How To Make A Living Writing Short Fiction
In this article, I’ll take a look at the practical economics of trying to make a living writing short fiction in the U.S. This topic […]
The Creeping Horror of Signature Sheets
Have you ever seen or purchased a limited-edition book that came already signed by the author or contributors? Yeah, it’s pretty neat getting a book […]
Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is a Connecticut-raised poet who currently lives in Berkeley, California. She has worked as a lecturer for Stanford University, where she won both […]
The lonely ones will find each other by the heat of their bodies
You’re in a strange city. It’s dark and cold, and you’re so ravenously hungry that you think you’re going to faint at any moment. Your […]
Movie Review: A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder is Peter Hyams’ 2005 film version of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 time travel story of the same name. We rented the movie […]
Tools For Wandering Writers
We writers are particular. We’re careful to find space for our books and our desk, and jealously guard our writing time. We crave quiet so […]
On Dark Fantasy
In the 1990s, dark fantasy became regarded as being “code” for horror. Why? Major publishers who flooded the market with awful, horrible, no-good novels in […]
Game Review: Apeiron
Apeiron is a Macintosh game that ranks as one of my absolute favorites. If you enjoyed the old Atari arcade games Centipede and Millipede, you’re […]
Ellen Datlow
Ellen S(ue) Datlow was born in 1949 and currently lives in New York City. She has been one of the most influential editors in the […]
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty was born in 1928 in New York City. His parents were Lebanese and his very religious mother sent him to Catholic schools. […]