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Coffee Princess K-Drama Roundup – March 2023

Big – Starring the delightful Gong Yoo (my future husband). It’s the Freaky Friday concept – a quirky teen swaps bodies with an older man (Gong Yoo). The reason everyone doesn’t love this drama as much as Goblin or Coffee Prince is because the writers shot themselves in the foot. We, the watcher, 100% fall in love with “Gong…

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“Sunshine Times” @ New Verse News

My poem “Sunshine Times” was published today over at New Verse News! (It pairs very well with this parody clip they also shared from The Late Show). ENJOY! Sunshine Times They outlawed history hereAnd scienceNext comes gaslighting the spectrumColor by colorUntil rainbows and unicorns are seen only by us other-mindedThey will deny the very starsOne by oneLeaving children to…

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The Coffee Princess’s Top Thirty-eleven K-Dramas

A friend on my FB Author Page recently asked me to assemble a Top 10 list of my favorite K-Dramas. OMGAAAAAAAA…! I mean, I have maybe a Top 5 or 8 for sure…but past that there are about 30 equally amazing dramas. So, here’s my best shot! (Along with where you can stream them.) And this is only my…

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The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

When asked if I was interested in writing “an alternate history about a young Marie Curie getting mixed up in dark fantasy shenanigans”, of course I said YES. (Dead Women in STEM FTW!) And then I proceeded to do the most research I have ever done for a short story. I read a myriad of books and articles on…

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StarShipSofa 702: “An Elegy for the Bucephalus”

Now available for your listening pleasure:Title: “An Elegy for the Bucephalus”Author: Rhiannon RasmussenNarrator: Alethea Kontis I had a lot of fun with the names in this one!“It’s music, Val…” Tweet

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On the Edge of All This – HOLLOW COURTS

Once upon a time in the autumn of 2020, I wrote a fairy tale about true love and a storm chaser. I titled it “On the Edge of All This,” after the song I have words in on The Fireside Sessions. (Remember when we made that album with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol?) Finally–FINALLY–after much tribulation and many years,…

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Your Favorite Dino-Riding Hail-Juggling Princess…on TV!

Over the past year, @GirlsWhoChase has grown from an @Instagram account to a full-fledged, North American-wide community of female storm chasers. @jwhittalTWN has the story on the thriving group of passionate storm chasers. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO! Tweet

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StarShipSofa 689: “Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town”

I got a new podcast gig! Now available for your listening pleasure: StarShipSofa 689: “Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town” Author: Zandra Renwick Narrator: Alethea Kontis Performing this zany little SF was crazy amounts of fun. It’s even more amusing if you know exactly how much I don’t like pizza. 😁 This story originally appeared…

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Literally Dead

Release Date: October 1, 2022 Featuring my darkly humorous original short story “The Ghost Lake Mermaid” – for fellow fans of ghosts, mermaids…and K-dramas! 😁 The Ghost Lake Mermaid and her best friend Jinna welcome a new ghost, whose presence unravels the mysteries of Buckle Springs and the Merry Death Bridge… *As an Affiliate, I may earn on qualifying…

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