#ic: Kalila

[caw-oticdork]

Hiya! I started listening to the Lost Terminal because you mentioned it on here. I'm a few seasons in and really loving it. My friend is looking for some new narrative pods and I know you listen to a bunch. Got any suggestions? They can be finished or ongoing.

Oh do I! Have a couple, in alphabetical order:

Absolutely No Adventures - An outright pratchettesque fantasy parody about a (very) Chosen One who has studied the art of baking instead heeding the call to adventure and refuses to go on any quests.

Care and Feeding of Werewolves - A (in-universe) podcast addressing current events and issues in the (American) paranormal community, hosted by a witch and medical practitioner. Has very good plot and worldbuilding.

Folxlore - Queer horror podcast set in Glasgow. Excellent show. "This apartment complex is very haunted, extremely cursed, and it sometimes randomly shifts to an eldritch nightmare realm. Everyone here's queer though, including the building itself. 4 stars out of 5."

Gabriela & The Inn Between - A recent botany undergrad takes a job as Innkeeper at an inn with very strange and unusual guests. Cozy and low-stakes.

Gastronaut - Set a couple hundred years from now, a food journalist travels from Earth, then Mars, then a distant space colony. He's pathetic but in a good way. Excellent food descriptions, nice anti-capitalistic and anti-colonialist themes. Higher stakes and fewer steaks than expected.

Ghost Wax - I've always disagreed with the idea that necromancers are always evil. This show agrees - it's a horror podcast about an ancient necromancer solving supernatural murders by interviewing the victims. Very thrilling. Many feels.

Icarus Rising - Queer airship pirates! Stow-aways! Rebellion! Chases and Thrills! High-stakes drama and action among the clouds! An adorable ship cat!

Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services - Very cool story about witches, fairies, werewolves, and more, a story about what makes a community, about modern-day working class neighborhoods, psychology, love, and of course magic.

Parkdale Haunt - This one I haven't listened to yet, but I've heard very good things about it. It's a horror show about a haunted house, set in Toronto, made with love for that city. Disregard this suggestion if you don't like Toronto, I've never been.

SCP: Find Us Alive - A podcast set in the SCP universe, about a site getting sucked into some sort of pocket dimension that keeps resetting in a sort of time loop. Very interesting cast of characters. Requires minimal knowledge about how the SCP Foundation works.

Starfall - Fantasy audio drama about the adventures of a theatre troupe that uses magical items and illusions in their work, and about a young warrior with mysterious powers who joins them.

Tell No Tales - Horror story about a company that specialises in removing ghosts from haunted places. The protagonist quickly becomes concerned about the ethics of that and tries to prove that they need to start treating spirits with the humanity they deserve.

The Antique Shop - Urban Fantasy drama about a student getting a job at the kind of antiques shop that you only find when you need to. Lots of cursed items. An excellent cat. Queerplatonic relationships.

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality - An AI audio tour guide shows you various interesting exhibits and learns how to be a person. There's lots of feelings here.

The Strange Case of Starship Iris - Sci-Fi story set in the aftermath of a war between Earth and extraterrestrials. It's about outer space, survival, espionage, resistance, identity, friendship, found family, romance, and secrets. The intro song is excellent.

The Tower - A young woman climbs an ancient, unfathomably tall tower from a forgotten age. It stretches up into the sky, through the smog and the clouds. Very vibes.

The White Vault - Travel Is Not Advised. Very scary story about what's been hiding below the ice and the stone. What's been slumbering for ages. What's now beginning to wake anew.

I hope this selection helps! I have more, but I felt it would be better to keep the list short-ish.

[tosweetiee]

You, me, and us.

let me tell you how much i love him. he is sunsets and tired eyes and messy hair and ripped jeans and late night laughter and spilt coffee and the smell before it rains  and sleepless nights and bad 90s movies and new music and poetry and whispers at 4 a.m. and ice cream and denim and no destination drives and sunday morning. he my moon, my universe, my love, my sun, my lovetaker, my world, and he is everything lovely. i love you so much that words cannot begin to describe it. i want to spend all of eternity with you and never leave your side. there are three things in this world that will always remain a constant: the sun will rise, the wind will blow, and i will love you. you are like a ray of light in dark places. whenever things get rough and i lost all hope, you appear out of no where and save me from destruction. you're truly my savior, my hero, my prince charming ... my everything. i want to grow old with you. not just mature, i mean REALLY grow old. i never want to lose you, cs you are the love of my life.

