Went to KGB reading plus shopping
Good to see people. Tired now. Spent day shopping for props for show. Will tell you more, but it is “not safe for work.”
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Scientists Explain Chocolate Craving
Wired News has an article that totally justifies my chocolate intake. If that craving for chocolate sometimes feels like it is coming from deep in your gut, that’s because maybe it is. A small study links the type of bacteria living in people’s digestive system to a desire for chocolate. Everyone has a vast community
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A new building gig
I just picked up a gig doing props for the play Bad Jazz. It’s a play about actors and the lines between real life and stage. Imagine if Quentin Tarantino did Noises Off. My prop list includes things like teapot, coffee mugs, notebooks, dead dog, two matching penises…. What? It’s not a trend.
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All Possible Worlds Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine
All Possible Worlds’ fall issue has just been released, including my story “Some Other Day.” Authors Appearing in the Fall 2007 Issue: Edward Morris – “Game Over” David Seigler – “The Drahatzi Are Coming” JG Faherty – “Graduation” Rachelle Loyear-Williams – “The Last Ship” Michelle Scott – “Prized Possession” Geraint D’Arcy – “Day Off” Mary
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A night out with music and bouncers
Last night, Rob and I headed down to Brooklyn to see Dean and Eric play (Kill Henry Sugar). It was an intimate little venue with seating for maybe thirty and standing room for another twenty or so. We stood in the back. About three songs into the set, this reasonably attractive man in a suit
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Just deserts
We always talk about villains getting their just deserts, but would about the good guys? I mean, when a friend has worked hard, has talent and then gets what he deserves, shouldn’t he be allowed just desserts? I like desserts ((Yes, I know it uses the other spelling, but “just deserts” gets this pronunciation.)) ;
Subterranean Press Announcing Far Territories
Early next year, Subterranean Press will give birth to a new imprint, Far Territories, one that focuses on popularly priced trade paperbacks and hardcovers, with distribution in the chain and independent bookstories. See that logo? I made that.
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What’s the worst that could happen?
Yes. This is exactly what I’ve thought, except that he explains it much, much better.
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Kill Henry Sugar
Join me? KILL HENRY SUGAR is playing tomorrow night (Fri, 12 Oct 07) at 10pm at Barbes, 376 9th Street, Brooklyn KILL HENRY SUGAR . Music of the huddled masses. With the snap of a drum and the moan of a dobro, Erik Della Penna and Dean Sharenow create folk songs from the roots of
Chattanooga Spaceship
In Chattanooga, when we go to visit my cousins on Signal Mountain, we always pass this spaceship. Seriously. Well, okay, it’s a house shaped like a space ship, but still. There’s an article online about it, which includes this handy video showing the inside of the Spaceship House. I’d always wondered about it. Clearly, I’m
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The Confessions of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
PRX now has “The Confessions of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” by the Willamette Radio Workshop. I perform in this as various cast members and at about the 2:30 mark, you get to hear my b-movie scream. (Now, you do have to register for PRX to listen to this, but it’s a pretty painless registration.)
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Free Online Fiction: For Solo Cello, op. 12
I’m delighted to announce that Cosmos has posted my story “For Solo Cello, op. 12” live and free on their website. This originally appeared in Issue 13 of COSMOS back in March 2007. His keys dropped, rattling on the parquet floor. Julius stared at them, unwilling to look at the bandaged stump where two weeks
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e-baby and the uncanny valley
This is beautifully animated, but there’s one detail which makes me go a little buggy. Watch the baby’s eyes. They are so real, compared to the rest of the figure, that it edges into the uncanny valley. This is a problem that crops up in a lot of different forms of world creation, from set
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Flying parents
We just returned from a lovely dinner with Rob’s parents at Cafe Frida. They were on a whirlwind tour of the mainland and stopped by NYC for the weekend. Sadly, I missed them last night and only saw them this evening when I came home from working on the moth. I thought that they were
Gratia Placenti available for pre-orders
A Writer’s Vanity – Gratia Placenti available for pre-orders Date of Publication: December 1st, 2007 Hardcover only available via pre-order Special TPB pre-order price of $12.95 This is the much anticipated follow up to the Stoker nominated featured writer anthology Aegri Somnia. Gratia Placenti translated means “for the sake of pleasing.†13 of the most
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