11 hours ago by Barbara Lefcowitz

THE WHITE ELEVATOR or THE AVATARS OF PARIS “Les art e le reality: entre les deux il y a a fois de la complicite et de l’antagonisme”–Jean Baudrillard [Art and reality: Between the two there is a time for complicity and time for antagonism] “A urinal, too, is a work of art.”–Marcel Duchamps. “Especia ...

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11 hours ago by wellcraftedtoo

When writers get rejections, we just get back up on that ol’ keyboard, and start pounding away again, right? Maybe you do, but not me, at least not today. Today I’m attending to my blog, which has been neglected recently. Here is a quote from John Irving that I liked so much I scribbled it into my b ...

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15 hours ago by Alan Garner

The American Midwest has long been a source of inspiration for writers wishing to mine the troves of how humdrum daily activity masks a wealth of human emotion, but rarely has it been conjured up with such economy and starkness as by Raymond Carver. Long regarded as one of the great writers of short ...

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17 hours ago by icouldbesplendid

It was quiet here amongst the trees, quiet and still and peaceful. The leaves fell, the birds sang, the new shoots sprouted green. Long had she lain here and long would she remain, slowly becoming one with the nature around her. It had not always been so: once she had lived in the bustling metropoli ...

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18 hours ago by chris

‘Tis the season. Nyarlathotep, I’m Breaking Up with You by Jason Henninger. Ia, ia, ia, ia, ia! Ia, ia ia! (From Tor.com.)

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19 hours ago by Niall

From Martin Lewis’ review: “It focuses on failed, grudging and inexplicable relationships. It takes a keen interest in geography … Observations … are often precise and clinical … Above all it is a story that suggests rather than insists … fantastic elements are extremely muted.” All spot-on. “Microc ...

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20 hours ago by Laura Anne Gilman

Woke up this morning convinced that it was Saturday. Been staring at the computer, screen, willing the words to come, and my brain is all "nope, this was the weekend you said you were going to take off, so we're off." And trying to explain that it's Not Saturday Yet... So. Maybe it's Saturday? If so ...

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21 hours ago by Niall

Jonathan Strahan has posted the table of contents for The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol 4. For my own reference, I’ve gone through and annotated the stories with their original publication venue: 1. “It Takes Two”, Nicola Griffith ( Eclipse 3, ed Jonathan Strahan) 2. “Three Twili ...

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22 hours ago by Mike Bracken

For some odd reason, we don't cover a lot of horror fiction here at Horror Squad but occasionally an announcement comes along that's so gigantic that we all have to put down our DVDs and videogames and actually think about picking up a book. Any news concerning Clive Barker's fiction falls well into ...

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1 day ago by Priscilla G. Robinson

So, I’ve been watching all of these old timey traditional Christmas movies and the such. And, I thought to myself… ‘Damn! I need a housewife!’ The actresses did a splendid job portraying the 50’s housewife, so well, in fact that I actually took up baking for one afternoon. (Does Kahlua Brownies coun ...

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