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  You have got to read Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. I’m on volume 4 of 6 and I have to say it’s awesome in all ways. You don’t have to get the slipcase like me, … Continue reading →

With everything that’s happened in Paris this week I just want emergency kittens. Jeez. # I just returned from a writers retreat. For the uninitiated, this means a venue where writers are secluded, fed and watered, then left to concentrate … Continue reading →

Yeah, I don’t like the whole Groundhog Day effects of Christmastide, so I’m not going to say any seasonal stuff. Hi. I’ve avoided watching ‘Interstellar’, but friends tell me I should see it, so I’m going to give it a … Continue reading →

I am reading: ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. While reading, I am compulsively, repetitively listening to this: Two guys on electric guitars playing the soundtrack of Contra (a game you young whippersnappers may not remember). It … Continue reading →

Odd kind of day. Someone very close to me died this morning. I last saw her about a week ago. It’s common in these kinds of narrative to say she lost her battle with cancer, but somehow that doesn’t match … Continue reading →

(The title is from Walt Whitman, by the way) I’ve been away, busy at the SAFE blog. I wrote this essay: Emic, Etic, and the Depiction of Otherness in SFF (Yes, it’s an Oxford comma. That’s how I roll) # … Continue reading →

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I’m kind of busy, but here’s some linky goodness from The Rumpus.   Rumpus Interview with Paul Gilmartin   “Gilmartin is not a psychotherapist, he is not a psychoanalyst, he is not a psychiatrist; he is not even in the … Continue reading →

Short version: 4/5 stars. I recommend that you read it.  A Killing in the Sun is a speculative fiction collection by Dilman Dila, published by Black Letter Media. The titular story was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. … Continue reading →

Saw ‘The Maze Runner’ today. It’s really…well, it’s superficially nice, a bit by-the-numbers YA adaptation. It’s all ‘Hunger Games’ Lite and ‘Lord of the Flies’ knock-offy. I had a good time, though. Didn’t think too hard. It’s very clearly the … Continue reading →