muninnhuginn | Jul. 1st, 2021

Read:

Fiction:

Shorts:

ApocaList: The Surprising Origins of 7 Everyday Words by Alexei Collier (DSF)
Claire de Lune by D.J. Rozell (DSF)
APPLESAUCE BY MARSHEILA ROCKWELL (https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/2021/06/applesauce-by-marsheila-rockwell.html)
UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE BY NICK BERTELSON (https://everydayfiction.com/unclaimed-baggage-by-nick-bertelson/)
PERIWINKLE BY KRYSTAL WOLF (https://everydayfiction.com/periwinkle-by-krystal-wolf/)
Preface to "Monster Hunter" by Mary Soon Lee (DSF)
Honeycomb by Joanne M Harris (K)
The Ragthorn by Robert Holdstock, Garry Kilworth (K)
Parallel Lifetimes by C.J. Heckman (DSF)
I Brought My Dragon to Show and Tell by David J. Rank (DSF)

Poetry:

Non-Fiction:

AGAINST WORLDBUILDING, AND OTHER PROVOCATIONS: Essays on History, Narrative, and Game Design by Alexis Kennedy (K)
I have ‘pandemic brain’. Will I ever be able to concentrate again? by Kelli María Korducki (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/24/pandemic-brain-covid-coronavirus-fog-concentrate)
Mystery of the wheelie suitcase: how gender stereotypes held back the history of invention by Katrine Marçal (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/24/mystery-of-wheelie-suitcase-how-gender-stereotypes-held-back-history-of-invention)
How Twitter can ruin a life by Emily VanDerWerff (https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter)

Watched/Listened/”Attended”:

Granny’s Attic on Zoom
From Spare Oom to War Drobe: A Journey to Narnia with Katherine Langrish (@Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow) on Zoom
Plague Songs with Martin Rowson (via Zoom)
Bertie and Bartram with Tanya Bentham (YouTube)

In a fit of socialising, we met up with friends for a picnic at Clumber (05/06) and a bak-garden barbeque (13/06).

In a fit of it’s too bloody cold, I slept with socks on last night. Am I still waiting for summer or did I blink…?

Between blotch and blok