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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Guest Post: Gustavo Bondoni on Argentine SFF
Last week, Argentina’s largest literary prize, sponsored by the government through the National Arts Fund, announced that it would only accept science fiction, fantasy and horror entries this year. All hell broke loose immediately. In some cases, there were people … Continue reading
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Tagged argentine sff, genre history, gustavo bondoni, sff around the world
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Guest Post: Mark Engleson on When Lack of Social Grace Crosses the Line
When Lack of Social Grace Crosses the Line An autistic responds to “The Shealy Logs†(Burgin Mathews, No Depression, Spring 2020) In “The Shealy Logs,†Burgin Mathews relates the story of John Shealy, who created decades of logs of performances … Continue reading
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Tagged actually autistic, asd, autism, disability awareness, mark engleson, responsibility, social anxiety
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Guest Post: Michael R. Underwood on Five Tips for Cultural Worldbuilding Without Building a World Bible
Worldbuilding can be an intimidating part of writing science fiction/fantasy, whether it’s an epic fantasy or a distant far-future space opera. There are many ways focusing on worldbuilding first can go awry, chief among them the possibility that worldbuilding becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, how to finish a story, michael r underwood, mythology, power dynamics, research, worldbuilding
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Chez Rambo in the Time of the Pandemic, mid-July Check-in
Wow, it’s been a long time since I last checked in. By now, pandemic existence seems somewhat normal. We have masks, plastic gloves, and sanitizer by the doorway; we’ve been out for fast food maybe once a month and felt … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, daily life, devil's gun, exiles of tabat, publications, Tabat
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Guest Post: Kathy L. Brown on Miss Lutra’s Squirrel Stew from “Water of Life”
In my prohibition-era, urban fantasy novelette, Water of Life, investigator Sean Joye searches the Southern Illinois hill country for Caleb, a missing moonshiner. His trek, beyond a flooded river and through a forest bristling with ice and fae ill intent, leads him … Continue reading
