Melissa Snark

Who Is Mary Sue?

Originally posted at The Snarkology on March 28, 2014. Lt. Mary Sue ran the ship, and ran it so well she received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Vulcan Order of Gallantry and the Tralfamadorian Order of Good Guyhood.” — Excerpt from A Trekkie’s Tale by Paula Smith. She is the woman with the jewel colored eyes, the model-level good-looks, the […]

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Werewolf Clichés

I’m away getting my geek on at BayCon. Filling in for me this week is Melissa Snark.  Thanks for doing this and take it away, Melissa. It seems inevitable that every author of paranormal fiction encounters certain subgenre stereotypes/tropes during their journey to craft an interesting tale. As an author of werewolf fantasy stories, I’m particularly

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Things That Go Bump In The Night – The Headless Horseman

Follow the hop! On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that he was headless!—but his horror was still more increased on observing that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders,

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