Friday, December 13, 2024

A Farewell to Our Year of Villainy & Its Grand Finale

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Yep, it's a wrap on our recent Grand Finale and the Year of Villainy in Fantasy -- chiefly fantasy books, although I think a few outliers may have crept in from film and shows. :D

I include the full list of Year of the Villain posts below -- but I've particularly enjoyed the recent Grand Finale and joining with AK Wilder and Amanda Arista to feature a villain from each of our writing.

Just to recap, the three posts were:

AK Wilder & Rhiannon in Curse of Shadows

Rhiannon tells herself she commits her villainy "for the good of the realm."

Kim's wonderful 'Amassia' series

And then we had:
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Spencer, yeah well -- he slithers into our heroine's life in the guise of a lie...

Amanda's fun & feisty 'Urban Panther' series

Then finally, I gave you:
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Helen Lowe & Arcolin from Daughter of Blood

Arcolin is evil with a human -- and handsome -- face.


The dark & magic-laden 'Wall Of Night' series

And that's the wrap -- three takes on villainy, rolling up the Year of Villainy in style, with some 'Fun With  Friends' along the way.

I'll leave you with that 'Compleat' List -- from 'go' to 'whoa':

Previous “Year of the Villain” Posts:

January:      Ushering in 2024 -- & the Year of the Villain

February:    The Year of the Villain #1: The Lord of The Rings Pantheon

March: The Year of the Villain #2: Ursula Le Guin & “Earthsea”

April: The Year of the Villain #3: Tigana and Brandin of Ygrath

May: The Year of the Villain #4: Elidor and Formless Evil 

June: The Year of the Villain #5: When the Hero Is Really A Villain

July:  The Year of the Villain #6: When the Author Messes With Your Mind

August:  The Year of the Villain #7: The Evilest Of Them All

September: The Year of the Villain #8: Secret Villains

October: The Year of the Villain #9: Once Were Heroes

November: The Year of the Villain #10: Villainy Among Friends

December: The Year of the Villain #11:  A Grand Finale of Villainy --

Rhiannon in Curse of Shadows  
 
Spencer in Diaries of An Urban Panther

                         Arcolin in Daughter of Blood

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About Helen Lowe:

Helen Lowe is an award-winning novelist, poet, and lover of story. With four books published to date, she is currently completing the final instalment in The Wall Of Night series.

Helen posts regularly on her “…on Anything, Really” blog, monthly on the Supernatural Underground, and tweets @helenl0we.

2 comments:

Kim Falconer said...

Thank you, Helen, for a wonderful year of Villainy. It's been a fantastic #fantasy journey!

Helen Lowe said...

Thank you for your sterling contributions, Kim. I've loved them all -- & doing the series.