Another FABULOUS review for AlphaOops: H is for Halloween, this time from Kiss the Book. My favorite part is at the end where it says ESSENTIAL in all caps. I know it’s technically a category this particular site puts books into, but it still gave me warm fuzzies. Click on over this way to see the rest. I have…
By now you’ve heard if it — China’s massive 11-day-and-counting gridlock traffic jam. It apparently started with an overabundance of cargo-bearing trucks and was compounded by road construction. There’s already a microcosm blossoming with its own population and economic system of supply and demand. And more importantly…where are these poor people going to the bathroom? Some of you may…
So I’m packed for Dragon*Con–finally–and I’m waiting for my nails to dry. (Typing on a keyboard is a lovely way to do that without seriously screwing them up.) I’m terribly behind on my geek street cred: I never finished watching the last season of Doctor Who (mostly cause I didn’t want David Tennant to leave), nor did I watch…
Remember how Rick Novy (editor of the 2020 Visions anthology) was writing up a brief piece on each person in the anthology and why he picked their story? Well, today is my day and Rick says some very lovely things, both about me and “Pocket Full of Posey”. I won’t spoil it for you — Click on over there…
The cover for Issue #9 Beautiful art by Tom Brown! Design, layout and editing by Danny Evarts. It’s creepy and gorgeous all at the same time. And green, which is my favorite color, so no complaints from me. No sirree Bob. The funny part is that when I first saw the cover, my eye immediately landed on Lon Prater‘s…
You kids and your newfangled contraptions… Thanks to a dutiful Google Alert, I am happy to report that Beauty & Dynamite is available on Smashwords. Check it out here — it lets you read the first bunch of pages for free (score!), but you have to pay (thank you) a mere $2.99 to read the rest. No fancy reader…
Rick Novy has posted the Table of Contents for his 2020 Visions anthology: 1. Mary Robinette Kowal – Birthright 2. Sheila Finch – The Persistence of Butterflies 3. Randy Henderson – A Shelter for Living Things 4. Jason S. Ridler – Showing Light 5. Ernest Hogan – Radiation is Groovy, Kill the Pigs 6. David Lee Summers – The…
Back in July, a bunch of Apex authors received an email from Jason Sizemore outlining another one of his crazy schemes. He was all excited, jumping up and down (one can imagine), frothing at the mouth (one supposes), and going on and on about how great this e-anthology he’s come up with is going to be. He’s offering nickles…
So here’s what happened: Rich Ristow put together a poetry chapbook called These Apparitions, containing poems written in the style of Ezra Pound or William Carlos Williams. He accepted submissions and completed the chapbook…and then the project moved to a different publisher (Needfire Press). With the move to Needfire came a bonus: the book will now be available on…
Here’s the review in full. They got my name, the title, and the ISBN right this time. AND a star. I really couldn’t be happier. *********************** AlphaOops: H is for Halloween Alethea Kontis, illus. by Bob Kolar, Candlewick, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3966-2 In a raucous follow-up to AlphaOops! The Day Z Went First, chaos ensues when the letters of…
Happy Prime and Anti-Prime Day! (which I think now…
Dearest Squad, “Always write when you’re in love.” My…
THIEFTESS – now available!
