![]() In the summer of 2009 they launched The Hopeless Vendetta-a weekly newspaper charting life on the fictional island of Hopeless. ![]() They have been collaborating for years, brought together initially by a publishing house. Nimue and Tom Brown share a love of gothic decay, poetry, wild landscapes, and strange creatures. She is drawn to mystery, to the numinous, and to work that has the power to uplift and inspire. The small island of Hopeless, off the coast of Maine, is a breeding groundfor demons, freaks, vampires, and other creatures of the night. It is a place cut off from the rest of t. Her influences are diverse-Hayao Miyazaki, George Eliot, Neil Gaiman, Isabelle Allende, Michael Ondaatje, Clive Barker, Charles de Lint Robert Holdstock.to name but a few. Read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. The story was so dark and eerie that I couldn't put it down as I wanted to learn more about the main character and her history. I was simply drawn in by the art work and intrigued. Dark and intriguing I knew nothing of this book until I picked it up from the library. ![]() She tends towards speculative and magical realism, but about the only thing she hasn't tried is writing for television and political thrillers. REVIEW: Hopeless, Maine: Personal Demons by Tom & Nimue Brown. ![]() Nimue writes books on Druidry for Moon Books, and fiction for various houses. With artist husband Tom Brown, she creates graphic novel series Hopeless Maine, and is involved with the Professor Elemental comic. Nimue Brown writes across a number of forms and genres. ![]()
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