He sighed and opened the black box and took out his rings and slipped them on. Another box held a set of knives and Klatchian steel, their blades darkened with lamp black. Various cunning and...

The difference between the quest for the Holy Grail and someone saying ‘bring me a cup’ is the flavor text and the number of stops involved.

It’s like Dungeons and Dragons, but real.”Jace was looking at Simon as if he were some bizarre species of insect. “It’s like what?””It’s a game,” Clary explained. She felt vaguely embarrassed. “People pretend to be...

Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?Vividly, Jace said. It was a dark time.

Weirdly, D&D didn’t encourage my leanings towards trying magic of my own at all. In fact, it frustrated them. Even the most pompous and ambitious historical magicians, from the Zaroastrian Magi through John Dee, Francis...

This, since junior school, had been virtually my only experience of women—as fantasy figures. Reading about women in fantasy novels had set me an even more unrealistic point of view. The Lord of the Rings...

Mothers are like dungeons. Some really stink and you’ll do anything to avoid them. And some are lush sanctuaries filled with gold, jewels, and butterscotch schnapps-spiked Nestle Nesquik.