Review of Protectress in Interstellar Flight Press Magazine

Here’s the first review of Protectress, by Jamileh Alexandra for Interstellar Flight Press Magazine, complete with awesome punny title. One pull quote:

 It was a joy to have a book reach between my ribs and get into my lungs. These immortal gods are characterized by modern proclivities that provide humor, lightness, and new interpretations of the mythic. They also ground the story in a familiar human world, which is a stable foundation when the magic starts to fly. Yet, you never forget that you are reading an ancient story, honoring its original Bardic storytelling while resolving in a very satisfying and modern revelation of Medusa’s true power.

PROTECTRESS reading, 19 January (+ bonus dog pictures)

Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 19, I’ll be reading from PROTECTRESS at a Zoom event hosted by my publisher, Unsolicited Press! Full details here: unsolicitedpress.com/events.html Join me for gorgons, goddesses, and dogs!

If you’ve already begun reading, you may have encountered Ladon, the dragon brought to the party by the Hesperides. Ladon is a figure from Greek mythology, but I based him on my late, great, wonderful Newfoundland dog Fozzie. Fozzie was enormous, even for a Newfie–he was 6 feet long from nose to tip of tail, and he weighed about 190 lbs–and he was lean. He was gentle and sweet, a big cuddly goof. Here are some photos.

a large black and white dog on his back with his ears flopped up and showing his teetha large black and white dog in front of a bookcaseA large black and white dog resting his head on my knee.