okay next! CAN I JUST SAY SMTHNG CRAZY ABOUT U? i want to tell u something! do you know? how lucky i am to have u. IM SO HAPPY AND VERY VERY LUCKY. aku udah pernah cerita ke kakak sebelumnya aku tiap deket sama cowo pasti berakhir jelek, sampe aku takut buat mulai hubungan lagi sama cowo lain. tapi, setelah kakak datang ke hidup aku, aku ngerasa bener bener dicinta banget sama kakak. selama aku main rp, baru kali ini nemu yang cintanya setara bukan yang salah satu doang excited nya. sebelum ketemu kakak tuh, aku ngerasa hidup aku kaya ada yang kurang gitu, setelah kakak datang ke hidup aku malah idup aku jadi lebih berwarna pas ada kakak 😵‍💫 MY KINDA love only for u! aku sayang bangettt sama kakakk! kalau kakak gamau percaya juga gapapa. but, tolong kasih aku harapan ya? harapan buat nanti kita berdua bisa bersama untuk selamanya hehe ૮ ˙Ⱉ˙ ა kakak, kalau nanti kita udah ga sama sama lagi, aku harap kakak jangan pernah lupa sama aku ya? aku gapernah nyesel pernah ketemu sama kakak di kehidupan ini. u ARE my woOrld 🌎🤍 IM REALY EXCITED for this! kalau ada yang jahat sama kakak, kasi tau aku ya? nanti aku tonjok orang nya hehee. 🤏🏻

live, laugh, love, Asterius.

kakak dengerin lagu ini deh, ini lagu favorite aku. masukin ke playlist kakak biar kakak ga denger dj sama dangdut terus 🤏🏻

denger ini jugaa! kalo kata Taylor Swift “ In a world of boys, he's a gentleman ”, Daniel Caesar bilang “ If life is a movie, oh you're the best part ”.

AKU BINGUNG MAU NGETIK APALAGIII.

kakak choose ini ajaa 👇🏻

[ladicsa]

𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑨 𝑪𝑹𝑼𝑬𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑼𝑮𝑳𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶 𝑫𝑶 𝑻𝑶 𝑨𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑶𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑮𝑰𝑹𝑳

#LADICSA. an independent, private portrayal of kisa/santanico pandemonium of from dusk till dawn. kisa is largely adapted to fit other fandoms as the fdtd fandom is very quiet these days - some of the available verses include marvel, a song of ice and fire, the originals, buffyverse, and more which can be found on my verses page. due to the nature of the character and genre of the show, there will be content present on this blog that i will not be tagging such as blood, snakes, face horror - any other potentially triggering content will be tagged. this blog is low activity. written by kalila (she/her, 29, bst).

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[nymxros]

" SHE WALKED AMONG VIPERS "

elia nymeros martell. princess of dorne.

an independent, selective portrayal of elia martell from a song of ice and fire. heavily headcanon based. formerly featured on @epeolxtry

written by kalila (she/her, 27, aest timezone)

| carrd |

other places you can find me:

kisa/santanico pandemonium: @ladicsa elektra natchios: @perfectdcath agnes montague: @desolction

[unearthlyxones]

@waywardsignns​ [ liked for a starter from a chaotic werewolf ]

'Look, it was totally an accident!!’ Kalila insisted. But she didn’t sound very guilty. She actually looked sort of amused by the whole thing. Maybe even a little bit proud. It wasn’t exactly the first time she’d started a riot in a bar, but it wasn’t a frequent occurrence either. ‘I won a bet fair and square and the guy wouldn’t pay!! How was I supposed to know he’d fight back??’

She spat a wad of blood onto the floor and then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, smearing more blood from her burst lip across her cheek. She grinned and, contrasted with the blood, it looked manic.

[gachaclubideas]

-back when m!Y/n Afton was little kid-

child m!Y/n: Brother brother look look.

child Black Hat(he is still a human): ...

child m!Y/n holding a drawing picture: I drew you and me. Are you proud of m-

child Black Hat: *torn apart the drawing picture* No get out of my sight.

child m!Y/n: ...

child m!Y/n: *about to cry*

child Kalila: Vincent(Black Hat's old name) what the hell!? He's our little brother!

child Black Hat: He's nothing but an attention seeker. *walk away*

child m!Y/n: *crying already*

child Kalila: Hey little brother,how about we get some ice cream?

child m!Y/n: *sniffles* Okay...

