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.

Merv?

Posted on December 18, 2022 by JE

A gryphon holding up the corner of a sarcophagus. I took this photo in the Vatican Museum, in the now-distant summer of 2008. I was collecting gryphons that year.

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IO, SATURNALIA!

Posted on December 17, 2022 by JE

It’s a Saturnalia on Saturday! It must be extra potent.

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It Can Only Get Better from Here: “Alias Smith and Jones” (pilot)

Posted on December 17, 2022 by JE

Everything Is Better With Latin!™, and alias is Latin for “elsewhere”. At least the pilot of Alias Smith and Jones has that going for it. That and the telegenic qualities of the leads are about the only thing in this … Continue reading →

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Screwball of Fire

Posted on December 16, 2022 by JE

I’m just off a couple weeks of grading at the end of the term. When I’m grading stacks of quizzes, I usually have a video running in the background to assuage the pain of this unnatural activity. This semester I … Continue reading →

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Delusions of Grandeur

Posted on December 15, 2022 by JE

divinam ex eo maiestatem asserere sibi coepit; datoque negotio, ut simulacra numinum religione et arte praeclara, inter quae Olympii Iovis, apportarentur e Graecia, quibus capite dempto suum imponeret. —Suetonius, CALIGULA 22 “From that time he began to claim godhood for … Continue reading →

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Christmas Mode: Initiated

Posted on December 15, 2022 by JE

We’re treed.

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Renaissance Map

Posted on December 8, 2022 by JE

This is not new, but it’s new to me: a glorious map of the Milky Way as a Renaissance cartographer might have drawn it, from Starkey Comics.

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Alias That Guy and That Other Guy

Posted on November 28, 2022 by JE

This is just a blog post about a TV show, but it does involve some discussion of self-harm. Caveat lector! If you’re in a tough place, remember there are ways to get help, especially by calling or texting 988. One … Continue reading →

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Escape from the Twitterati

Posted on November 28, 2022 by JE

The Muskification of Twitter has gotten me thinking about social media platforms and how they come and go. I’ve signed up for some new ones, and will update my bio when I’m sure which ones I’ll be actually using. Still, … Continue reading →

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The Ygg and I

Posted on July 28, 2022 by JE

Today I’m thinking about Weird water and eggs. Snorri says that the first root of Yggdrasil comes down in Ásgarð and that next to it is the Pool of Weird. The Norns come out to it each day and splash … Continue reading →

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