Not dragons, but: I once went to visit a place called the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, where they take care of the cats you see in stories like "Man Kept Siberian Tiger in Manhattan Apartment!" We parked the car on a dirt road alongside one of the walls, and as we got out of the car, a lion snarled from RIGHT on the…

I have often been known to say I am a solar-powered human being . . . .

There's probably one or more really depressing short stories out there about a character who is surrounded by magic but doesn't know it because they're just not cool enough to be included.

Yeah, there are so many freakishly weird creatures in the world, it makes some of the stuff out of folklore seem tame by comparison. :-)

I'll admit that I don't always want science coming in on my fantasy. You generally can't be scientific and numinous at the same time, and given the choice between the two, I'll pick the numinous. But that's just a preference, rather than some inexorable law — Thou Shalt Not Mix Modes — and obviously it isn't a…

One of my friends has a plan for an urban fantasy series about a veterinarian who treats supernatural animals. Let's hope she writes it soon! :-)