-Present before the bite of 83-

Elizabeth: Uncle?

m!Y/n: Yes Elizabeth?

Elizabeth: *holding a drawing picture* I drew my animatronic design. Do you like it? Are you proud of me?

m!Y/n: ...

m!Y/n: *pat Elizabeth's head* Yes, I very proud of you.

[seeker-of-the-hunt-blog]

“You were dueling so fantastically that I thought you deserved a reward.” @kalila-chan

[lalalalalemon]

I want to talk more about podcasts on here, so to start, here is a list of all the podcast’s I’m currently subscribed to, in alphabetical order. It’s a fair few so it’s under the cut.

2298

99% Invisible

A New Winter

A Night of Horror

A Scottish Podcast

Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Adventures in New America

Alba Salix

Alice Isn’t Dead

Archive 81

ars Paradoxica

Attention Hellmart Shoppers

Beef and Dairy Network

Big Data

Blackwood

Bronzeville

Brute Force

Bubble

Bunker Buddies

Caledonian Gothic

Campfire Radio Theatre

Caravan

Chatty AF

Coffee Break Chinese

Criminal

Darkest Night

Deadly Manners

Death in Ice Valley

Dreamboy

Eos 10

Everything is Alive

Fictional

Focused AF

Forest Guide

Fracture

Girl In Space

Godsfall

Gone

Greater Boston

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Hashtag Authentic

Hello From the Magic Tavern

Here Be Monsters

Hey Riddle Riddle

Hush

Imaginary Advice

Is This Adulting

Janus Descending

Jarnsaxa Rising

Join the Party

Kakos Industries

Kaleidotrope

Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services

Kind World

King Falls AM

Lake Clarity

Life-After

Limetown

Lore

Love and Luck

Mabel

Magic King Dom

MarsCorp

Middle:Below

Midnight Radio

Minefire

Misadventure by Death

My Brother My Brother and Me

Mystery Show

Nocturne

Oh No Ross and Carrie

Our Fair City

OZ 9

Palimpsest

Passage

PodUkast

Madiva

Rabbits

Radiation World

Reading Glasses

Return Home

Rose Drive

Sawbones

Sayer

SCP Archives

Shmanners

Singing Bones

Sleep With Me

Spire

Spines

Spirits

Start With This

Station Blue

Still Buffering

Strong Language and Violent Scenes

Subject Found

Subvercity Transmit

The Alethian Society

Station to Station

Tales of That Town

Tanis

TAZ

The Alexandria Archives

The Allusionist

The Amelia Project

The Art of Focus

The Behemoth

The Big Loop

The Black Tapes

The Blood Crow Stories

The Bridge

The Bright Sessions

The Deep Vault

The Elysium Project

The End of Time and Other Bothers

The Enoch Saga

The Ghost Radio Project

The Far Meridian

The Infinite Now

The Janet Murray Show

The Last Movie

The Lift

The Lost Cat

The Magnus Archives

The Memory Palace

The Mindful Kind

The Orbiting Human Circus of the Air

The Partially Examined Life

The Penumbra

The Phenomenon

The Prickwick Papers

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

The Unseen Hour

The White Vault

This is Love

Tides

Tin Can

Tiny Leaps Big Changes

Trends Like These

Tunnels

Uncanny County

Unobscured

Unplaced

Unwell

Victoriocity

Violet Beach

Waystation

We Fix Space Junk

Welcome to Nightvale

What the Folklore

Within the Wires

Wolf 359

Wonderful

Wooden Overcoats

Wormwood

You Are Here

[hawt-chocolatte]

Wahana Permainan di Ancol yang Seru

Menjelang akhir tahun anda akan menghadapi libur panjang bersama keluarga. Apakah anda dan keluarga anda adalah orang yang suka berdiam diri di rumah menikmati secangkir teh atau kopi bersama atau orang yang suka berekreasi bersama?

Jika anda salah satu orang yang suka jalan-jalan bersama, maka Ancol bisa jadi salah satu pilihan tempat berlibur anda bersama keluarga. Ancol juga memberikan promo untuk empat orang dengan satu kendaraan sampai akhir tahun, jangan sampai lewatkan kesempatan promo tersebut.

Ancol merupakan taman hiburan yang memiliki luas sekitar 552 hektar yang terletak di Jakarta Utara. Ancol memiliki 8 pertunjukan di Ocean Dream Samudra, 8 Atlantis Water Adventure dan 27 wahana permaianan di Fantasi World.

