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  • Written in 1943, the plot concerns Professor Norman Saylor who discovers his wife, Tansy, is in fact a witch.

    Rare Pulp Science Fiction, Issue 3 2008

  • Twenty-something Australian August Seebeck thinks his Aunt Tansy is missing a few screws when she claims that a fresh corpse appears in her upstairs bathtub every Saturday night, only to have disappeared by Sunday morning.

    REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick 2005

  • So, giving her the benefit of the doubt, he stakes out the bathroom with a cricket bat, only to discover (surprise of surprises) that dear Aunt Tansy is right.

    REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick 2005

  • The name Tansy is probably derived from the Greek word _athanasia_ which signifies immortality, either, as, says Dodoeus, _quia non cito flos inflorescit_, "because it lasts so long in flower," or, _quia ejus succus, vel oleum extractum cadavera a putredine conservat_ (as

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Sarah Parker talks about Wordle, how she ripped the idea of Tansy, and what she likes about it.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Satima Flavell 2010

  • Sarah Parker talks about Wordle, how she ripped the idea of Tansy, and what she likes about it.

    Aus Spec Fic Carnival January 2010 SarahP 2009

  • The seed also of the Tansy is a singular and appropriate medicine against worms: for "in whatsoever sort taken it killeth and driveth them forth."

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Cindy Pon on Diversity in fantasy mine. (via Tansy Rayner Roberts)

    SF Tidbits for 3/17/10 2010

  • Not of the New Zealand thing, as I am just as annoyed at being mistaken for a Dane or a Norwegian (I'm Swedish), but yes, I have to admit Tasmania was far out of my knowledge until I met Tansy, commenting just above!

    Land Of My Bones. karenhealey 2010

  • Cindy Pon on Diversity in fantasy mine. (via Tansy Rayner Roberts)

    March 2010 2010

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