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Kevin Hearne is an American urban fantasy novelist born and raised in Arizona.

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Bullshit, as you Americans say. He's Irish. The Irish say bullshit too.

Americans, Bullshit, Irish, Say

You don't need to say any special incantation or sacrifice a stray cat or something first?

Cat, Sacrifice, Special, Stray

That is a noble idea, though I think it far to generous," Jupiter said. "Once a decade should be sufficient. " "I would rather be too generous than not in such cases. " "As you wish. " [One day, Atticus was amazed to discover that when Jupiter said, "As you wish," what he really meant was "I love you. "]

Decade, Ideas, Jupiter, Love You, Thinking, Wish

My mouth gaped and I think I might have whimpered. The Norns had obliterated him completely—a creature they’d known for centuries—because of me. It was like watching Rudolph get shot by Santa Claus.

Mouths, Norns, Rudolph, Santa, Thinking, Watching

Icy glares from vampires are far icier than icy glares from people and when the vampire giving you an icy glare is originally from Iceland, you're confronted with the archetypal origin of the term, and you shouldn't be surprised if your core body temperature drops a few degrees.

Confronted, Giving, Glares, Iceland, Icy, People

I tend to vacillate between belief systems. Right now I'm kind of checking out the whole buffet, you know, and maybe in a little while I'll decide on what I want to put on my plate and chow down on.

Belief, Buffets, Kind, Littles, Systems, Want

Here is how you know someone has had a good idea: Other people freely admit to their friends that said idea has changed their lives. Most people today will grant that fire and the wheel are the big two. After that, any attempts to rank the greatest ideas of all time are going to draw lots of argument. You’ll have zealots pimping this god or that on the one hand, scientists pimping Darwin on the other, and then practical people pointing at written language and saying, look, fellas, the reason those ideas have gone viral is because someone figured out how to write them down.

Ideas, Language, Look, Lots, Two, Writing

I had an ASU student looking for it in my shop last week, and he defined the Bacchants for me as 'those drunk chicks who killed that one dude because he wouldn't have sex with them. ' His professors must be so proud. I asked him if he knew what maenads were, and instead of correctly answering that it was just another name for Bacchants, he bizarrely thought I was referring to my own testicles - as in, "'Ere now, mate, don't swing that bat around me nads. '" The conversation deteriorated quickly after that.

Chicks, Looking, Names, Sex, Student, Swings

Wow you need to get some sun. ” “Shut up. I'm Irish.

Irish, Needs, Shut, Sun, Wow

Silly dark elves. Earth is for Druids.

Dark, Druids, Earth, Elves, Silly

The Morrigan’s ideas of sport and mine varied widely. As a Chooser of the Slain, she tends to enjoy nothing so much as a protracted war. She hangs out with Kali and the Valkyries and they have a death goddesses’ night out on the battlefield.

Hangs, Night, Slain, Sports, Valkyries, War

Whoa. He had ghouls on speed dial. My lawyer kicks so much ass.

Ass, Dial, Ghouls, Kicks, Lawyer, Speed

That’s what a skinwalker is: a mean asshole with a meaner spirit squatting inside. ” "I’ve run into some of those at the dog park," Oberon said. "They’re usually attached to Chihuahuas.

Asshole, Chihuahuas, Dog, Mean, Oberon, Running

. . . Having no recourse, I feel back on Shakespeare. Leif would recognize it and understand the context properly. With my remaining few seconds of consciousness, I quoted Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing, who spoke these words to his former friend: "you are a Villain: I jest not. " and then I collapsed into a pool of my own blood.

Benedick, Blood, Consciousness, Pool, Shakespeare

On a Creep Scale from Hello Kitty to Cthulhu, I award it a Freddy Krueger. Granuaile MacTiernan

Award, Awards, Freddy Krueger, Granuaile, Hello, Kitty

No worries, Atticus. I will snarf surreptitiously. And I should get bacon, because my adverb was two syllables longer than yours, plus a bonus for alliteration. " I grinned. "It's a deal. You're the best hound ever.

Bacon, Bonus, Longer, Surreptitiously, Two, Worry

The widow’s eyebrows raised. “Ye’ve got all these nasty pooches to run around with and ye still might die?” “I’m going to go fight with a god, some demons, and a coven of witches who all want to kill me,” I said, “so it’s a distinct possibility. ” “Are y’goin’ t’kill ’em back?” “I’d certainly like to. ” “Attaboy,” the widow chuckled. “Off y’go, then. Kill every last one o’ the bastards and call me in the mornin’.

Coven, Eyebrows, Fighting, Run, Running, Said

-“Say no more,” Leif interrupted. “I understand. I will simply have to kill them all myself. ” -"There he goes again. I’m telling you, Danny Elfman would love to get hold of those lines. " -"Not John Williams?" -"If you’ve got some hopelessly overmatched heroes fighting evil and some Imperial types marching, John Williams is your guy. You need a song to make people reach for a box of Kleenex, talk to Randy Newman. But if you want creepy atmospherics and spine-shivering chords to back up your casual death threats, you gotta bring in Danny Elfman.

Fighting, Hero, Kleenex, Lines, Newman, Song

Ye know what me Sean used to say, God rest his soul? He said, 'A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body.

Body, Good, Good Friend, Katie, Moving, Soul

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Actually, Battle, Differences, Time, War

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