Anda dapat mengunjungi dan bermain di wahana permainan di Ancol mulai pukul 10:00 WIB sampai dengan 18:00. Namun, jika anda datang dihari minggu atau libur nasional maka anda bisa bermain sampai pukul 20:00 WIB.

Berikut Ini Wahana Permainan Di Ancol yang Wajib Anda Coba

Dunia Fantasi Ancol (DUFAN)

Dunia Fantasi merupakan wahana permainan di Ancol yang paling populer. Dunia Fantasi atau Dufan  merupakan Theme Park pertama di Indonesia yang memiliki sertifikat.

Dufan memiliki wahana yang memberikan kesan fantasi keliling dunia, kawasan tersebut terbagi menjadi 9 kawasan. Indonesia, Jakarta, Asia, Amerika, Eropa, Yunanai, Kalila, Hikayat dan Fantasi Lights.

Pada tahun 2013 Dufan mengalami perbaruan dengan menambah wahana indor yaitu Ice Age dan Kontiki, kemudian pada tahun 2014 dan 2015 menambah wahana Hello Kitty Adventure dan Dufan Glow.

Atraksi populer yang anda akan temui adalah Halilintar, Istana Boneka, kora-kora, Niagara dan Hysteria. Dufan juga menambah atraksi baru seperti Star Wars, Meteor Attack dan Tornado untuk menambah keseruan anda.

Atlantis Water Adventure

Atlantis merupakan taman rekreasi air yang bertema peradaban di kota-kota kuno di wilayah mediterania. Atlantis memiliki 9 jenis kolam dan ragam permainan wahana yang mengasikan dan juga menantang.

Atlantis Water Adventure merupakan wahana permainan di Ancol yang memiliki kolam renang anak-anak, kolam air terjun, kolam ombak, kolam sungai buatan yang mengalir dan kolam pelangi.

Ocean Dream Samudra

Ocean Drean Samudra merupakan Edutainment theme  park bernuansa konservasi, mengenal dan menyayangi satwa air.

Wahana ini merupakan Oceanarium terbesar yang memiliki pentas singa laut, pentas lumba-lumba, peragaan aneka satwa, aquarium ikan tawar dan laut serta taman yang memiliki keanekaragaman burung.

Wahana merupakan wahana permainan di Ancol memiliki teater 4 dimensi yang memproyeksikan film gambar 3 dimensi disertai dengan sensasi angin sejuk dan semprotan air kecil.

Sea World Ancol

Sea World Ancol merupakan wahana di Ancol yang memberikan hiburan, konservasi dan pendidikan khusunya terkait dunia laut secara lengkap.

Sea World Ancol memiliki 11.500 juta biota laut dengan 138 jenis ikan dan avertebrata juga 3 jenis reptil. Bukan hanya itu, wahana ini juga memiliki 7.300 juta biota air tawar dengan 48 jenis ikan dan 1 jenis reptil. Biota-bioata tersebut ditampilkan dengan 28 display yaitu 9 kolam perairan tawar dan 19 aquarium terbuka.

Allianz EcoPark

Allianz Ecopark merupakan wahana di Ancol yang memiliki luas sekitar 34 hektar. Wahana ini merupakan wahana rekreasi yang menawarkan nilai-nilai petualangan dan edukasi dengan pendekatan Green Life.

Anda dapat mengeksplorasi pengetahuan botani dan berrekreasi di outdoor. Allianz Ecopark memiliki kawasan fungsi dan fasilitas yang berbeda seperti eco nature, eco art, eco care dan zona eco energy.

Gondola Ancol

Gondola Ancol merupakan kereta gantung yang sudah terkomputerisasi dan berteknologi tinggi di Indonesia. Wahana tersebut merupakan permainan di Ancol yang paling menakjubkan.

Wahana Gondola terletak di area rekreasi Taman Impian Jaya Ancol. Gondola di Ancol memiliki 37 unit, setiap unit terdiri dari 6 orang dewasa. Gondola ini melaju di ketinggian 21 meter dengan jarak tempuh 2,4 KM selama 20 menit. 

Terdapat 3 stasiun yaitu stasiun A terletak di belakang Dunia Fantasi, stasiun B terletak di Pantai Indah sekitar Putri Duyung, sementara stasiun C terletak di Teater Mobil. Namun, tetapi proses penaikan dan penurun penumpang hanya dilakukan di stasiun A dan B.

