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The Enchanted Garden of Sedj

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Nathan

The 1994 Oziana has two stories that were written for the Oz Story Circle, run by Fred Meyer. I was a member back then, but it would take twenty more years for something I wrote around that time to appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allison mcbain, benjamin fang, bill eubank, billy bumble of oz, buckethead in oz, bumble, cap'n bill, clowns, cory in oz, cowardly lion, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dot and tot of merryland, dragons, fred meyer, ghostbusters, ghosts, ghosts in oz, glinda, great book of records, international wizard of oz club, jack pumpkinhead, jane albright, jellia jamb, kimberly doyle, leprechauns in oz, lurline, magic belt, margaret berg, marie candler richardson, mark haas, merryland, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor grunter swyne, puns, robin olderman, scarecrow, simon t. inphinium, squealina swyne, teenty-weent, the cowardly lion of oz, the last battle, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin woodman of oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the witch queen of oz, tin woodman, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Jinnicky’s Body

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Nathan

We’re now up to the Oziana from the year I was born, 1977. The front cover shows the royal palace of Oogaboo, as drawn by Albert Chronic. The introductory page has a political cartoon by Bill Eubank that isn’t really that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a map for ruth plumly thompson, albert chronic, bill eubank, boboland, button-bright, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dragonettes, dragons, ev, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, hotsnaps, hyenas, jay delkin, juggins, magic umbrella, nome king, nome kingdom, oogaboo, orks, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, president jimmy carter, professor wogglebug, red jinn, red top mountain, rinkitink in oz, robert pattrick, ruth berman, santa claus, ski-dad'l, slavery, smith and tinker, stanley worden, the curious cruise of captain santa, the disenchanted princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius, two friendships, what if they had taken the other path?, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

Balancing the Flutterbudget

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Nathan

I received my copy of the 2020 Oziana, the annual collection of original fiction published by the International Wizard of Oz Club, but I waited until it was available for purchase before writing my review. It’s actually the fiftieth anniversary … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged able tong, boy fortune hunters, cap'n bill, death, dennis anfuso, dinner at the del, dragonettes, dragons, emerald city, evangeline, fairies, flutterbudgets, grand gheewizard, hotel del coronado, international wizard of oz club, joe bongiorno, mitchell mayle, ojo, oziana, oziana 2020, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome's sky school, quiberon, robert baum, sam milazzo, suren oganessian, the giant horse of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, zinnia's wish | Leave a comment

Monsters’ Ball

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Nathan

I figured an appropriate Ozzy topic for this time of year would be the ferocious monsters that live there. I’ve already covered a few of them, including the Kalidahs, the Hip-po-gy-raf, and Quiberon. Here are some of the others that … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged captain salt in oz, chiss, choggenmugger, combineroceros, dennis anfuso, dick martin, dorothy gale, gigaboo, goblins, guardian of the muffin tree, john r. neill, kabumpo, king anko, king ato, king randywell, l. frank baum, mo, mombi, monsters, nikobob, ojo, ojo in oz, oogaboo, pingaree, prince jollikin, princess melody, private jo files, purple dragon, rachel cosgrove payes, rak, realbad, red jinn, regos, rinkitink in oz, roc, scarecrow, sea serpent, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, the astonishing tail of the gump of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the oz-wonderland war, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tyrannicus terrificus, weenix | 12 Comments

Glinda’s Kin

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Nathan

Glinda, Good Sorceress of the South, is one of the most mysterious characters in the Oz series. We never learn her origins in any canonical book, but the hints we are given suggest that she’s been around for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged allison mcbain, anjoel cycloatlastico, belinda, button-bright, chris dulabone, cora-lee marcus, cory in oz, dennis anfuso, fabia, forbidden fountain, gayelette, gillikins, glinda, gray cardinal, john dee, lozbrarian, malevola, march laumer, marcus mebes, margaret berg, melinda, omby amby, ozma, quadlings, quelala, the emerald city of oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the purple prince of oz, the reading tree of oz, the solitary sorceress of oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thoth | 13 Comments

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