The embellishments that are placed on costumes to make them look better puzzle me at times. There are some things done that just don’t work and I wonder why they are there. Perhaps there are some that make some kind of sense, but really, a giant black ‘X’ on a costume I can’t quite understand, …
August 2016 archive
Aug 30 2016
A Review of Seduction From Hell by Kevin Landrum
There is such a thing as getting lost in the minutia of telling a story. While telling of a character’s need for a cup of coffee, and their reaction to it, offers a glimpse into them, it isn’t who they are. Telling that story, especially for the main character, matters. Leaving out the why for …
Aug 30 2016
A Review of Lilitu by Craig McGray
There is a dark side to the succubus myth and being so it is one that many authors take and tell the story of. Sometimes that story can be dark and erotic, sometimes it simply is dark. It can be horrific, without a doubt, but sometimes the horror isn’t all there is. Taking a slightly …
Aug 28 2016
A Review of The Demon’s Daughter Gets Laid by Nessa Triskelion
One of the themes that isn’t, as a whole, really explored is what I think of as the coming of age of succubi. There has to be a point where they come to terms with themselves, who they are and what they desire. If that happens to involve their mother as well, I think that …
Aug 28 2016
A Review of The Widowed Succubus by Brian McGee
The problem with short stories is that so much story is left behind untold. The details which flesh out things aren’t really there, there is no time to explain why things happened and, sometimes, how it all connects together. Occasionally there isn’t even enough time to say if a character is what they seem to …
Aug 27 2016
A very quick Morrigan Aensland YouTube sketch
A very quick YouTube today of an artist drawing Morrigan Aensland in their sketchbook. It really is a cute piece of art most of all… If you can’t see this video here on the Tale, please try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQZsH__BMA And, as always, in case YouTube makes the video vanish, here is an image …
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