Wahana permainan di Ancol sangat menakjubkan bukan? Jika anda sangat tertarik bermain ke Ancol bersama keluarga ataupun rombongan, bisa segera sewa bus pariwisata murah di sewabusmurah.co.id.

[showbizchicago]

Cirque Du Soleil's 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE... Delivers Multi-Sensory Holiday Magic

Over one hundred years before Superman was spotted flying over a New York City sky another airborne gentleman donned in red took the world by storm and has remained a cultural phenomenon ever since.  For it was in 1823 that Clement Clark Moore penned the poem “A Visit From Saint Nicholas” after heading home to his family via sleigh on Christmas Eve. Moore’s poem, otherwise known by its more popular title, “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas”, has since served as the basis of hundreds of various adaptations in every form of entertainment.    However, it is in the World Premiere of Cirque du Soleil's gloriously immersive ‘Twas The Night Before... which opened for a limited run at the Chicago Theatre, that the true magic of Moore’s stanzas are realized. In ‘Twas The Night Before..., Cirque once again creates a world within a world for the spectacle to unfold as we follow the story’s heroine Isabella (Michelle Clark) and her father (Alexis Vigneault) as the magical spirit of Christmas methodically fills a young soul in need of believing.   Through high spirited, hip-hopping reindeer (Jenna Beltrane, Kalila Hermant, Samuel Moore, Paul Ross, Diana Schoenfield and Bianca Vallor); precision roller-ice skating  (Rosie Axon and Adam Jukes), stunning aerial acts which include Nicole Faubert and Guillaume Paquin on straps, Tuedon Ariri’s beautiful airborne solo on silk and of course signature Cirque acrobatics (Quentin Greco, Jacob Gregoire, Chauncey Kroner, Timothé Vincent, Jinge Wange and Evan Tomlinson Weintraub), Isabella discovers that one must look beyond all the modern day “noise” we are bombarded with on a daily basis to discover that the quiet constant of a parent’s love is where the true spirit of Christmas can be found.   With the holiday season giving us the usual vanilla traditional theatrical entertainments, Cirque du Soleil's ‘Twas The Night Before... stands apart as a visual and auditory spiritual awakening that is both relevant and needed in today’s multi-media culture.  The World Premiere of 'Twas the Night Before… runs through December 8, 2019 at The Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State Street.  For more information and tickets to ‘Twas the Night Before… visit chicagotheatre.com/cirque or call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or the Ticketmaster Box Office at The Chicago Theatre. Read the full article

[beyondforks]

Release Day Review! Dangerously Dark by C.J. Burright, Plus an Interview w/ the Author!

Dangerously Dark (The Dreamcaster Series #3) by C.J. Burright Genre: Adult Fiction (Paranormal Romance) Date Published: November 13, 2017 Publisher: Ravenrock Publishing LLC

Some call him Purgatory’s Missing Prince. Demon Master. Overlord of Shadows. Only one woman may call him hers.

A master of dreams, a failure at life…

After another botched career attempt, Quinn Carmichael escapes to a remote lodge for a weekend recharge, needing respite…especially from the nightmares that haunt even her days. When a wounded, sexy-as-sin stranger faceplants unconscious on her kitchen floor, there’s something disturbingly familiar about him—as in he’s the boy from her childhood dreams. Mr. Dark, Dangerous, and Diabolical may be the key to unlocking the mysteries of her past and future, and Quinn isn’t about to let the opportunity—or him—escape without a fight.

His time is running out…

Known as Purgatory’s Missing Prince, Zaire’s existence has been one of endless pain, torture, and loss. Resigned to his fate, his final goal is simple—rescue his nephew before succumbing to the deadly darkness inside him. But when a fateful misstep brings him face-to-face with the one woman who could have saved him once upon a dream—the one woman he treasures above all else—he battles to keep his distance before he destroys her, too. But he would gladly sell his soul for just one taste.

Love draws them together, destiny will tear them apart

With ruthless enemies closing in, Quinn and Zaire must fight to save each other and those they care for before it’s too late—even if it means they’re doomed to live apart forever.

