Robin Hood, Robin Hood, no longer with his men
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, thinks he’s stuck but then
A fairy he spies
“I’ll stalk her!” he cries
Robin Hood, you’re no good, Robin Hood.
On a purely practical note, those arrows are way too short. He’d never get anything even approaching a full draw with those. He could lose his fairy hunting license if the game warden catches him with those.
“The huntsman came closer, enticed by the glowing apparition… and suddenly, the fairie girl’s skin and dress crumpled and fell away. Underneath was a terrifying giant insect — with an appetite for blood! Too late, the huntsman realized it had all been a ruse… and met an unspeakable death.”
Apparently, you can identify dragonflies at least to genus by the pattern in their wing veins. Someone with younger eyes than mine is welcome to try, but I haven’t been able to do it.
October 11th, 2017 at 8:29 am
It just hit me that Faeries are really GIANT BUGS. Yechh!
October 11th, 2017 at 10:48 am
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, no longer with his men
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, thinks he’s stuck but then
A fairy he spies
“I’ll stalk her!” he cries
Robin Hood, you’re no good, Robin Hood.
October 11th, 2017 at 11:18 am
Needs a “font problems” tag, I keep reading that as the “Spikey” Trilogy.
October 11th, 2017 at 11:46 am
Shouldn’t the ABA Pick of the Lists quote be like, “Mamma Mia! Gimme gimme gimme this book after midnight! Lay all this book on me!”?
October 11th, 2017 at 12:54 pm
“Tights, short skirt and a feather in your cap. Who are you calling a fairy?”
October 11th, 2017 at 1:11 pm
I guess technically it’s also “The Downer Trilogy.”
@THX 1138 (2)— 😉
October 11th, 2017 at 3:02 pm
You got wings, why do you need a boat? Is all her luggage out of sights just behind the man in tights?
October 11th, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Actually, he’s not looking at her, he’s looking at the billethead on the bow.
October 11th, 2017 at 4:18 pm
Fairies float on golden boats
and Little Ann’s a Downer
October 11th, 2017 at 4:29 pm
He wears short-shorts. And mustard tights, for which we should all be thankful. Imagine the outfit without them.
October 11th, 2017 at 5:01 pm
On a purely practical note, those arrows are way too short. He’d never get anything even approaching a full draw with those. He could lose his fairy hunting license if the game warden catches him with those.
October 11th, 2017 at 5:51 pm
/me eagerly awaits Marshall Mathers to release a Robin Hood diss track.
October 11th, 2017 at 6:03 pm
Life in the wilderness before Gortex was invented must have been very damp.
October 11th, 2017 at 6:29 pm
The Spellcheck Trilogy
Seance Fuction at its Beast.
October 11th, 2017 at 6:39 pm
“Look, I’m going to take my pole and dance elsewhere. There’s only one customer here.”
October 11th, 2017 at 11:42 pm
Is this The River of Staring Off Into The Middle Distance? Does it afflict everyone that way?
@DSWBT: That’s how I read it too.
Got as far as the font and knew BAEN. And then the art further confirmed it.
Pick of the Litter?
October 12th, 2017 at 3:38 am
@fred: I was just wondering that. Maybe the wings are actually fake.
I do have to wonder why our magic fairy princess witch lady is letting the trail of her dress drag in the water.
October 12th, 2017 at 4:12 am
Not only is it dragging in the water, it looks like it might be interfering with her barge pole.
October 12th, 2017 at 9:24 am
“The huntsman came closer, enticed by the glowing apparition… and suddenly, the fairie girl’s skin and dress crumpled and fell away. Underneath was a terrifying giant insect — with an appetite for blood! Too late, the huntsman realized it had all been a ruse… and met an unspeakable death.”
October 13th, 2017 at 2:00 am
@ARY: Probably more interesting than this book.
October 13th, 2017 at 11:09 am
Apparently, you can identify dragonflies at least to genus by the pattern in their wing veins. Someone with younger eyes than mine is welcome to try, but I haven’t been able to do it.
October 13th, 2017 at 6:50 pm
The name of the author is… unfortunate. I know it’s unfair, but I wouldn’t read the book just because of the name.
Seems she changed it later, though to Ann Downer-Hazell.
October 13th, 2017 at 11:07 pm
At least her first name isn’t Debbie. wah-wah
October 14th, 2017 at 1:11 am
Or Ambien.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:17 am
Or Total.