Monthly Archives: August 2010

Google Maps has been one of our most invaluable tools while writing Black Alice. Particularly since James and I live about 2,500 miles away from Detroit, currently. We use it to find locations for our scenes, get directions, and keep our bearings straight. Google Street View has been unbelievably helpful, as well. We use it to double-check descriptions, scout out locations, and make sure our routes work when we’re describing travel from one location to another. In short, we love us some Google Maps, y’all. Several months ago, while poking around on Google maps trying to figure out how...

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I found some Tupperware containers in the kitchen, and while I fished around through the hole in the living room floor for a solid enough piece or three, I sent the shadow creeping along through the house, looking for the glyph Tyler had mentioned. The lady of the house was a tad worse for wear, and the bits of gristle and bone I fished out made my fingers sting and burn when I touched them. After another trip to the kitchen, I soon had half a dozen Monster McNuggets wrapped up in tinfoil and tucked into a Tupperware sandwich...

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I skidded to a stop near the staircase as my brain caught up to my panic and politely reminded me that I shouldn’t know anything about those maggots. The existence of the utangards was common knowledge in the Arcana, but specifics? Those were strictly need-to-know, and way above my clearance. Aw, hell. Tyler came barreling down the stairs, vaulting over the railing to meet me halfway, with pale blue flames already gathered around his fists.  “What is it? Are there more of them?” He turned a slow circle, scanning the room and looking around for another enemy while my...

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