Dangerously Dark is the third book in the Dreamcaster series by C.J. Burright. This series just gets better and better. This time we see things mostly from the perspectives of Zaire and Quinn, though we do get glimpses from other characters from time to time. These different views really helped to build the situation and what was going on. Zaire has had a horrific life. Granted he has also done a lot of horrific things. Quinn was unique. She has used her dreams to strengthen herself it seems. She is a survivor. So, when Zaire disappeared from her dreams, she learned to fight them herself.  I loved her strength. I also love when they showed their vulnerabilities too. Characters like these are what makes fiction believable. I love it. The romantic tension is palpable. You don't know if they're going to rip each other's throats out or rip each other's clothes off. Add in the horror and mystery that always surrounds the world of the V’alkara, and this is completely impossible to stop reading. The whole Dreamcaster Series story line is pretty ingenious. Each book blows me away. I can't get enough. 

The ARC of Dangerously Dark by C.J. Burright was kindly provided to me by the author & Bewitching Book Tours for review. The opinions are my own.

Quinn tossed the note on the coffee table and wrapped one hand around the warm ceramic mug, absently petting Wolfgang with the other. Dusk took over beyond the wall of windows, made darker by the blizzard. Falling snow hid the skirting tree line. Wind howled at the house corners and turned treetops into jerking puppets. The perfect meltdown location. No phones, no people, no problem. The lamp flickered and died, leaving her with only the dancing firelight, not that she minded. The power had lasted longer than she expected. Stoked fire, hot cider, and now she had a great excuse to procrastinate reading unhelpful flyers. She sipped her drink and wriggled back on the couch. Wolfgang launched off her lap, kicking papers everywhere and sloshing her drink. “Bad cat!” He scurried into the kitchen, out of sight. A distinct thud followed, which meant Wolfgang was up to no good. “I should’ve sent you off to the Nameless One.” Quinn shoved the remaining flyers aside and nabbed the flashlight from the end table. “You’d make an amazing hat, and there’d be enough fur left to make a stole, the perfect ensemble to compliment her plastic face.” She flicked on the flashlight and shuffled into the kitchen, ignoring how the light made all the shadows twist and scuttle on the walls and ceiling. Broken bones might bother her, but the dark never had. Wolfgang expectantly stood at the back door. He meowed, high and plaintive. Nothing looked out of place. Whatever had made the thud wasn’t in the kitchen. Maybe the wind had blown a loose branch against the house. “What, you’re a snow leopard now? There’s no fancy feline feast waiting out there for you.” Wolfgang rubbed his cheek against the doorframe, circled, and meowed again. Thud. The entire door shook. Quinn jumped. That was no branch. All the horror movies she loved to watch and ridicule flashed to mind, a lot less funny now. Alone in the woods. Killer storm. No electricity. No connection to the outside world. Wolfgang’s purr rumbled, and he slid his face over the jamb again. The noise hadn’t spooked him even a little, and animals always sensed evil. Wolfgang had had no problem detecting it in Molly. She squared her shoulders. No one would be roaming around in a blizzard. An animal had probably knocked the trashcan into the door, and a quick look would ease any worry. At the first glimpse of fur or fang—or red, glowing eyes—she’d go for the door slam. Pushing Wolfgang back with one foot, she cracked open the door. Wind exploded in, ripping the doorknob from her grip and firing snow and ice into her eyes. The door banged into the wall, and the storm’s full force rushed inside. Quinn scrambled for the knob and stopped, frozen by more than the sudden blast of cold. A man filled the entryway from threshold to frame, dark as the nightfall behind him. Steam drifted from his bare head. Frost coated his short, sable hair, and even in the flashlight beam, his complexion held an unhealthy blue-gray hue. One hand was anchored to the doorpost in a white-knuckled grip. The other brandished a wicked as sin knife. She shone the light on his face, and her stomach roller-coastered. Her demon. The one who’d haunted her nightmares years ago and then abruptly bailed, never to return. No matter what face he wore, his death-black, abysmal eyes were unforgettable. Or were her delusions returning with a vengeance? “Get out of my way.” His chest heaved, and he lurched forward, the knife pointed at her. His guttural words erased any suspicion that he might be another hallucination. He was too present, too solid to be anything but real. Merde. He was real.

