Tade Thompson's Blog, page 10

Since I have a memoir short published this summer in Bahamut Journal I figured it’d be good to share this link I came across about the thorny issue of facts in non-fiction: http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/e... I agree with the general premise. I … Continue reading →

“And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.” A Scandal in Bohemia Arthur Conan DoyleFiled under: Uncategorized Tagged: arthur_conan_doyle, a_scandal_in_bohemia, quote, sherlock_holmes

Ink, watercolour, cartidge paper.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: art, drawing, painting, sketchiness, sketching, watercolour

Today is World Book Day, or World Copyright Day. The most appropriate book for this day is Miracleman. The history is too convoluted for me to summarise here, especially since others have done it already :) So this will be … Continue reading →

Daredevil training montage (Survivor track not provided) By Frank Miller, from Daredevil #181, April 1982.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: comics, daredevil, drawing, frank_miller, graphic_novel, marvel

Inspired, of course, by the movie ‘Dead Presidents’  Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: acrylic, art, dead_presidents, draw, drawing, india_ink, painting, sketchiness, watercolour

First, Nosferatu in India Ink. This is an old painting, but I still like it, so I’m adding it here apropos of nothing. Next, another review and recommendation of my story The Monkey H0use: It’s qualified, but any paragraph that … Continue reading →

My story The Monkey House��in Omenana Magazine��got some love from Skiffy and Fanty: “This dystopia is set not in the future but in the eighties and follows the Orwellian tradition while being rather Kafkaesque, but adds enough facets, from dark … Continue reading →

The highlighted line is from Public Enemy,��Bring the Noise where Chuck D says: “Can I tell ’em that I really never had a gun, but it’s the wax that the Terminator X spun” I always get the ‘can’ mixed up … Continue reading →

Booksmugglers have released the contributors to Speculative Fiction 2014.�� Oh, yeah, I’m in it.   “Edited by Renee Williams and Shaun Duke, Speculative Fiction 2014collects over fifty pieces of online commentary on SFF from all corners of fandom. Celebrating diversity … Continue reading →