A sweet ass, kick ass fantasy series, writen by Joel Rosenberg. The first book, The Sleeping Dragon, starts it off. Any fantasy fan should read it, it rules.
Damn, I can't believe that he died. But, hell, Walter's still around in Guardians of the Flame, so it won't be as bad.
Commonly referred to as the "fag hag," a "Keeper of the Flame" is a heterosexual female who likes to surround herself with the company of one or more gay men.
Jenny watched all the seasons of Queer as Folk with Adam last night. She's such a keeper of the flame.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.