Tag: paranormal

KokkieH Reviews Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Cover illustration by Joey Hi-Fi
Publisher: http://www.jacana.co.za

Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things.  But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, she’s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job – missing persons.

Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell’s undertow.

Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she’ll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives, including her own. – Book description on cover

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Song Title Challenge #60: Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye and the genre, as suggested by bumblepuppies, is Sci-Fi/Fantasy.  Genre is Historic Fiction.  I was wondering how to keep things PG13 with this particular title, but I think I managed quite nicely, though I’ll confess to drawing heavily for inspiration on the Dresden Files novel I’m currently reading (including the names of all my characters – no resemblance to the actual characters is intended 😉 ).

Sexual Healing

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Song Title Challenge #58: Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips and was suggested by bumblepuppies.  Genre is Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

Midnight Train to Georgia

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Song Title Challenge #48: Plastic Shadow – Blindspott

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Plastic Shadow by Blindspott.  Thanks to Gigi from Anchor it down for the suggestion.  No genre was specified.

Plastic Shadow

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KokkieH Reviews Storm Front and Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

I just read the first two Dresden Files novels back to back and thought I’d try a joint review on them.

Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Cover artist not credited in book
Publisher: Penguin Books

Storm Front introduces us to Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden.  Dresden is a professional wizard who lives in Chicago.  He is also a private detective and consults with the Special Investigations Unit of the Chicago Police Department on more unusual cases. Continue reading “KokkieH Reviews Storm Front and Fool Moon by Jim Butcher” →