Airplane reading

Besides the aforementioned Atlantic, I also took three books on my recent sojourn to the North. John Moore’s A Fate Worse Than Dragons, which was pretty hilarious. John had mentioned it during the YA panel at Armadillocon and I was intrigued. I had already read Bad Prince Charlie and knew what to expect from John’s demented brand of fantasy satire. Well worth it. Deborah Chester’s The Pearls, the beginning of a new series. Quite good, Read more…

Man, Caitlin Flanagan can just be so annoying

Okay, I’m back. K is safely ensconced at college and I’m home and ready to jump back into editing. So I took the most recent Atlantic on the flight, and man, what is up with Caitlin Flanagan? I know, probably I should just skip her articles because she irks me so much, but the problem is, I don’t look at bylines. I read and I read and then I start getting pissed off, and then Read more…

Short story news — Space Squid and Edge of Propinquity

I have two stories out this month. Space Squid published “The Night of Their Conversion,” and Edge of Propinquity has posted “Lonely Cries the Winter Wind” in their Guest Quarters section. Please go have a look. You can find Space Squid at various bookstores in Austin. It’s free, so pick up a copy. And psst: Space Squid editors — you need to update your site. By the way, I completely forgot to write about the Read more…