A to Z Challenge 2015: S - Silence of the Lambs

Another story that's actually a great novel and a great film!

Today's 2015 April A to Z Blogging Challenge story for the letter S:

Silence of the Lambs

Here is the novel summary, from Goodreads:

There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator who's trying to save her own hide. The only man that can help is locked in an asylum. But he's willing to put a brave face on - if it will help him escape.

Author: Thomas Harris

And from IMDB:

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Interesting to see the difference, eh?

Director: Jonathan Demme
Writers: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney

This week was really difficult! Not because S is a hard letter to find a story for, but because it's so hard to pick one from so many great ones. Here are some of the stories I could have just as easily featured:

Star Wars, by George Lucas

Stick, by Andrew Smith

Shameless, a Showtime Production for TV

Serenity, by Joss Whedon

Spirited Away, bu Hayao Miyazaki

Better Call Saul, an AMC Production for TV

Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Sex & Violence, by Carrie Mesrobian

Servants of the Storm, by Delilah S. Dawson

That's it! Hope to see you tomorrow.

A to Z Challenge: S - Samurai

Samurai

Man, as you can probably tell from the time of day this post is going up, I hate blogging on the weekends. But that's part of the A to Z Challenge, to push yourself.

sam·u·rai [sam-oo-rahy] n. (pl.) 1. the Japanese warrior caste that provided the administrative and fighting aristocracy from the 11th to the 19th centuries 2. a member of this aristocracy

Synonyms: there are no direct synonyms, but it is similar to the European knight

Etymology: 1727, from Japanese samurai "warrior, knight," originally the military retainer of the daimyo, variant of saburai, nominal form of sabura(h)u "to be in attendance, to serve."

Space Battles

For a special bonus today, I'm covering a second topic. My friend and critique partner, Simon C. Larter, has a short story in the new anthology: Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6. It should be a very exciting read, so if you're into Sci-Fi, I highly recommend you check it out at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Flying Pen Press.

Now, if you don't know Simon, you should definitely visit his blog, where you can read about a fun and unique clause in his author contract for this story.