Sunday, December 18, 2011

moving day

Moving shop to Facebook. Click on Jordan Calher, author to check it out. Stay tuned for purchase info on BRITTLE

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Nightmare


This wood engraving from J Cazotte's 1845 book, Le Diable Amoureux, entitled "The Nightmare".

"Mare" was the Old English word for  "succubus".  That's the demon that descends at night, landing on peoples' chests, suffocating them and causing bad dreams.

This is one of the facts told in BRITTLE, my Urban Fantasy available for purchase soon. Preview the first 5 chapters here . Keep watching this blog, or my author site , for details.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

petition - internet censorship bill

The US government is back at at it. Individuals (political, corporate, or otherwise) will have the power to arbitrarily block access to internet sites. "Arbitrary" in the same fabricated, on-demand sense as the WBush administration's justification for war in Iraq. (A similar internet censorship bill was killed by petitions last year before it reached the floor). Click here to sign a petition. More info there, too.

Friday, December 2, 2011

IMAGE


I'm still here. 

This pic is just weird -- a little disturbing, with a nice touch of cuteness and some demonic element. Animals with human heads, or humanized qualities, were a favorite way to picture the work of the devil. Or if you go further back, just plain supernatural. Shamans' helpers were animals or insects of all kinds, psychopomps delivering them (the shamans) into the realms beyond the physical. 


- a group of squirrels is called a "dray". (as in "a flock")
- squirrels are associated with Fire and the East
- in Norse mythology a red squirrel lives in the World Tree. He is a messenger carrying people's words and thoughts between the realms
- in Native American traditions, the squirrel symbolizes trust
- if you see a squirrel on Valentines' Day, you will marry a cheapskate who will hoard all your money (hahaha)