Neither actually new, but both getting to me yesterday: Sovereign Traces has a piece of Mongrels in it, courtesy of the amazing Delicia Williams (artist), and Fortune Smiles I already read, of course, and really dug—one of the stand-out collections from recent, or any, years—but got to hang with Adam some last night, thanks to Lighthouse in Denver, so came away with an even cooler copy. And, speaking of last night: great event, great reception, wonderful people to talk to.
Wish I could do “the Unboxing” in some scare-font, or have the letters all kind of shudder.
Was very cool doing this interview/podcast with them. Nice working with a team, in a studio, and Ken McConnellogue is a superb host. You can listen to it here, or, looks like, just wherever you get your podcastery:
Here’s hoping a Neanderthal fingerbone or a Denisovan tooth turns up a few strata down. It’s how the world changes. Well, it’s how our perception and understanding of the world changes. Couldn’t be more excited. Would so, so be into ducking down into this one. Except, it’s big enough that no ducking’s required, looks like:
Always cool to be in Nightmare’s TOC. Even cooler when it’s with people I know (Gemma, Carrie—only know Adam by reading):
- that “Herpes of the Heart” story: http://the-toast.net/2015/05/29/herpes-heart-short-story/
- that comic strip: http://overcompensating.com/oc/index.php?comic=1243
Remember when Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died, and, the picture on his site was just that birdcage he’d doodled, open and empty? Broke my heart and fixed it with a single image. Same here:
I just wrote a haunted house novel that used a SpongeBob episode kind of as touchstone. SpongeBob, man, he’s deep in my DNA, somehow. …
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