Dede Sophie

I really woke up to the problem when I arrived at a beach in the Philippines (I wrote about this on our sister site ) where we found heaps and heaps of plastic brought in from the ocean by the waves. We decided to spend an hour every day collecting the plastic, did that for a week and ended up feeling like we didn’t make any difference really. I did some reading and realized; this phenomenon isn’t just about the Philippines… on our travels we have seen this in many other places, including S.E. Asia (Bali, Krabi). How Many Marine Animals Are Killed by Plastic Each Year? Well, that seems to be a hard question to answer accurately. There are estimates though, according to UNESCO : one million sea birds are killed by plastic each year; one hundred thousand marine mammal in general are killed every year; Industrialized humans have produced a LOT of plastic since the ’50s: more than eight million metric tons (half of which was manufactured in the last thirteen years) ...

St. Martin’s Griffin, 541p, Isbn-0312385242 In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today’s hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher’s ”Curses” Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a curse laid by the Fair Folk on the Chicago Cubs. In Patricia Briggs’ “Fairy Gifts,” a vampire is called home by magic to save the Fae who freed him from a dark curse. In Melissa Marr’s “Guns for the Dead,” the newly dead Frankie Lee seeks a job in the afterlife on the wrong side of the law. In Holly Black’s “Noble Rot,” a dying rock star discovers that the young woman who brings him food every day has some strange appetites of her own. Urban Fantasy is one of my favorite genres, even though I arrived late to it. Too late, by the looks of this book. If you’re a fan of any of the no-doubt wonderful authors who’ve contributed a story to this anthology, then you’re going to LOVE t...