How long have you been writing?  Growing up in the boonies, I had to find ways to entertain myself after I’d read all the books on hand, so I turned to writing my own stories when I was in my teens. I wouldn’t call them good stories and they are best kept in a shoebox in the deepest, darkest recesses of the attic. Those early scratchings should probably be burned to avoid becoming blackmail material. What inspired you to write The Dreamcaster Series? A dream started the whole thing. Appropriate, huh? 😊 I dreamed of Kalila from Wonderfully Wicked, standing in a café with Lydon standing menacingly behind her, and I had to know why he was stalking her. Then I started plotting, and as more characters come out of the shadows, I find I must write their stories too. Did you always plan for it to be a series? Once I started writing Wonderfully Wicked, I knew there was too much in this supernatural world of dreams and nightmares that I wanted to explore to include in a single book. And as I fall in love with the broken characters, I want them all to experience their own HEA. It wouldn’t be fair to leave them all hanging, right? What was the weirdest thing you had to google while doing research? I did Google some angelic language, which was both weird and interesting. I thought about using a bit since Zaire knows how to speak in angel/demon tongue, but I didn’t want readers stumbling over how to pronounce words like oxex and gmicalzo. But I’ll definitely name my next cat zvrza. This series would make some great movies. Would you want to turn your books into movies or TV shows? Ooh, thanks for saying that! I’d choose a long-running TV show like Supernatural – with awesome (and hot) guys, spooky stuff, action, fun times, and romance. Maybe Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki could find a new acting home. 😊 Which of your characters do you relate to most and why? They all have a piece of me stitched into them, but I relate most to Kalila from Wonderfully Wicked and Quinn from Dangerously Dark. Kalila is guarded with people she doesn’t know well or trust (like me), but I’m also an idealist like Quinn. And like both of them, I’m not afraid to fight for what’s important to me when necessary. Ka-pow! What is a secret about you that nobody else knows? I’d be on Dancing with the Stars if I could partner with Val Chmerkovskiy. And dancing (especially in public) sooooo isn’t my thing. What book have you read too many times to count? The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton Porter. It’s antiquated, beautiful and bittersweet, and a rescued treasure from my grandmother’s library. I’m not usually prone to waterworks, but this story gets me. Every time. What is the best piece of writing advice you ever received? Keep writing, keep learning your craft, and never give up! If you could hop into the life of any fictional character, who would it be and why? Claire from Outlander because…Jamie. He’d be worth giving up a couple hundred years of technology. What was one of the most surprising things you learned while creating your books? In researching dreams, it was interesting how some people are so paralyzed by their dreams they can’t move and even have trouble breathing. It’s amazing how the subconscious (or is it some outside force?) can affect the body. What do you like to do when you're not writing? I have a day job which takes up an unfortunate amount of my time, but when I’m not writing or working, I’m reading, working out, or playing Assassin’s Creed surrounded by my adoring cats. It’s a superb life. Are any of the things in your books based on real life experiences or purely all imagination? My stories are a mixture of both—I think it’s impossible not to color my writing with my own life experiences—and as far as who and/or what are based off truth…I’ll never tell! Thanks so much for having me! <3

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C.J Burright is a native Oregonian and refuses to leave. A member of Romance Writers of America and the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal special interest chapter, while she has worked for years in a law office, she chooses to avoid writing legal thrillers (for now) and instead invades the world of urban fantasy, paranormal romance, or fantasy. C.J. also has her 4th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and believes a story isn’t complete without at least one fight scene. Her meager spare time is spent working out, refueling with mochas, gardening, gorging on Assassin’s Creed, and rooting on the Seattle Mariners…always with music. She shares life with her husband, daughter, and a devoted cat herd. To learn more about C.J. Burright and her books, visit her website.You can also find her on Goodreads, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.

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[unearthlyxones]

@chaoswillcome​ [ liked for a starter from an unstable werewolf ]

‘What if we just make it look like an accident?? Or, ya know, an assassination. I could totally pull off an assassination.’ Kalila twirled the knife between her fingers before tossing it into the air, catching it deftly by the blade, and then hurling it at her bedroom wall where it embedded itself in paintwork already scarred from various other accounts of knife-throwing. ‘I bet I could get that right between his eyes. Or right through the heart. And then no more vampire, and no one will know who did it!!’

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@lightwoodheir [cont.]

‘I wasn’t going for this look, I can tell you that.’ She attempted to pull a tangle out of her hair and then winced and gave up. She had already made a valiant effort to scrub last night’s make up off, but had succeeded only in smudging it even more. It had been a long night.

As if only just realising who she was talking to, Kalila tilted her head as she gazed up at him. ‘Are you a Lightwood?’ Her parents had known Robert Lightwood a long time ago, she was told. They didn’t think so highly of the Lightwood family in more recent years. She had mostly kept her distance from the Shadowhunters heading the Institute since she had become a werewolf.

