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Ignore The Puppy

Posted on September 26, 2021 by MishaBurnett

“Because that means it’s the city. That means it’s the landscape: the bricks and the girders, and the faulty wiring and the shot elevator machinery, all conspiring together to make these myths true. And that’s crazy.” Samuel Delany Dhalgren Modern … Continue reading →

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Wylding Hall

Posted on March 6, 2021 by MishaBurnett

This, in my opinion, is Weird Fiction done right. First, it works as Fiction, without the Weird. That is to say, it’s a story about a Folk Rock Band who rented a house in the countryside in the early 1970s … Continue reading →

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A Truly Steller Achievement

Posted on February 16, 2021 by MishaBurnett

Ninety authors. Nearly two hundred stories. Eleven volumes. Tuscany Bay’s Planetary Anthology Series is now complete. This is really an extraordinary body of work. Originally conceived by Superversive Press and then handed off to Tuscany Bay Books, it has been … Continue reading →

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Pulp On Pulp

Posted on January 17, 2021 by MishaBurnett

Well, it’s finally here. What started as a discussion about writing on Twitter has become a reality. A collection of essays from a number of authors with a wide variety of viewpoints will be available in a few days. The … Continue reading →

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Strange Days Waiting: The stories of Endless Summer

Posted on August 20, 2020 by MishaBurnett

The Kickstarter for my latest short fiction collection,  Endless Summer,  is now live. Now, I’ve gone on record in this blog as saying that I am not a Science Fiction writer. So what does it mean that this collection is … Continue reading →

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Beyond Kings And Princesses

Posted on June 14, 2020 by MishaBurnett

This book was written by Oren Litwin, who is the publisher of Lagrange Books. Lagrange Books is the publisher of Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts, and also several anthologies that feature my stories. Having admitted that connection between us, let … Continue reading →

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Pulp On Pulp, moving forward.

Posted on April 23, 2020 by MishaBurnett

A reminder that the collection of essays that Cheah Kit Sun and I are putting together is open for submissions. I don’t know that Pulp On Pulp will be its title when it comes time to publish it–I just needed … Continue reading →

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Followup and clarifications: Pulp On Pulp

Posted on April 7, 2020 by MishaBurnett

A day after I posted the Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp I have already received one essay and queries on three others. All of them fit the theme of the collection–maybe I’m getting better at writing submission guidelines. One … Continue reading →

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“Exiled In The Desert”: A review

Posted on April 7, 2020 by MishaBurnett

Recently I picked up that anthology because I know a number of the people who wrote stories in it and the price was right. One of the stories happens to be written by the guy who runs my Sunday night … Continue reading →

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A Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp

Posted on April 5, 2020 by MishaBurnett

I would like to try to put together a collection of practical essays from writers of Action/Adventure Fiction. Cheah Kit Sun, writer and self-publisher, has agreed to act as publisher. This would be a non-paying project, to be available for … Continue reading →

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