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GEORGE and team are officially going to Miami to attended the Miami Science Fiction Film Festival on January 18th and 19th.   If you’re around and want to check out some amazing films including our very own MARY MARGRET ROAD GRADER come on down and check it out at the James L. Knight Center, our film will be showing on Saturday Evening around 6:45 during the shorts program.

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THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER.

Sometimes you CAN go home again, no matter what Tom Wolfe said.   At least for a visit.

For me, home was Bayonne, New Jersey,  just south of Jersey City, on a peninsula sandwiched between New York and Newark.   We had I was born in Bayonne in 1948, and spent my childhood there, most of it in the federal housing projects on First Street, with the lights of Staten Island across the waters of the Kill Von Kull.   Bayonne was my world until 1966, when I went off to college at Northwestern, the first...

We spent Thanksgiving as we usually do, gathering at Melinda Snodgrass’s place in the hills above Lamy to enjoy the company of friends old and new over a sumptuous meal.   Turkey, stuffing, deviled eggs, Melinda’s home made nog, a slice or two of apple pie (with cheese, of course).  The food was lovely, and it was good to be with friends.

But 2024 was a dark year, and our Thanksgiving was to have a dark end.   Later that night, at home, we received a shattering text from Shannon Zelazny.  Her br...

Winners have just been announced for this year’s Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival (November 21-24), and we’re pleased and proud  to announce that THE UGLY CHICKENS  took home the Jury Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Mark Raso was in Pittsburgh to represent us, and accept the prize of behalf of our cast and crew and dodo lovers everywhere.  Felicia Day starred in the film, while Mark directed.   Michael Cassutt wrote the script, adapted from Howard Waldrop’s classic short story, winner of t...

I am falling way behind on these posts, alas.   The past few months have been very busy.

But I couldn’t allow Josh Gad’s visit to the Land of Enchantment go unmentioned.   Josh dropped by Santa Fe on September 18, while on tour to promote his new children’s book, PICTUREFACE LIZZY.   He signed a stack of copies for us at Beastly Books, so if you’re looking for a fun Xmas gift for the kids in your family, nothing beats an autographed book.

You can order your copy direct from Beastly.  Just follow...

 Save the date: FEBRUARY 28, 2025.

That’s the day that Vertical Entertainment will release IN THE LOST LANDS  in theaters nationwide.   Milla Jovovich stars as Gray Alys, with Dave Bautista as the hunter Boyce.

Paul W.S. Anderson, whose previous work includes HUNTER HUNTER, EVENT HORIZON, and the RESIDENT EVIL series, directed the film.   Anderson and Constantin Werner wrote the adaptation, based on my short story.  “In the Lost Lands” was one of my earliest fantasies, first published in 1982 i...

…At least not yet…

 

I have heard that I’m now apparently on the social network BlueSky, but alas that’s not me. So if you  followed me there I’m sorry to say it’s an imposter.  BUT I will likely be starting up an account there soon, so keep an eye out Here on my BLOG or Facebook social page and I’ll let everyone know when I make the switch and what my handle is going to be.

 

Thanks to all my friends who made me aware of my Bluesky doppelgänger!

 

If you’re around for a Film Festival or two check out UGLY CHICKENS with Felicia Day at the following locations and dates. 

We’re so proud of Howards stories  coming to life and being able to share them you!

MMRGLA Skins Film FestivalShorts Block Program 2Thursday November 21st at 7p at the TCL Chinese Theater6801 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028TUCYellowstone International Film FestivalMonday November 18 at 5p-9pAmerican Center, 24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Near Barakhamb Metro Sta...

If you’re around for a Film Festival or two check out UGLY CHICKENS with Felicia Day at the following locations and dates. 

 

We’re so proud of Howards stories  coming to life and being able to share them you!

MMRGLA Skins Film FestivalShorts Block Program 2Thursday November 21st at 7p at the TCL Chinese Theater6801 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028TUCYellowstone International Film FestivalMonday November 18 at 5p-9pAmerican Center, 24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Near Barakhamb Metro ...

Oxford is a legendary place.  One of the world’s great universities, and the literary capital of England, rich with history, it has figured in more novels than I can count, including many classic works of fantasy.   Philip Pullman’s amazing trilogy HIS DARK MATERIAL is set there.  So is BABEL, OR THE NECESSITY FOR VIOLENCE, R.F. Kuang’s Nebula-winning bestseller.   It was the model for Hogwart’s in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, and a lot of the Potter films were shot there.   And of course ...