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  • A "bore-geous" novel is one that is packed with gorgeous, finely wrought descriptions of places and people, with entire paragraphs extolling the slope of one character's nose, whole chapters describing another's perambulations through a city.

    Beware the Trap of 'Bore-geous' Writing Ayelet Waldman 2010

  • I can no more include those bore-geous passages that do nothing to propel the story then I can snap a random red 3-by-2 Lego piece onto the head of my son's Deep Sea Salvage Crew Diver.

    Beware the Trap of 'Bore-geous' Writing Ayelet Waldman 2010

  • ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS POETRY PROJECTS around is William Allegrezza's offer to GIVE "found object poems" -- the ones depicted on Jean's Okir are gaw-geous!

    ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS POETRY PROJECTS 2009

  • I have been making a HISTORY OF MONSTERS MURAL for the last few months, a little here, a little there, and it seems it is going to appear in MAY in the gore-geous THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of FANGORIA!

    Shitload of Monsters Pete Von Sholly 2009

  • ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS POETRY PROJECTS around is William Allegrezza's offer to GIVE "found object poems" -- the ones depicted on Jean's Okir are gaw-geous!

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • Treat yourself to this fright-filled tomb, and you’ll see why these gore-geous collections have become freaky fixtures on the New York Times bestseller list!

    Dark Horse Comics for December 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • I have been making a HISTORY OF MONSTERS MURAL for the last few months, a little here, a little there, and it seems it is going to appear in MAY in the gore-geous THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of FANGORIA!

    Archive 2009-03-01 Pete Von Sholly 2009

  • And yes, it was custom-made: Carrie, the bride, wore a red gown and has purple and red hair. sing-song voice Gor-geous!

    Sunday Sweets: The Undead Wed Jen 2009

  • And yes, it was custom-made: Carrie, the bride, wore a red gown and has purple and red hair. sing-song voice Gor-geous!

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jen 2009

  • Check it out -- it is one of the most lush, gaw-geous, lyrical, musical poetry collections I have ever read!

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

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