I decided to pick this story because of a discussion with my host here on Whidbey Island on the appeal of horror fiction. I talked
I wrote this story quite a while ago, and it took its sweet time finding a home, so remembering exactly what possessed me to write
First off, sorry for having been away for so long. The usual excuses apply. Anyway, I’m afraid I don’t have a ton of notes to
I don’t write a ton of stuff on literary craft here. (I haven’t blogged a whole lot period in the last couple of months, I
All That Man Is by David Szalay My rating: 2 of 5 stars I kept waiting for the irony to kick in. As I read
A maximum of five, to be exact. I’ve got a version of Born Under A Bad Sign uploaded to a secret location on the interwebs, and I’d
I haven’t, mainly because I don’t think I ever have included friends, relatives, or acquaintances in any of my work. Any of you who’ve read
Join my new little discussion group over at Goodreads to dig into the connections between philosophy and fiction. Thinking Fiction 63 members Writers and readers
Scott Southard, keeper of a blog of literary musings, wrote a humorous post on literary genres, and the factionalism they encourage, that got me thinking
I’ve been doing a lot of straight history on the blog over the last month or so, but when it came to Hitler, I saw