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Terobosan Dufan Manjakan Pengunjung

Siapa yang tidak kenal dengan Dunia Fantasi? Theme park yang menjadi icon terfavorit di Ancol Taman Impian yang berisi aneka wahana yang memacu adrenalin ini telah hadir ditengah-tengah masyarakat sejak Agustus 1985. Sampai hari ini Dufan masih menunjukkan eksistensinya dengan menyajikan inovasi wahana yang menghibur seluruh pengunjungnya. Dengan luas area 14 Ha, Dufan memiliki 32 wahana yang dapat dinikmati pengunjung yang dijamin tingkat keamanannya. Untuk itu, Dufan memiliki sertifikat ISO 9001:2008 sejak 2009 dan pada 2017 memperoleh sertifikasi ISO 9001:2015. Hal tersebut ditempuh semata-mata untuk meningkatkan mutu layanan dan fasilitas serta keamanan di seluruh area Dufan. Presentasi Manajemen Dufan Ancol Selain mutu pelayanan di wahana, Dufan juga terus berinovasi dalam pelayanan transaksi pembelian tiket. Di era digital saat ini, Dufan juga telah meluncurkan Dufan App, sebuah aplikasi yang berisi informasi dan layanan yang disediakan oleh Dufan. Saat ini sedang dipersiapkan transaksi pembelian tiket dalam aplikasi tersebut. Tidak hanya Dufan App, untuk memudahkan pengunjung memperoleh tiket Dufan, maka dilakukan kerja sama dengan sejumlah perusahaan e-commerce antara lain Blibli.com, Gotix, Traveloka, Jd.id serta perusahaan ritel Alfamart dan Indomart yang tersebar diberbagai penjuru tempat. Bahkan sudah ada promo yang dibuat khusus untuk pengunjung yang membeli tiket Dufan melalui e-commerce, yaitu promo Paket Bertiga.. “Dengan menggandeng perusahaan e-commerce, kami berharap masyarakat dapat lebih mudah dalam melakukan pembelian tiket Dufan, tidak perlu antri di loket, jadi datang ke Dufan langsung dapat menikmati seluruh wahananya” ujar Agus Sudarno, Wakil Direktur Rekreasi Taman Impian Jaya Ancol. Sebagai pusat hiburan outdoor, Dufan juga merupakan kawasan edutainment fisikia terbesar di Indonesia yang memanjakan pengunjung dengan Fantasi Keliling Dunia, melalui wahana permainan berteknologi tinggi, yang terbagi dalam 9 kawasan, yaitu Indonesia, Jakarta, Asia, Eropa, Amerika, Yunani, Hikayat, Kalila dan Fantasy Lights. Pada 2013, Dufan menambah satu kawasan lagi, yaitu kawasan dalam ruang (Indoor Dufan) yang dilengkapi dengan wahana Ice Age dan Kontiki. Pada 2014 dan 2015 Dufan menambahkan wahana Hello Kitty Adventure dan Dufan Glow. Dibuat juga fasilitas umum untuk pengunjung antara lain Free Drinking Water, Gratis pinjam Stroller Bayi dan Kursi Roda, Free Wifi, Charger Point, Toilet bersih disetiap kawasan dan wahana, Baby Care Room, mushola dan masjid, P3K dan ambulance. Makin lengkaplah fasilitas yang disuguhkan Dufan, membuat pengunjung makin betah berekreasi di Dufan Ancol. http://dlvr.it/P1GF7k

[unearthlyxones]

@tattedasshole​ [ liked for a starter ]

‘What’cha lookin’ for??’ Kalila asked, observing the man in the doorway glancing around the dimly lit and scarcely populated room from her perch on the edge of the bar. She flashed him a wicked grin over the top of the nail file she was using to shape her fingernails into pointed claws. ‘Maybe I can help you with it instead??’

[unearthlyxones]

“ Suggesting going into a graveyard in the middle of the night is exactly how countless horror movies start. “ { kenji @ kalila }

{ Hallowmeme }

‘Exactly. Except we’re the bad guys,’ Kalila said, in the tone of someone trying to explain that 1+1=2. ‘We’re werewolves and we’re the ones with these.’ She unsheathed a dagger from her waist, waving it carelessly in Kenji’s face, a manic light shining in her eyes. ‘If you’re too chicken to go, I’ll go on my own!!’