This month at KGB: Andrew Fox & Chris Genoa, September 15th.

Jonathan Safran Foer said in an interview (paraphrased), “I’m not trying to rewrite history.  I just want to tell the events of 9/11 the way I see it, not the way others framed it for me.” I feel very much the same way.  Politicians, anchormen, journalists, bloggers — they all try to tell me what 9/11 was.  And I always call bullshit because it’s obvious that most of them were not there, that they watched it unfold on TV and constructed a story, oftentimes bordering on mythical, to fit their interpretation …

I feel it every year and from what I understand most other people feel it too.  The strange change of body and mind the comes over you when the seasons change, when the leaves start to drop from the trees.  I believe it comes from sixteen or more years of school, the mad rush to the department stores and school supply stores, and the hope that this year, with new friends, new teachers, will be much better than the last.  That routine created a pattern on my mind.  But I …

My story “The Girl in the Basement” is now up at Apex Magazine. It’s alongside stories by the talented Ekaterina Sedia and Keffy R.M. Kehrli (both of whom appear in past issues of Sybil’s Garage). Here’s an intro: “The girl lived in the basement where the air was cool and damp and quiet. Company was coming over tonight, her mother had said, so the girl had better make sure her room was spotless. She gave the girl a dull knife to scrape the gobs of candle wax from the dresser and night stand, …

From Damien G. Walter’s blog for Support Our ‘Zines Day*: So. No idea if this will work. But, to give people a handy guide to ‘zines they can donate to on Support Our ‘Zines Day (1st October 2009), I’m going to try and put together a complete list of speculative fiction ‘zines! However, I don’t want to do all the work myself, so am stealing the recent SF Reviewers Link-up Meme to make the…’ZINE LINK-UP MEME! I’ve added a few of the big ‘zines, just to get it started. The ‘Zine Link-up …