Crusie fanfic
Y'all may recall that a few months ago, I linked to a very funny piece of Star Trek litcrit fanfic.... (More...)
Y'all may recall that a few months ago, I linked to a very funny piece of Star Trek litcrit fanfic.... (More...)
Karen Healey has posted her Christmas story: "Queen of the Kitchen." As she notes, "It is a pleasant wee thing... (More...)
I'm reading William Tenn's 1958 story "Eastward Ho!" (as reprinted in the 60th-anniversary volume The Very Best of Fantasy &... (More...)
David Hartwell points out that it's easy for Year's Best editors to miss new stories (non-reprints) that appear in single-author... (More...)
I recently speculated that people generally don't seem to have a lot to say in online discussions about individual short... (More...)
I've been meaning for weeks now to link to Thoughtcrime Experiments. It's a science fiction anthology, edited by Sumana Harihareswara... (More...)
I wasn't going to post any more tonight, but this is way too good not to share: The idea of... (More...)
Took a break from magazine stuff to wander over to the East Bay for a writing-in-a-café afternoon. Wrote 1600+ words... (More...)
In the Potlatch dealers' room, I was pleased to find Spiral Hunt, SH author Margaret Ronald's first novel, just published... (More...)
I've been reading (well, mostly skimming) the stories in The Best of Lester del Rey, and just found this line: "War... (More...)
Been reading Strahan's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Two. I've only read about half the stories... (More...)
Warren Ellis points out that the print prozines' circulation is declining. Sadly, this has been true for a long time.... (More...)
In honor of Cory Doctorow's birthday, Eileen Gunn has put together a special one-shot issue of The Infinite Matrix, featuring... (More...)
One of the things I like about some country songs is the way the choruses work. For example, there seems... (More...)
In honor of Nick M's birthday (happy birthday, Nick!), I'm finally getting around to mentioning that Nick has provided his... (More...)
A few assorted tidbits I've been meaning to mention: adfamiliares and jere7my got engaged! J7y also posted a great photo... (More...)
I've been really out of touch with much of the online world lately. Which, among other things, meant that it... (More...)
Assorted Year's Best TOCs and news and such: Kathryn Cramer has posted the table of contents for Year's Best SF... (More...)
I haven't finished reading all the non-SH stories from 2005 that I plan to read before making my Hugo nominations,... (More...)
As many of y'all know, Rich Horton reads possibly a higher percentage of the short science fiction and fantasy published... (More...)
Friday brought the sad news that The Infinite Matrix, once the second-highest-paying online speculative fiction venue, is closing its doors.... (More...)
Luke H. just pointed to a New Yorker humor piece from mid-2004, "New Details Surface," by Paul Simms, that made... (More...)
The other day, I finally got around to reading Cory Doctorow's story "Anda's Game," published in Salon about a year... (More...)
Some things that've made me happy lately: At World Fantasy Con this past weekend, half a dozen people I didn't... (More...)
I got a few birthday presents and some nice phone calls and emails and journal comments; thank you all! I... (More...)
Last night online people kept saying "All Hail King Torg!" So I Googled, and found that they were referring to... (More...)
The Hugo nomination deadline is almost upon us, so I finally went over to Sci Fiction and read Ian R.... (More...)