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With all the contretemps regarding expert system generated artwork recently, I decided to try making some myself. I got an account with Leonardo AI and started playing around with it. After attempting to control the output with detailed prompts, using … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Cirsova:
I’ll address each of these in their own posts, but we’ve got three big things we’re moving forward with in tandem with fulfilling Mongoose and Meerkat Volume 3. 1. Cirsova Spring Issue The Cirsova Spring Issue…

Joe Lansdale’s Deadman’s Road is a collection of five long Weird Western stories. It’s read by Stefan Rudnicki, who is one of my favorite audiobook narrators. In fact, I’m not entirely sure if I would have finished the book if … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Cirsova:
It can finally be all laid-out! As the year progresses, some of these are bound to change. We may be going at break-neck speed for a bit. I haven’t even really had a chance to talk…

David R Slayton’s White Trash Warlock, read by Michael David Axtell, was a mostly enjoyable book. I have no complaints about the writing or the performance. What did bother me about the book might not even matter to someone else, … Continue reading →

This is a fun book. L G Estrella’s novel harkens back to the kind of Young Adult Fantasy that used to be fairly common, before the advent of Twilight and paranormal bodice rippers took over the genre. Simon is a … Continue reading →

I just finished listening to The Thing From HR, written Roy M Griffis and narrated by Magnus Carlssen. The author does a number of very difficult things in this book and makes them look easy. What’s more, many of them–Lovecraft … Continue reading →

Recently on The Mad Genius blog there was a challenge called Picture Postcards. You send them an email, and they send you a picture. And you are supposed to write a 50 word story about the picture. Well, I tried, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Cirsova:
While we managed to finish out 2023 with a few rounding errors and personal items claimed as expenses for tax purposes [hey, technically, any Kickstarters we back are research] shy of turning a profit, real personal…

Kit Sun Cheah’s novel has a distinctly Edwardian feel. It is presented in the form of an annotated diary and I was reminded at times of both The King In Yellow and The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. … Continue reading →