I had the shittiest English education.  Okay, maybe that’s hyperbole, but I can’t name more than five novels we had to read in high school.  In college it was worse.  I went to an engineering school, so besides the six or so credits of English literature I had to take, my required reading consisted of computer science and calculus textbooks.  Perhaps this is a failure of my memory more so than the educational system (I did inhale in college more than once), but to make up for this perceived lack …

I’m reposting an email I received from Gisha.com, “an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. Gisha promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.”  I do so because I feel that in this holiday season it’s important to remember that while we in the West enjoy many comforts, there are still many in this world who suffer unremittingly.  I would have linked to the site but I could not find this article in their archives.  If …

A few updates this morning: For those who haven’t heard, Sybil’s Garage will be opening to submissions for our 7th issue on January 15th.  Guidelines here. The World-Fantasy award winning anthology Paper Cities is now only $12 for the holidays.  Get it now. Altered Fluid, my writers group, will be appearing on Jim Freund’s Hour of the Wolf on January 16th.  We will be critiquing a story by the talented writer and amateur lepidopterist Paul Berger. I’ve been toying with the idea of changing the trim size of Sybil’s Garage from 7″ x 8.5″ …

Christopher Rowe Andy Duncan Ellen has posted her photos from the December 16th reading with Christopher Rowe and Andy Duncan.  Can you tell from our faces how much fun we had?

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Andy Duncan, whose new novelette “The Night Cache” will appear from PS Publishing just in time for Christmas, as befits a ghost story, while his revisionist Appalachian folktale “The Dragaman’s Bride” concludes the new Jack Dann-Gardner Dozois anthology The Dragon Book. Duncan is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science-fiction story of the year. & Christopher Rowe‘s short fiction has been shortlisted for the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. A …