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Big Top Storytelling

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

On Sunday I attended the matinee of this year’s Circus Flora performance. I have mentioned before in this blog how much I love having a traditional small circus based in my home town. I strongly urge anyone who can arrange … Continue reading →

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Rehabbing Wonder

Posted on December 17, 2017 by

Two films that I saw recently, Justice League and The Last Jedi, left me with very similar feelings that I have been trying to put into words. As usual, I find that for me the most natural analogies are drawn … Continue reading →

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Non-Lethal Mysteries

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

I think I may be ready to do it again. I have this strange condition–call it “Dr. Jeckyl & The Pied Piper Syndrome” where I am suddenly struck with a completely off the wall idea combined with a compulsion to … Continue reading →

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Where your eyes don’t go a filthy scarecrow waves his broomstick arms and does a parody of each unconscious thing you do

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

Science Fiction is a lot less Weird than it used to be. I am using Weird here is a particular philosophical sense (in the vain hopes that one day “Weird in the sense of Burnett” will become a common phrase … Continue reading →

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21st Century Thrilling Adventure

Posted on August 27, 2017 by

Back at the end of March I posted a call for submissions for a new anthology.  Here we are at the end of August, and I have just handed over the keys to Kevyn Winkless, who will be using it … Continue reading →

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More on Short Fiction and Multi-author Anthologies

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

This is kind of a followup to my last post on short fiction. As I said, I think that short fiction is important. And I think that short fiction collections with stories from multiple authors are important, too.  I think … Continue reading →

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Short Fiction, or “What Needs To Happen Next”

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

I am convinced that there is a direct correlation between short fiction and innovation in fiction, both in the styles of individual authors and in fiction styles as a whole. In Speculative Fiction, there can be said to be four … Continue reading →

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