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Tagged Bezalel Porten, Elephantine, Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Nemesis
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Hey, Look
I’m going to be at Salt Lake City Comic Con.
The Fascination
“[T]he fascination of the heavens is as old as man’s ability to think; as ancient as his capacity to wonder and to dream.” — Robert Burnham, Jr., Burnham’s Celestial Handbook
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Tagged Astronomy, Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham Jr.
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Slick Fiction
“[S]lick fiction — whether of the ‘romantic’ sort or the ‘hard-boiled’ sort — always partakes of the daydream, while quality fiction — as Jung said of Art — always partakes of the night dream.” — Rust Hills, Writing in General … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreams, Rust Hills, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
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The Trouble with Mystery
“The trouble with mystery as a structure is that the writer enters into competition with the reader instead of partnership.” — Rust Hills, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
Because I Love You
Audiobook coming. Very, very soon.
Logo
Spent last night at a rehearsal, for Space Balrogs Present: BRAIIIINS, a Zombie Interactive Rock Opera, featuring Paul Genesse and Carter Reid. I don’t have enough thumbs to put up. But go over to the site and sign up … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Reid, Craig Nybo, James Wymore, Paul Genesse, Rock Opera, Space Balrogs, Zombies
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Bookshelf: Chain of Evil
I sat down with a .pdf copy of this book, annotation functions turned on, intending to highlight the tidbits I imagined I’d glean from Dr. Collings. Collings is, after all, a master of the horror genre as novelist, as commentator, as poet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypses, Chain of Evil, Horror, Michael R. Collings, Vampires, Werewolves
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Few Words
“Words not only have lexical (that is dictionary-based) meanings, but they also have a sphere of emotional suggestions attached to them. Few words outside the mostly functional terms in English—is, are, was, were, to, from, and, but, and others—mean only … Continue reading
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Tagged [words], Chain of Evil, Dictionaries, Michael R. Collings
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Salt City Steamfest
Spent two days this weekend at Salt City Steamfest. I’ll post a write-up elsewhere on the three Space Balrogs events we ran. Otherwise, I’ll just say I saw a lot of old friends and met a few new ones; sold … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Reid, David J. West, James Wymore, Julie Frost, S.A. Butler, Salt City Steamfest, Sarah E. Seeley, Scott Taylor, Steampunk
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