#stranger times

[a-chorus-of-storytellers]

new year | new boots | old fave

Starting my January reread with this „old“ fave of mine. I mean what better way to kick off my vacation than to read this hilarious, delightful, witty, weird and wonderful story.

[doctorhimbeere]

Urban fantasy book recommandations

-Hello after my little rant about the latest rivers of London book I like to give to recommendations for two urban fantasy book series that I personally like very much-

'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' proclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling This is Going to Hurt 'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' said the GUARDIAN JASON MANFORD thinks it's 'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.' The Chronicles of St Mary's series author JODI TAYLOR declared 'I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable.' And THE TIMES called it 'ripping entertainment from start to finish.'

There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . .

A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable.

At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own.

When tragedy strikes in her first week on the job The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined.

The Stranger Times is the first novel from C.K. McDonnell, the pen name of Caimh McDonnell. It combines his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a joyous celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction

-It is very funny and wonderful chaotic at times mainly because our protagonists have absolutely zero plan on what the hell is going on but who has ever let that get themself down. Full of action, pop culture references and chaotic bit of fun and a sprinkle of found family.-

Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails - and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink and he uses his gifts to protect our world from rogue minions of various pantheons, especially the Fae.But he is also cursed. Anyone who hears his voice will begin to feel an inexplicable hatred for Al, so he can only communicate through the written word or speech apps. And his apprentices keep dying in peculiar freak accidents. As his personal life crumbles around him, he devotes his life to his work, all the while trying to crack the secret of his curse.But when his latest apprentice, Gordie, turns up dead in his Glasgow flat, Al discovers evidence that Gordie was living a secret life of crime. Now Al is forced to play detective - while avoiding actual detectives who are wondering why death seems to always follow Al. Investigating his apprentice's death will take him through Scotland's magical underworld, and he'll need the help of a mischievous hobgoblin if he's to survive

-Interesting magic system, an older protagonist who is very witty and a bunch of original characters . All in all chaotice but make it sophisticated-

[bdbunny117117]

A short story by C. K. McDonnell threw out this nugget. It brings a dark sort of joy (current figures are now showing 3/4 of the budget is taken over by the thin folk)

[justanechoflower]

*super hero lands in exo suit like cod aw* hey flowers want to do something cool that involves you getting in this pot and we jumping out of a vtol high up or we use a zip-line and yes shades are included and yes you get to keep them

*Changing your answer because your friend says the opposite lol couldn't be them 😁*

[inthewindtunnel]

Life On Venus

Stranger Times

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[phoenixfeatherquill]

Do you intend to ever finish Stranger Times? I really love the start you made as an antidote to the hot mess that was S4.

I absolutely do! And it's good to know that people are waiting for it, it makes me want to work on it more!

[nugothrhythms]

“Stranger Times” by Totem off of their 2019 debut album Passage