Author Archives: JE

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.

Fahrenheit 101

Posted on December 28, 2022 by JE

“You don’t have to burn books if the world starts to fill up with nonreaders, nonlearners, nonknowers.”–Ray Bradbury

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Grand Old Pinnocchio

Posted on December 28, 2022 by JE
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Who’s Nest?

Posted on December 28, 2022 by JE

I was looking up  the Old Norse word nestbaggi (“bag for provisions”) and wondering about the etymon of nest (“provisions”). Is it the same as English nest (like, where birds live)? I still don’t know; it looks doubtful. But apparently English … Continue reading →

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State of the Onion

Posted on December 27, 2022 by JE

A kind of review, I guess. Executive summary: a fun satire of techbro billionaires and their self-built cults, set inside a movie about mystery stories and puzzles. It’s maybe half an hour too long, like practically every movie made nowadays. … Continue reading →

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Hm

Posted on December 25, 2022 by JE

No news is good news. I guess?

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Merry, Merry

Posted on December 24, 2022 by JE

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating it; happy weekend to all. https://soundcloud.com/brianne-becker/charlie-brown-christmas-time

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Swords and Celebrations

Posted on December 24, 2022 by JE

A Happy Fritz Leiber Day to you and yours.

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Frosty

Posted on December 23, 2022 by JE

Even a little chillier than was prophesied—colder than I ever remember it being in the Swamp. Here’s hoping everyone subject to winter’s winds has shelter and heat.

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Scale vs. Scale

Posted on December 21, 2022 by JE

While looking up something today, I got lost in the dictionary (an almost daily occurrence around here). I ended up finding out that scale in the sense of “a calibrated line” (etc.) isn’t related at all to scale from a … Continue reading →

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“Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind…”

Posted on December 21, 2022 by JE

Happy solstice to my fellow-Tellurians. All others, proceed at your own risk.

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