How do I talk about TRINITY BLOOD (TB)? I can say that the credits are gorgeous, the credit music (especially the ending) worth hearing, and the artwork elegant. This is one of those “end of the world” “And then came…” … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
The New York Times recently reported on what it called a “a growing body of work suggesting that the speed with which the brain reads and interprets sensations like the feelings in one’s own body and emotions in the body … Continue reading
Conspiracy Of Shadows: Update From The Editor Phyllis Irene Radford Or: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Here I am looking down the throat of my first official gig as editor of an anthology saying “gulp.” What did I let myself in for? … Continue reading
Recently I was asked to choose, from a list of books that had won a certain literary prize, the three best works of American fiction of the last sixty years. I don’t know how many other people are also being … Continue reading
Or, the moral of this story is – if you want to survive Armageddon, yes, you can live on C-rations for a long time, and also – good things come in olive drab packages.
Continue readingRecently I read a phrase in Malory, The Knight Who Became King Arthur’s Chronicler by Christina Hardyment that struck me as a near perfect piece of world building. An ambush of an armed party by outlaws lasted “a paternoster while.” … Continue reading
All too often when writers tackle the arcana of the equine in their novels and stories, they miss the nuances of the terminology. Then the reader is treated to a female gelding, a male mare, or a rider moving a … Continue reading
In a return to its comic book serial roots, DC has kicked off a weekly Wednesday Comics. Modern comic book distribution delivers the new comics into the stores on Wednesdays, hence the title. With fifteen different stories — one per … Continue reading
She sat under an apple tree, resting from her labor. The tree’s sparse foliage gave just enough respite from the morning sun. She pulled out her open-holed pipe and began playing a sad in some way, yet infinitely danceable, tune. … Continue reading