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Tag: Why I Love Fantasy

10 Meaningful Quotes from Fantasy Novels

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Stace Dumoski

  I collect quotes from fiction like pieces of broken jewelry, except instead of stashing them in the vanity drawer, I squirrel them away in notebooks and my Notion account.

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Magic, Maps and Monsters (Why I Love Fantasy, Part 2)

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Stace Dumoski
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I was going to write about Why Fantasy is Great(TM), but as I was putting together a mental outline of what I wanted to include, I realized that what I

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Like Lightning From a Clear Sky – More C.S. Lewis Quotes on Fantasy Literature

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
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This post was originally published in September 2006. Mostly for my own reference, I’m putting down some (to me) significant quotes from other essays in the C.S. Lewis book. “The

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The Most Underrated Special Effect

Posted on January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 by Stace Dumoski

Twenty years ago, when “Xena: Warrior Princess” was a staple of my viewing schedule, I never would have dreamed that we would have such a rich array of fantasy on

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The Mastery of Riddle-Master

Posted on January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 by Stace Dumoski
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I just finished reading Patricia McKillip’s breathtaking Riddle-Master trilogy. I’ve lost track of whether it’s the fourth of fifth time I’ve read it, but it still leaves me breathless each

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Stace Dumoski

Fantasy Writer & Editor