Monthly Archives: December 2010

I was going to write a post on the night of the Winter Solstice with this title, but that night I was still grading papers, and I did not have the – focus, I think. I’m still not sure I … Continue reading →

First, I want you to go look at this video: Fishmen. Did you get it? You did if you’ve read H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” It’s all about the fishmen who inhabit that city, and the narrator does, at … Continue reading →

So, I wrote a story called “Fair Ladies.” It was published in Apex Magazine, and then Jonathan Strahan asked to reprint it in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Five. I received the copyedits, and I … Continue reading →

So today I went to see the friendly copy shop people, and they told me that it would be easy for them to make a booklet for me. I wouldn’t even have to do the layout or printing myself, I … Continue reading →

I’m talking about literary guilty pleasures of course, although I have discussed my addiction (seldom indulged except on airplane flights) to chocolate-covered pretzels on various occasions. One of my guilty pleasures is Agatha Christie murder mysteries. In a strange way, … Continue reading →

So I was talking with my friend Nathan Ballingrud today about readings, and I said to him, you know what I like to do?  I like to read part of a story and then pass out copies of a booklet … Continue reading →

“So awful things happen sometimes, but good things can happen too. The trick is to be as brave as you can through the terrible parts so you can get to the wonderful ones, because they will come along someday,” said … Continue reading →