"People want life to be their friend. Some even expect or believe they deserve it. But I think of life only as a companion, and an unpredictable one at that. If it were my friend, life would be hurting or disappointing me all the time. But if it's only a companion,...
Book Reviews
Marion's All-Time Favorite Novels
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Caroll
Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez
The Little Country by Charles de Lint
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Children of Earth & Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Wisdom From Kammbia Story Review 17: The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djeli Clark
"For the blacksmith understood what masters had chosen to forget: when you make a man or woman a slave, you enslave yourself in turn. And the souls of those who made thralls of others would never know rest----in this life or the next." This quote is prophetic in its...
Wisdom From Kammbia Story Review 16: George by Terry Bisson
I have a question. As a parent, would you allow your child born with wings to have them removed? That question gets answered in Terry Bisson's short story George from his award-winning collection, Bears Discover Fire. The parents in this story have just given birth to...
My Favorite Books Of The Year
It's that time of the year. 2022 is on the way out and 2023 is coming in a few days. The Best Of and Favorite Lists will be posted online at this time. I want to share my favorite reads of 2022. I have 5 novels and 1 non-fiction book as my favorite reads of the...
Kammbia
Welcome to Kammbia.
Escape from your frazzled days.
Enter the world of Kammbia. A world divided. A world of vivid color and fantastical sights and sounds.
A realm where imagination draws you inside. A world where myth and legend intertwine effortlessly with a stark reality that draws strong parallels with our own society of today of imagination and spirituality.
Now, thanks to author Marion Hill—the creative mind behind the Kammbia novels—you too too can immerse yourself in Kammbian life.
Begin your journey into Kammbia below: