Aidee Ladnier
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These guys have eye patches, hooks, and peglegs. Life is hard when everyone finds out you bleed candy.
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Miniature Fiction: No Rescue Required
The young knight pelted down the corridor shield held high, sword held higher, screaming at the top of his lungs. He jumped over stalagmites jutting from the floor, ducked under stalactites which loomed threateningly overhead and finally stopped, breathing heavily at the mouth of a large cavern deep within the dragon’s lair. He saw her, the beautiful Princess Phoebe, in full court regalia, a blue taffeta gown with gold embroidered trim now covered in gore, as she calmly hacked away at the neck of a small and rather defenseless looking dragon.
- Aidee
find this new guest on Tumblr (http://aideemoi.tumblr.com/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/AideeLadnier) and/or her blog (http://www.aideeladnier.com/).With thanks to Miniature Fiction who doesn’t mind women with a few strange ideas. Tee hee!
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Miniature Fiction: Regency Afternoon
Evangeline smoothed the velvet nap of her smart afternoon dress. She bought it last month to show off her exquisite figure when she tooled around Hyde Park at the height of mid-afternoon with the members of the Haut Ton. She smiled at the handsome young man sitting in the driver’s seat, inexpertly handling the reigns of the high-perch phaeton with its green and yellow trim, his highly polished boots near blinding her with their mirrored brilliance as she tried vainly to rise from the mud where the wheel pinned her to the roadway.
- Aidee
find this new guest on Tumblr (http://aideemoi.tumblr.com/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/AideeLadnier) and/or her blog (http://www.aideeladnier.com/).Miniature Fiction was kind enough to host a little bit of strangeness that leapt out of my head.
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At the risk of outing myself as a geek, here’s Zachary Quinto learning from Leonard Nimoy how not to take yourself too seriously.
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Good Reviews!
My short story “Lawrence Frightengale Investigates” has gotten some great reviews lately.
On Top Down Under Book Reviews said:
Follow along as Lawrence Frightengale (aka Larry French) and his lover Myrna Boy (aka Nicholas Benson) embark on a search to find a black El Dorado that has been carnapped a couple of hours before it is to be driven in a parade. Lawrence is the host of Terror Time, a popular television show at an independent television station. The car is on loan from the owner of the station to be used in the Out & About parade. Knowing that Lawrence will be out of a job if the theft is discovered, he, Myrna and Myrna’s dog Bootsy go on a quick journey to try to get the car back before anyone finds out. There are surprises and a humorous cast of secondary characters. A very entertaining read. - 4.5 out of 5 stars.
GayListBookReviews reviewers Beans and Nina said:
Beans - We rarely get to see a couple that is already committed to each other live their life in the pages of a story, without there being crazy drama. I loved the way these partners interacted with each other completely confident and moved to action by the crisis of a theft. If you don’t get swept away in the world building, the overall trust and partnership makes for great read. But I did adore the fun sideline of the pride parade and horror show.
Nina - I enjoyed this story so much. It had so many good elements and kept a fast pace with a mystery that has to be solved in a very short time period. Many times it looked like they wouldn’t be able to make it but the teamwork and flair that they show is fantastic. I loved Larry/Lawrence and Nicholas/Myrna. They have so much fun together as they try to save Larry’s job and solve the mystery. Myrna’s explanation to Justin on how to address her was very gentle, clear and to the point. The ending is perfect for this fun ride of a story.
And on Amazon, reviewer S.R. Shutt said:
My personal favorite of the tales was Aidee and Debussy Ladnier’s “Lawrence Frightengale Investigates,” with its witty allusions to the “Creature Feature” type horror film television programming I grew up on, and equally smart intimations of the “Thin Man” mysteries featuring legendary couple Nick and Nora Charles. The fact that one of the couple in this tale (set in contemporary times) rejoices in the name of Myrna Boy adds a delicious note of fun and fanciful nostalgia to the proceedings. The suspenseful pacing of the tale is well counterpointed with the characterizations of the two protagonists, and the payoff is surprisingly unexpected. Rumor has it that we haven’t seen the last of Larry and Myrna—I can’t wait to read of their further adventures!
In response, I offer my personal thanks to the reviewers for their kind words. I’m so happy that readers are enjoying the adventures of Lawrence and Myrna. Perhaps there might be more stories forthcoming. <3
If you’d like to read my short story, it’s available from Dreamspinner Press as part of the Closet Capers anthology.
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”A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.
Pico Iyer
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The Color of Language
One of my favorite podcasts is RadioLab. I’m always interested whenever they tackle language related questions—such as why the color blue isn’t mentioned, even once, in either The Illiad or The Odyssey by Homer. I love how linguists have tracked when each color, red, green, yellow, purple, and blue showed up in various languages. And how they came to the realization that blue doesn’t appear until somehow, we as humans can recreate it, paint it. It’s as if we refuse to admit something exists until we puny humans can make it, too. I guess color is one of those things we can’t take on faith. We have to see it, feel it, touch it, smell it, taste it before we recognize it. The episode is fascinating. Give it a listen. -
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The oldest honeybee fossil ever found is dated at 100 million years ago. Scientists believe that wasps and bees shared a common ancestor and this fossil, with the pollen collecting legs of a bee, still shows a few traits that we associate with wasps. Around 100 million years ago, flowering plants became widespread and had started to replace conifers as the dominant plant species. So the date of this fossil, means that bees were already evolving to be the primariy insects to collect pollen and exploit the nectar of flowering plants. I’m just glad they’re still around—not only because they pollenate the crops we grow as food, but also because they make such delicious honey!
