Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Richmond Noir - edited by Andrew Blosson, Brian Castleberry and Tom De Haven (2010) - This is a wonderful collection of short stories done in the noir style. As Tom Robbins (author of among others "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". Robbins grew up in Richmond and has a story in the collection) says in his foreword,... Continue Reading →
18 - Collated by Belinda Hamilton (2014) - In 1996 a group of writers got together for mutual support and discussion (as writers are wont to do). Out of that grew a group called Vision Writers. The group specializes in speculative fiction, science fiction and fantasy, based in Queensland, Australia. This book is a celebration... Continue Reading →
What Follows - Edited by April Steenburgh and C. Lennox (2014) - How would an Immortal deal with the End Times? The world will inevitably come stumbling into apocalypse, and They will be there to witness it. Dryads, demi-gods, deities of every pantheon- is it possible for the Eternal to handle an ending with grace? Should it come... Continue Reading →
Male of the Species by Alex Mindt (2007) - I have a very bad habit of resisting reading recommendations, even from people I respect. Along the way I've missed out on some great books. This collection of short stories came with the VERY enthusiastic endorsement of my daughter. Since I'm trying to overcome this habit... Continue Reading →
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (with an excerpt from "The Ocean at the End of the Lane") by Neil Gaiman - This is a short story by the acclaimed author with an excerpt of a novel. In it two English lads in the 1970s go to a party and discover what most of... Continue Reading →
In the end it was nothing at all like in the movies. The space ship from another planet didn't choose New York or London or Moscow. Bolts of energy didn't vaporize landmarks or disintegrate tanks. There were no little green men or big silver robots or musical exchanges of ideas. It didn't even look “right”.... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 