Our imaginations are great and all, but when an artist brings a monster to life, the results can also be stunning. I’ve picked out 5 memorable movie monsters and 5 graphic novels for when your brain’s a little more tired and you want monsters presented to you more visually! 5 Memorable Monster Movies to WatchContinue reading “It Lives!”
Author Archives: Spells and Spaceships
The Monster Week Indie Special
Hi everyone! Very excited today to amplify the voices of some passionate indie authors and hopefully add to your TBR piles. I’ll also be hosting some awesome giveaways over on twitter too! It’s important to me as a blogger to do my small part in helping to highlight authors who have decided to go theContinue reading “The Monster Week Indie Special”
Dragon Day!
Here at Spells & Spaceships, on the 3rd day of Monster Week, the focus is on dragons. You can check out brand new interviews with Brian Naslund, one of my favourite authors and ML Spencer whose Dragon Mage novel is getting alot of attention! Aswell as these interviews there is an updated list of dragonContinue reading “Dragon Day!”
Humanoid Monsters plus Call of the Wyld Review!
There’s something about a human monster that makes it just that little bit creepier. Perhaps it’s the suggestion of intelligence, or a motive other than just being a predatory beast, or perhaps its the lack of humanity within something that appears (sometimes only vaguely) human. Whatever the case, human monsters have been around since theContinue reading “Humanoid Monsters plus Call of the Wyld Review!”
What is a Monster?
A guest post from DH Willison What is a monster? No, it’s not a trick question. Is a vampire a monster? How about a dragon? A mermaid? A centaur? The blob? One of the aliens in Alien? Susan from Monsters vs. Aliens? I’ll bet most readers said no to at least one of the above,Continue reading “What is a Monster?”
Making a Monster
Monster: 1. a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature Hello and welcome to the Spells & Spaceships Fantasy Monster Week! This week will look at the monsters specifically of the Fantasy, Sci-Fi and folklore variety, largely sticking to the above definition – there’ll be no serial killers or other deplorable humans. Unless they’re covered inContinue reading “Making a Monster”
Fantasy Monster Week is nearly here!
Hi fantasy readers, I just thought I’d give you a little more info about fantasy monster week, 22nd til the 28th March. It’s an event I thought up a few months ago and have been doing a bit of work towards here and there for the last few weeks, interviewing various authors and chatting aboutContinue reading “Fantasy Monster Week is nearly here!”
10 Reasons you might want to play Total War: Warhammer
I’m a big fan of empire building strategy games, starting first with Age of Empires II when I was around 8 yrs old, followed by many others. I went from RTS (real time strategy) to turn based strategy with Civ Revolution before moving onto Medieval II Total War and Empire Total War. This changed everything.Continue reading “10 Reasons you might want to play Total War: Warhammer”
The Midnight Library – Review
Author – Matt HaigPages – 288 A thought provoking, life affirming read that some readers won’t realise they desperately needed until they complete it – beautifully put together. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a book I may find myself coming back to again and again. It’s one I encourage anyone to read, especiallyContinue reading “The Midnight Library – Review”
Book Blitz: A Sea of Pearls and Leaves.
Hi everyone! Today with Storytellers on Tour I’m bringing to your attention a beautiful book with beautiful imagery… It’s A Sea of Pearls and Leaves by Rosalyn Briar. If you need a read to take you away to distant shores with the smell of the sea lapping at the shore, with magic, love and anContinue reading “Book Blitz: A Sea of Pearls and Leaves.”
