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Space Squid Gone Wild — a must-have “Best of” anthology

The Squid is back. Space Squid Gone Wild is the Best of Space Squid collection you have all been waiting for. Yeah yeah, my story “Bad Amy,” is in it, in which I reveal the supernatural cause of the 2000 NASDAQ stock plunge. Remember that one? Before the latest recession that incinerated our life savings and future security? Well, its seeds were planted in the 2000 crash. And there are dozens of other fine writers Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Life and other strange things

The gas company is fixing a leak across the street. East of Austin, an entire county is on fire. I’m feeling a little nervous right now. First up: if you haven’t gone over to My Jane Austen Book Club, what are you waiting for? My interview is up, and you can comment for a chance to win a copy of The Unexpected Miss Bennet. An excerpt: Do  you think that all these adaptations, both written Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

War for the Oaks and various and sundry

I finished War for the Oaks in three days after ArmadilloCon. I had the same feeling that I had when I read it more than 15 years ago. I was brought back into this fantastic world of music, magic, fashion, food, where glamour was just around the corner and out of the corner of one’s eye. It was a bittersweet, nostalgic read — I am not the same person I was back then when I Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago