The Alchemist's Cauldron
The Alchemist's Cauldron
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Short Stories, Poems, & Suchby Gale Price |
| Review of Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu | Ms. Clarke has released a volume of her short stories, and most of the stories evoke the same England she offers in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. added 3-4-2007 |
| Review of Anna Egan Smucker's To Keep the South Manitou Light | Ms. Smucker's book is a delightful children's chapter book and I highly recommend it. added 1-22-2006 |
| Written After One Too Many Times Teaching Milton (short story) | What happens when you've read Milton's vicious attack on the female of the human species too many times? You write a Garden story as an act of catharsis. Here's mine. added 5-2-2007 |
| Boxcars (short story) | Have you ever been a ghost? The narrator of this little yarn is going to find himself asking himself exactly that question. revised 3-13-2006 . |
| George Whitfield's abrupt transition to the afterlife prompts a fair bit of confusion—for himself and for the bureaucrats of the World Beyond. | |
| Safe Passage (short story) |
A standard "deal with the devil" story, as a rather down-at-the-heels Scratch Underwood bargains for the narrator's soul. |
| The Road Back (short story) |
A curious little allegory, the key to which is probably buried in my own consciousness. |
| The Real Ghost (essay) |
Why do certain events produce vivid memories, while others do not? This essay recounts a particularly persistent childhood memory. |
| Wendy Zephyr's Guide to Genuine Real Magick (humor) |
Wendy Zephyr, the nine year old whose brother turned her into a box turtle, offers a complete guide to REAL(!) Magick. Now - revised Birthday Edition. |
| Review of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | My review of Susanna Clarke's delightful excursion into Magic and the British 19th. Century added 9-27-2004 |
| on The Lord of the Rings | A reflection on the garden imagery and personal responsibility in Tolkien's and Jackson's The Lord of the Rings added 12-19-2003 |
| Various Classnotes | Yes, some of my definitions, examples, outlines, and notes from my lectures that I post for my literature students. added 9-26-2003 |
| Chords of the Night Wind | More-or-less complete collection of my poetry, with illustrations |
| Poetry - selected (social commentary) |
Lammas 1983 The Princess of the Laundromat |
| Poetry - selected (nostalgic - confessional) |
The Lethe |
| Poetry - selected (cosmic) |
Midsummer Eve Retrospective Squared Dreamtime CarLot A First Star |
updated March 14, 2008