Sylph image by @Frank R. Michaels, copyright 1999. Please do not remove or download without written permission at the address below.

In Whose Pages May Be Found A Sylph Inviolate, Kippers Galore, The Hunting Of The Tarq, Richard Feynman On A Good Day, A Jam Session With John Coltrane, H.P. Lovecraft, And Edward Lear, Some Snippets Of Common Sense, Moon Magic, And Cats Of All Kinds In A Perpetual State Of Brownian Motion. "My Angles Are Many/My Sides Are Not Few". Thus spake Norman Juster's Dodecahedron. I share his dilemma...I have more interests than could possibly fit upon a single Web Page, so I'll keep it simple on this outing. I am a devotee of raunchy blues guitar and of Appalachian dulcimers, of pipe organs, Fairlights, Stratocasters and Washburns, steel drums, bodhrans and harpsichords. I keep company with an elegant white longfurred odd-eyed feline rogue and a dark and handsome human comic book dealer who doubles amazingly well as an engineer. I am a kitchen witch, a high-end audiophile, a journeyman Mathemagician, and a children's book expert. I am frequently to be found immersed in my books on astronomy, folklore and mythology, or else my two-volume set of ALL THE WORDS by Monty Python. I am an iron gargoyle in temperament, dyspeptic, sarcastic, and vain. But I have been moved to tears on occasion [just don't tell anyone...I have a reputation to uphold, after all] by the perfect image or written word or phrase of music. DOCTOR WHO, SANDMAN, RED DWARF, SHANDA, OMAHA, XENA, CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW, BLAKE'S 7, THE BOZZ CHRONICLES, Mose Allison, Archie Goodwin, Charles R. Barnett III, Phil Foglio, Julia Butterfly Hill, Nathan Brazil, Harry Anderson, Harry Morgan and Harry Potter.

Xaviana

I am also the hostess of the friendliest science fiction forum in fandom, GALAXY'S EDGE.

O what a stew I am.....But let my links speak for themselves.

THIS PAGE IS CONSTANTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND LINKS MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Therefore, bookmarking the ones you like is strongly recommended. Another helpful hint from your Library Lion. Please DO e-mail Sylphidine if you find ANY broken links. I update this page on a fairly regular basis, but oversights can and DO occur. After all, I'm mostly human.

From the Putting Your Mouth Where Your Money Is Department.....if you believe in the freedom of choice as well as the freedoms accorded by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, please check out this link to The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and become a member. Really. Give it a look. I'm not blindly spouting that everyone should read EVERYTHING, all in the name of freedom. But... Adults have the responsibility to monitor their own behaviors, not to censor that of others. Our government was founded to protect our rights when the previous government would have taken them away. Visit the site and give it a bit of thought. Even two dollars for a button at a convention is cheerfully welcomed by CBLDF volunteers and staff. Lecture done.[g]

WINTER 2000-2001 --- we've been telling you to keep an eye out for our new and improved business web page...still under construction.... site address to be posted imminently. Well..... [drum roll please]......
IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED!!!
Please come and visit our NEW, easy-to-use, ever-evolving website....
you can find us at Mike's Comics - www.mikescomics.com.
And, as always, you can always feel free to send us an e-mail at mikescomics@e-mail.com.
Or, if you prefer the non-electronic route.....
Mail order requests for comics, books, audio productions, and videos can be sent to:

MIKE'S COMICS
Post Office Box 20183
Worcester, MA 01602
USA
1-508-756-9836

Want lists always welcomed. Soon to be offering fantasy greeting cards and posters.

Giving the gargoyle image a rest, as one can't stay grumpy ALL the time. But you can still see him and other beautiful trinkets at Celestial Seas. Thanks, Nym!

I've redone the colors and motifs here at ASG to reflect the Northern Hemisphere's move into Winter's long nights and short days.... but our unicorn here, even as a Yule reminder of dreams rare and beautiful, seems already to be promising Spring... so here's to the fertility of Imagination's Interior World, and to a creative and joyous season ahead, for ALL who browse this site....

Peace and good cheer...

-----Sylph
Twelfth Of Never, On The Road To The Realm Of Phantasie, Just Past Midnight At The Well Of Souls

Places I Wander Through When I Think They're Not Looking

	Tarq's H-E-Double Hockeysticks---truly a site for silly eyes
	Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends---a mini-encyclopedia of folklore and myth, compiled quite sensibly
	Galaxy's Edge -- a discussion forum for fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
	The Darken Hollow---furries, pagans and gamers---oh my! Not to mention the occasional guitar god....
	Alpha Ralpha Boulevard---Long live C'mell! This is an indispensible resource for the longtime science fiction, horror and fantasy reader, the kind that remembers when the best short stories were found in MAGAZINES and BOOKS!
	Safe Haven For Cats---a non-profit rescue organization managed by my friend Jeri Dopp in California who takes no nonsense and pulls no punches. Not for the squeamish or faint of purpose.
	Tony's Online Tips---a daily online journal of the comic book industry, written by a professional and one of the world's few true remaining gentlemen.
	Bad Kitty! Bad Human!---an all-text site, blackboard style a la Bart Simpson, wherein all the things we've always known about cats and humans come to light.
	WELCOME TO GUMBOY'S MADHOUSE---I survived it, you can too, ya wuss!
	The Horror Fiction Page of Frank R. Michaels----kinda says it all, doesn't it? Seriously, take a peek at this involving and evolving site.

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