“The places in this book are real places as a reminder that magic can still happen in our world. This is the importance of the contemporary fantasy genre. Mythic tales have always served as the door through which humans and gods interact - safely within a dreamscape.” FantasyMagicMythMythology Book:Tell City: A Novel Source: Tell City: A Novel
“He headed home through the streets of New Bedlam. It was the cleanest city in the Cosmos on the outside to disguise the flaws just under the surface. Like a corpse at the viewing, all makeup and formaldehyde. Under the streets were veins of sewers, rank with putrid blood and discarded bones from the nightclubs and luxury apartment buildings. Eros could feel the bloodlust pouring out of every doorway he passed, and he buttoned up his pea coat and quickened his pace. The desiderium of the city both tempted and disgusted him.” FantasyMythMythologyNetherworlds Book:The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate Source: The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate
“The sunken gray sky seemed to be closing in on the ground. The edges of the world on which they stood crumbled into the abyss. They could hear it fracture around them like glaciers splintering off into the frigid deep. "What do you three want?" Eros asked with flippant annoyance. Loki chimed in, "We don't want any of your Girl Scout Cookies…" Eros closed his eyes and pressed his lips together. "-unless you have Samoas,” Loki amended.” FantasyMythMythologyNetherworlds Book:The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate Source: The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate
“Starting a new book is like starting a new adventure, and when starting a new adventure, it would be unwise to think there will not be dragons. We will never know what will be encountered when we set out, but to be brave, we must set out anyway. There will always be dragons, and I wish you luck should they cross your path.” FantasyBooksBraveryDragons Book:Tell City: A Novel Source: Tell City: A Novel