@jedediahberry.bsky.social
Books, tea, omens, ink. Coming in June: KILL ALL WIZARDS (Tordotcom Publishing) and two new volumes of the Wildendrem adventure game setting (Phantom Mill Games). thirdarchive.net | ninepinpress.com
And on April 8th, I'll be speaking with @johnchu.bsky.social about his debut novel THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE in South Hadley, MA. Reservations recommended!
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Then on March 22nd I'll be at Kinderhook Books to celebrate the publication of C.M. Waggoner's THE SOMEWHAT WICKED WITCH OF BRIGANDALE.
In the weeks ahead, I get to join several writers in conversation about their new books—something I love to do.
First up is VOIDVERSE by Damien Ober. This book is stunning and strange and daring, and I can't wait to talk about it. March 19th at Visions Video in Northampton, MA.
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
NO NO NO YOU DON’T
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I love imagining the writer(s?)—who clearly knew and loved the show—coming up with these lyrics.
Not exactly a jingle but our local station did this Star Trek: TNG / We Didn’t Start the Fire mashup that has uhhhhh really stuck with me youtu.be/bDk3eaeao8E?...
Ah, I thought it might be you, but I didn’t want to presume! Thanks for the reminder on that book :)
Probably Barton Fink.
The Swanwick? I do want to read that as well! Is it something we’ve discussed? I know I had it recommended to me some months back.
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My favorite thing is that our titles can be read as a complete paragraph.
The dragon has some complaints. "Kill all wizards!"
Here be direct links:
Kill All Wizards: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
The Dragon Has Some Complaints: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Happy to see KILL ALL WIZARDS in this month's ABA/ Netgalley digital box, right next to @wiswell.bsky.social's THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS.
Bookstore and library folks—if I may be so bold—why not check out . . . both? (I certainly know what I'm reading next.)
A very happy welcome back to bookstores to maybe the best grimdark medieval horror ever
a lil prize thread, now with nomination form link!!!!
Best stuff at the art institute this week: Haunted House by Morris Kantor, this guy, drawing by Bruce Goff, shield/gun
The wonderful Edward Carey is teaching a class on fairy tales as inspiration. Inspired by the one he used to teach at UT Austin's MFA. Perfect if you're not going to AWP or if you'll be home in time that Sunday March 8th. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
Pretty sure what she'd heard was the knocking of the washing machine down there. And yet.
Gene Wolfe translated them out of a future language
Alone at home with the two-year-old. She just pointed to the basement door and said, voice all raspy from a cold, "There's someone at the door." Reader, my heart did lurch.
Cairn: Barebones Edition is available in Hardback, Perfect Bound, Stapled, and Coilbound from Lulu!
And they all look great!
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It's easy to believe the world is full of hate, to feel overwhelmed and that change is impossible. But 150 yrs worth of data show it takes just 3.5% of a population—say 12 million Americans—engaged in nonviolent civil resistance to create real change—even the fall of administrations. This is doable.
Pro move
Don’t sleep on them, true, but do sleep with at least one of them under your pillow.
PSA to my fellow Zoom users -- it's automatically turned on a bunch of A.I. features without asking you✌️
to turn all 32 of them off, go to "Settings" --> "My Account" --> "View advanced features"
it'll open up your browser and list a SHITTON of A.I. features, many of which will be on (scroll!)
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
My novella THE RAINSEEKERS is out today from Tordotcom! A group of adventurers hope to be the first to feel the rain on Mars.
“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth
Oh that’s very clever.
Oh it absolutely does.