| Wizard World Texas | date 11/7/2007 / issue #8 | ||
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Authors to appear at Wizard World Texas And so we come to the end of the week wherein our story Rowan of the Wood takes place. If you haven't yet done so, please visit our character blogs (links on the right) as they write about the events taking place in the story as they happen!
Next week our featured authors, Christine & Ethan Rose, will attend Wizard World Texas on November 16, 17, and 18th. They will be selling and signing their book Rowan of the Wood, and they will also have bookmarks, stickers, buttons, T-shirts and more! This year's convention will be held at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. Please visit the Wizard World Website for more information and directions. Mention this newsletter and get $2.00 the cover price of a book.
Please forward this to your friends and family inviting them to join our newsletter list and to submit their stories, poems, jokes, photos, etc. This is our eighth Newsletter; if you've missed the first seven, you can view them at Archived Newsletters. Keep those submissions coming! We love to read your stories and poems. In this edition, we have another excerpt from our book Rowan of the Wood. Richard Ridyard penned this edition's short story The Hanged Man, and we have a poem by Ginny Achin entitled Cast Through The Looking Glass. Remember to link to our blogs/vlog and bookmark them on sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, De.licio.us, and Techorati. Subscription links at our website.
See you in cyberspace... Allison Willows |
In this issue:
(Link)"Pushing Magic" on YouTube wherein Christine does a short parody of "Pushing Daisies" while telling the story Rowan of the Wood, Ch. 4
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The Hanged Man by Richard Ridyard He's looking at me! He thinks I don't know it, but I do!
"'I can see you, Happy, I can see you!'
He sits on a chair in the corner of my room. There is nothing but silence, I am alone, I can feel his cold harsh stares. As long as I live he'll haunt me, taunt me, then destroy me. There's only one escape for me ... for both of us.
Those stupid, painted doll-like eyes staring out of that wooden head. Sneering at me. There was a time when I could ignore him. Drop him in his box at the end of the act and forget about him until the next performance. That was long ago when I first got started as a ventriloquist.
Back then it was 'The amazing Edward'. That's how the billing read. No mention of 'Happy' ... just me, Edward.
But slowly he got in on the act. First they changed the billing to 'Edward and his lifelike dummy'. Happy didn't like that! Didn't like being called a dummy.
"The crowd don't see me as a dummy," he said. "They see me as a real person. Real flesh and blood. So why destroy the illusion?"
The only illusion was that people thought I pulled the strings to make Happy come to life, but in fact Happy was pulling my strings. He was the master and I was the puppet. He knew exactly how to handle me.
How to get his own way. He'd deliberately make me look a fool in front of others ... just like my old man used to do...
Read The Rest of "The Hanged Man" Rowan of the Wood (The following is an excerpt from Rowan of the Wood. To find our more about this work and the author, please visit their website. http://www.rowanofthewood.com)
She followed the flashlight’s beam into the living room,
placed the candles on the coffee table and lit them. She
mulled over her recent dream while she worked. This was
the second time in a week she had had this same dream.
The first time was on Halloween night. She remembered
looking at the clock exactly at midnight. It was an interesting
one, something that had been buried deep in her memory.
She dreamt of the ritual. Along with the stories and legends
her father had taught her throughout her childhood were
different rituals to be performed at various times of the year
if certain events should occur. She was to perform one such
ritual if someone else released the wizard. Her father taught
her how to trust her instincts, that she would know if he
had been released. Her soul would tell her so. She had
stopped paying attention to her intuition in that way long,
long ago. She didn’t trust her psychic feelings, so had given
way to a more secular and normal way of looking at the
world. Tonight, however, she was feeling a very strong pull
towards the ritual, and it wasn’t just because of the dream.
She began to wonder again if all those stories held something
real. Could the wizard have been released? She shook her
head at the silliness. But what if? What would happen if
she did the ritual? Probably nothing, so it wouldn’t hurt to
try it. Right? She had the candles already out, so why not try?
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WE GOT MERCH! Please visit our website for Rowan of the Wood to see our new products! We have cool bookmarks, stickers, T-shirts, buttons and more! We also have a new FUN PAGE with fun facts and activities. Color and send in our Cover2Color for a special discount & gifts!
OUR LINKS
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FREE STUFF Cast Through the Looking Glass
by Ginny Achin
The expanding chain reaction,
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SPECIAL COUPON FOR WIZARD WORLD TEXAS Buy a copy of Rowan of the Wood at Wizard World Texas and save $2.00 off the cover price! Plus get a free bookmark!
Bring this coupon (or mention the newsletter) to Wizard World Texas & say hello to Christine & Ethan. Also available at the convention are t-shirts, buttons, stickers, bookmarks, and more!
Offer Expires: November 18, 2007 - Good at Wizard World Texas only!
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