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In January, I dreamt of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons, Mags Bennett from Justified,
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January was another extremely light dream month for me, which is probably why it took me this long to gather them up from where they were originally shared over on Twitter. I wish I could figure out why I only remembered 15 dreams in January, because in the past, recalling five ( Read more... ) -
Enjoy burnt ends and zombies with Z Nation‘s Craig Engler in Episode 28 of Eating th
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When I moved out of New York more than 30 years ago, there was no such thing as authentic BBQ there. (Well, as far as I knew. Feel free to prove me wrong.) But all that’s changed, as my visits to such places as Hometown Bar-B-Que and BrisketTown show. So when this episode’s ( Read more... ) -
“The Little Woman” would like a word with Donald Trump
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Back in the early ’50s, Sheldon Moldoff and Mort Meskin collaborated on a strip titled “The Little Woman” for True Story magazine. And while, all these years later, I wince at the dated phrase “the little woman,” the installments were to my surprise quite forward-thinking for ( Read more... ) -
Binge on blintzes with Ellen Datlow in Episode 27 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast
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My wife has been attending the New Jersey Romance Writers Convention for decades, and for many years, I’ve been tagging along, using that trip as an excuse to head into Manhattan and hang with friends. The most recent trip was different from all the rest, though, in that now, I ( Read more... ) -
Look who made the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot!
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I woke this morning to a press release from the Horror Writers Association announcing the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot-and look who appears in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Fiction-
Me!
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Can you find me in this historic photo from January 20, 2001?
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One day shy of 16 years ago, I was on the streets of Washington, D.C., protesting at the inauguration of George W. Bush. I was never able to find photographic evidence of that, because in those pre-iPhone days, most of the pictures taken were crowd shots by journalists. And ( Read more... ) -
Before the Scarecrow, there was almost … the Grim Reaper
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I’m working on an essay for Marvel Comics which will appear in a volume about the Fear Lords, one which will reprint my stories of the Scarecrow, who is these days more commonly known as the Straw Man. And as I thought back on my few years at Marvel so long ago, I suddenly ( Read more... ) -
Get ready for plov with James Morrow in Episode 26 of Eating the Fantastic
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Happy New Year! Welcome to the first Eating the Fantastic episode of 2017-which also happens to be the first episode recorded at an Uzbek restaurant. My guest and I snuck away from the Gaithersburg, Maryland convention Capclave one night for dinner at Silk Road Choyhona, where ( Read more... ) -
In December, I dreamt of Robert Silverberg, Kelly Link, George R. R. Martin and …
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As my Twitter stream shows, I dreamed even fewer dreams last month than the month before, the number of them continuing to dwindle for no discernible reason. Or rather, I continue not to remember them, because I do have them, but often when I wake, I can sense them vanishing ( Read more... ) -
My 10 most popular posts from 2016
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Welcome to 2017, and to my first post of the new year!
I always wonder whether anyone bothers to read what I’ve been writing here, but it turns out-you do. So for my 1,837th post since I began this blogging thing, let’s take a look at the most popular posts from the past 12 ( Read more... )
