“But mum! Helen of Troy is too my homework.”
“Don’t give me that . Do you know how much it yurts me to see you waste all of the sacrifices your father and I made to send you to Hogwarts? Knock it off with the astral pornography and get back to the books, young man.”
I think this qualifies for a “Behind you!” Tag.
Also, the pedant in me says that room looks awfully permanent to be part of a yurt.
Also no one looks Mongolian.
Until the fantasy phone company developed caller ID, phone calls by pervy wizards were a common problem.
Fantasy writing 101: when naming places in your fantasy writing, just pick some random Asian or African word! Mental effort is saved and hardly anyone will notice!
September 11th, 2023 at 8:52 am
What kind of yurt has its own library?
But it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who watches 60s sitcoms on a phone when I’m supposed to be hitting the books.
September 11th, 2023 at 11:40 am
“But mum! Helen of Troy is too my homework.”
“Don’t give me that . Do you know how much it yurts me to see you waste all of the sacrifices your father and I made to send you to Hogwarts? Knock it off with the astral pornography and get back to the books, young man.”
September 11th, 2023 at 1:28 pm
I think this qualifies for a “Behind you!” Tag.
Also, the pedant in me says that room looks awfully permanent to be part of a yurt.
Also no one looks Mongolian.
September 11th, 2023 at 1:55 pm
“Are you winning, honey?”
September 11th, 2023 at 2:14 pm
Darrin fantasises about a, erm, crossover.
September 11th, 2023 at 2:58 pm
If you’re watching porn, yurt really should lock the door.
September 11th, 2023 at 5:20 pm
“OK, now draw me a picture of a wizard ogling a genie balanced on a translucent phone that clearly shows me that you have no idea what a yurt is.”
September 11th, 2023 at 6:35 pm
Until the fantasy phone company developed caller ID, phone calls by pervy wizards were a common problem.
Fantasy writing 101: when naming places in your fantasy writing, just pick some random Asian or African word! Mental effort is saved and hardly anyone will notice!
September 11th, 2023 at 6:50 pm
It’s a cozy mystery in a fantasy setting. Back cover at bottom of review.
https://www.forfemfan.com/home/2019/8/22/a-bad-spell-in-yurt-by-c-dale-brittain
September 11th, 2023 at 7:38 pm
Jeffrey Toobin in the years before Zoom calls.
September 11th, 2023 at 9:21 pm
A Bad Spell in Yunt
September 11th, 2023 at 10:06 pm
Genie: “Hello. We have been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.”
September 11th, 2023 at 10:20 pm
Genie: “What do you mean you’re trying to get in touch with Mike Hunt? I’m not familiar with Mike Hunt.”
September 11th, 2023 at 10:49 pm
Ooh, we all knew the publisher instantly.
@Tat: And all that wood paneling and furniture! Must be a big damn yurt that never moves. checks Bad Fantasy Encyclopedia Ah, Maaaagick.
@JJYoyo: TBF, I have seen a few yurts in the US; they were a thing among white hippies.
Definitely “Behind you!” Waitress damsel is Behind pervy wizard; wizard is Behind image of dancer. He must agree with Sir Mix.
@Ryan: Perfect art direction.
@Bruce: GSS and well-observed.
@fred: So the wizard is indeed very young, making comments such as @Max’s dead on!
September 15th, 2023 at 2:47 pm
The cover and this sample of tv comedies, er, commercials are about the same vintage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skTbPOacQS0