Monthly Archives: October 2004
Don’t drink the coffee
I was reading the paper yesterday and was interested to see one of the columnists address something that’s bothered me for some time. The United States of America is an enormous country, 300 million people, lots of resources, the most powerful nation on Earth and rich as heck, yet you can not buy a decent … Continue reading
Next year
The year is slipping away and it’s looking less and less likely that Subterranean Press will get Howard Waldrop’s new collection Heart of Whitenesse into print for 2004, which is a little disappointing. I should probably add here that I’ve never heard of Subterranean dropping a book, so I’m sure it definitely will come out, … Continue reading
Trust your sources
A while back, may be a month ago, a friend emailed me to say that he’d heard Alex Irvine read a new short story at one of Ellen Datlow‘s KGB readings. It was, he assured me, about zombies and damn fine in the extreme. Now, you simply can not get too many tips like this, … Continue reading
Bold as Jones
I’ve just started reading Gwyneth Jones’ new novel Life, which so far is very impressive. I also, just today, found out she had a blog. I know, of course, that all of you already knew about this, but just forgot to mention it, but still… Anyway, on her blog, Jones mentions she’s handed in Band … Continue reading
