LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON

Tag: crystal magic

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Muscle Cars

    True story: before I wrote this book, I was a professional prototype vehicle test driver. So when I set out to write about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tearing up the highways in Christine-ish muscle cars, you can bet I had fun with it. Check out this interview on MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape where I not only talk…

  • Until we get lightsabers, here’s the next best thing.

    In my book, Dru fights demons and creatures using magical crystals. Here’s what’s cool: all of the crystals she uses are magically charged versions of actual, real-life crystals: quartz, amethyst, galena, pyrite, etc. Being a writer who writes about crystals, I’ve naturally built up a modest collection of crystals over the years. The towns in the Rocky…

  • You could win your own demon-fighting crystal. Seriously!

    In my new book, Dru uses all sorts of magic crystals to fight the forces of darkness. Take galena, for example. Scientifically speaking, it’s a lead ore with a low melting point. It also contains up to 2% silver. But from a spiritual standpoint, it was used in ancient Egypt to line the eyes of…

  • Blame Dan Aykroyd from Ghostbusters

    A few years ago, on a placid summer evening resonant with cicadas, I stepped out to buy a bottle of wine for my wife’s show at an art gallery. And there, in the corner of the store, sat Dan Aykroyd, promoting his new Crystal Head Vodka. You may not know this (I certainly didn’t at…