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White Tail and the Fabulous Flashback
When I got on a northbound train to go to a paying gig at a summer camp, I wasn’t thinking about what had happened six months earlier....

Camila Hamel
Feb 18, 20236 min read
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My Bookish Friend
While I was reading, it struck me. This book of words, my book, was watching me, quietly observing my every sigh and microgesture, my...

Camila Hamel
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Toy of the Poor
I was about sixteen the first time I read this. I can't overstate what an impact it had on me. It gave me my first taste of prose poetry....

Camila Hamel
Jan 23, 20234 min read
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Film Review
THE PALE BLUE EYE, 2022 * * * Netflix Veteran detective Augustus Landor investigates a series of grisly murders with the help of a...

Camila Hamel
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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Book Review
Today, I'm reviewing a book that seems to polarize quite a bit. For what it's worth here's my take. I enjoyed Klara and the Sun. The main...

Camila Hamel
Jan 9, 20232 min read
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Dardoqa
Exerpt from my WIP The Shadow Trilogy, Book I, To Douse A Flame - Chapter Seven DARDOQA The letters were found in the satchel of a dead...
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Oct 26, 20227 min read
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The Book of Dissolution
When you come to the final impasse, it will signal you with a beacon flashing green and yellow in succession, two then one, then two,...
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Sep 15, 20222 min read
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Welcome to the Blog
This is a space where I write about the things that are uppermost in my mind at any given moment. Here you'll find book and film reviews,...
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Jul 17, 20221 min read
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