s hard to believe, but cameras and photography are still less than 200 years old. In the 195 years since the camera’s invention, however, numerous men and women have achieved immortality by mastering the novel art form.
This website offers a range of excellent photo galleries highlighting masterpieces by history’s greatest shutterbugs. Photographers featured in the gallery section include Ansel Adams (1902-1984), Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004) and Walker Evans (1903-1975), among many others.
Contemporary Photography
But while this website is keen to pay tribute to celebrated photographers of the last two centuries, it does not dwell entirely in the past. Instead, this site also covers contemporary photographers and the cutting-edge photo technology they are using these days.
What’s more, by becoming a regular visitor to this site, amateur photographers can obtain helpful advice from their professional counterparts, from the best times of day for taking still photos to the most suitable schools to attend for a career in the field.
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In Memoriam: 2015
a memorial by Steven H Silver
Science fiction fans have always had a respect and understanding for the history of the genre. Unfortunately, science fiction has achieved such an age that each year sees our ranks diminished. Deaths in 2015 included Alice K. Turner, Leonard Nimoy, Tanith Lee, Jon Arfstrom, George Clayton Johnson, Suzette Haden Elgin, Sir Terry Pratchett, Christopher Lee and Peter Dickinson.
The Blood Red City by Justin Richards
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the second novel in the author’s Never War sequence, and as might be expected, picks up almost where the first book ended. Ambitiously, the action aliens and Nazis sprawl across the USA, Germany, the Greek island of Crete, occupied France, Stalin’s Russia, and good old Blighty. Once again it’s a hell-for-leather scramble between those loyal to the Third Reich or the Allies, with the alien Vril following their own agenda and playing both sides against the middle.
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
In the latest volume in the Legion of the Damned series, Booly comes back from the brink of what could have been disgrace as a hero to his men who risked their lives for freedom. Now Naa Commandos are set to protect him, yet assassins come to try and take over their encampment. The author fleshes out the characters and their lives, their doubts, loves and hopes. Booly’s rescue mission to get back Maylo gives us an idea of what kind of man he is, and what others think about him.
The Dark Arts of Blood by Freda Warrington
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
This story is separated into two parts with several smaller chapters that create an epic feel about it. These vampires seem more sophisticated than, say, the ones from a Stephen King novel. Their settings are bourgeois in their development and the characters never lose their edge. While the previous three novels have set the scene and developed the characters, this, the latest in the series, has a twist in the tale of which Sandra is very fond ever since reading Roald Dahl’s deliciously disturbing stories.
Of Bone and Thunder by Chris Evans
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
Every day the men of Red Shield have to face the Collective as they need to keep the Kingdom enemy free in Luitox. Here while they play the waiting game for their enemy to approach, we hear the war from several viewpoints during the story and many of the accounts aren’t what the Kingdom’s rulers might expect. The men are tired, hurt, stressed-out and at times bored out of their brains, and who can blame them? Their enemy is sneaky, dangerous and worthy of being feared as they never show themselves if they can help it, and they aren’t the sort of enemy who fights en masse.
The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the tale the last Hand; five people with supra-natural abilities, keeping the Law and Lore in an alternate Dickensian London. The Oversight was established to police and maintain the borders between the world of men and the darkly magical Sluagh. For many years an uneasy balance was achieved, mostly by mutual adherence to the rules that govern what is permitted from both sides. Then came the Disaster.
A Conversation With Rick Riordan
An interview with Steven H Silver
On merging Greek and Egyptian mythology:
” It wasn’t too difficult [to merge Greek and Egyptian mythology] because historically the Greeks and the Egyptians were
09-18-15: A 2015 Interview with William T. Vollman
08-31-15: A 2015 Interview with Susan Casey