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Gila Queen’s Guide To Markets #161

The newest issue of the Gila Queen's Guide To Markets is out. Chock full of the latest news on science fiction, fantasy, and horror markets, the issue, as all their issues, is delivered by email.

Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders

Last year Chet Williamson was commissioned by Square/Enix, the Japanese computer game company, to write a mystery game. After having worked on it with the development team and artists for nearly a year, the game has just been released.

The Monster Book of Zombies

Originally published in 1993, The Mammoth Book of Zombies (edited by Stephen Jones) was re-released this year as a Barnes & Noble hardcover for $7.98 and re-titled, The Monster Book of Zombies.

Gorilla, My Love

[John is suffering computer woes at the moment.  I told him I'd find something appropriate to fill his slot, and found this archived post of his from September of 2006.  Enjoy!]

A long time ago, there was this gorilla I knew. I was out of work, and the gorilla was similarly unemployed. At [...]

A novel a month?

Well, it’s November again. Halloween is done Thanksgiving is on the way (Pause here, folks, and contemplate what you have to be thankful for. The odds are there’s a good deal going right, even if there’s some negatives out there.) and a plethora of various religious celebrations are eight around the corner. Some of my [...]

The Compounds (and compound-complexes) of Style

Perhaps you believe in the soul. Perhaps you don’t, and only view a living being as a series of biological functions acting in concert.  Under either philosophy, you will view a dead body as different from a living person.  All of the physical components are there, but the core of the individual is gone.

At this [...]

What I Learned From Blogging About the Kindle

Last month, when I finally decided to “come out” about owning a Kindle, I learned two things. One, after reading some of the comments about my blog entry, I realized that I have always written about “safe” topics, ones that are least likely to stir up controversy, and heaven forbid, make [...]

Let’s Just Pretend The Last 8 Months Never Happened

Looks like it was a sabbatical after all.

Last March, after close to a three-year tenure, I hung up my Storytellers U hat — the one with the Viking horns and a beer funnel — without knowing whether this would be permanent or temporary. Couldn’t help but notice, in the interim, that lords-of-the-manor [...]