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Creationism and intelligent design — products of fear masquerading as devotion

One of the benefits of sending my novel off to my editor is that I have time on my hands, time that I’ve used for watching Nova and reading National Geographic among other less-noble programs (cough! Project Runway cough!). And once again it strikes me how utterly sad creationism and intelligent design are. I think these people look up at the sky and don’t see the glory of God. Instead they are really afraid of Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Storytelling, or Tristan and Isolde (2006)

At our last cryptopolis meeting, the talk turned to movies, good and bad. Patrick pointed out that, “No one sets out to make a bad movie.” It’s just, there’s a series of decisions along the way and one thing leads to another, and you get…Tristan and Isolde. This is one of the classic love stories of the ages. It parallels the most famous love triangle of all, Arthur, Guenevere, and Lancelot. An opera was made Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 — Honorable Mentions

I have two honorable mentions in the current edition of Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: For Pigs and Feaches, which first appeared in Apex Digest, and for Bagged Lunch, which appeared in Weird Tales. Bagged Lunch was originally called The Lunch Thief. It’s the second in my series of stories based on what it’s like to work in your average office environment. (This is called, “write what you know.” ) Anyway, companies often hire consultants Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago