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Photo Prompt 62

December 5, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]

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Friday Flash – Opinion Piece

December 2, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick 21 Comments

In recent years, the streets of our fair city have been a battleground in the ongoing fight between Captain Astounding and Icy Von Doom. Last week we ran a feature detailing a Day in the Life of a Henchman after Von Doom granted us access to one of her newest employees, hired following a recent […]

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[Book Review] The Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles

December 1, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick 1 Comment

If you see a book on Amazon with 50 5* reviews, you’re expecting a good read. Thankfully, Edward A Grainger knows how to deliver. The first volume of the Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles is described as “western noir”, and features seven short stories about two deputy U.S. Marshals working in 1880s Wyoming […]

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End of NaNoWriMo

November 30, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick 5 Comments

Hooray, it’s now the 30th November, and the official last day of NaNoWriMo. How many words did you write? Did you even compete? If you didn’t, so what? It’s not compulsory and for many writers, EVERY month is NaNoWriMo. If you did take part, then huzzah! You’ve now entered a club full of people who […]

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Photo Prompt 61

November 28, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick 1 Comment

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Friday Flash – A Day in the Life of a Henchman

November 25, 2011 by Icy Sedgwick 16 Comments

Eagle-eyed readers may have spotted a peculiar job advertisement among our employment pages several weeks ago. Supervillain Icy Von Doom is currently on a recruitment drive following her recent epic clash with our homegrown hero, Captain Astounding. Despite the heavy casualties sustained by her legion of henchmen, the self-styled Mistress of the Macabre has allowed […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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