Closing the Place

Why aren’t I drunk? I mean like RIGHT NOW? I should totally get drunk! Why? Because in approximately a week, I’ll be a daddy, and then, the party’s over. It wouldn’t be so bad, except for the fact that I came to the party so late. I was never a hard fast liver, always responsible […]

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Are You Sure You’re My Son?

So I e-mailed my mom some of my book reviews the other day, and she writes back, “This is absolutely amazing! Are you sure you’re my son?” I wasn’t entirely sure how to take that. Surely she would know the answer better than I. I wrote back asking for clarification, and she said, “It’s just […]

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HorrorScope

Australian writer/bookseller Chuck McKenzie e-mailed me yesterday, telling me that he read an advance read copy of The Painted Man, and that he loved it. He even took the time to write it up in a stellar book review for the Australian dark fantasy blog HorrorScope. Not only that, but he said he’d be stocking […]

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I Swear It’s Not Porn (Not that there’s anything wrong with that)

Ah, Google Alerts, what gems you find me! Like this one, from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review. Priceless.

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The Coolest Goddamn Thing I Ever Saw

Scientists in Silicon Valley have genetically engineered bacteria to eat waste and excrete carbon-negative crude oil. If this is true, it’s the coolest fucking thing in the world. Genetic engineering has always fascinated me, both as a science fiction fan/writer, and as a member of the human race. It has been around for tens of […]

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