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There are just no words…or are there?

Sometimes during the bleakness of not being able to come up with the right words, you find yourself wandering the corridors of the internet and you find something that … well, I’ll let you be the judge. I got to admit that this one has something going for it that many of the vampire, zombie, […]

The laptop on its last bytes…

My computer has been slowing down to a near dead stop over the last few weeks. Booting up takes over a 1/2 hour most mornings and I have to wait minutes not seconds or even partial seconds for each command to execute including moving the cursor from one field to another — it driving me […]

Readercon 21 — Saturday, July 10th, 2010

11 a.m. The New and Improved Future of Magazines (Part 2) Panelists: John Joseph Adams, Sean Wallace, Robert Killheffer (Leader), John Benson, and Leah Bobet. Panel Description: After last year’s “The Future of Magazines” panels, participant K. Tempest Bradford wrote: “The magazines and anthologies that I love tend to have editors who have taken the […]

Readercon 21: Friday, July 9th, 2010.

We drove up from Maryland to Burlington, MA yesterday.  We got a late start and didn’t arrive until 10:30 p.m., so we missed the Thursday night programming.  On Thursday’s Readercon has an evening program schedule that is open to the public.  It’s a way for people to see what a convention is like in order […]

America’s Independence Day — Happy 4th of July

Today many people will gather together and celebrate a holiday.  They’ll gather with family and friends and enjoy a day off from work and perhaps see some amazing fireworks.  We’re celebrating our Independence Day.  Some may even stop to think that we’re celebrating our freedom to be who we want to be, to worship as […]

Review: Farm Fatale by Wendy Holden

Farm Fatale by Wendy Holden. Sourcebooks Landmark (July 1, 2010). Trade Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-4022-3716-4. Pages: 402. Price: $14.99 (Amazon: $10.79 Book/Kindle $9.99). Book Description: Cash-strapped Rosie and her boyfriend Mark are city folk longing for a country cottage. Rampant nouveaux riches Samantha and Guy are also searching for rustic bliss-in the biggest mansion money can […]

Still catching up…

The zines went live last night at midnight but I added at least four from people today and expect another one or two tomorrow. So the official announcements have not yet gone out to our mailing list.  If you want to be on the mailing list just go to either SFRevu.com or GumshoeReview.com and join […]

The zines are up with ther July issue…

Well, you now know what I’ve been working on: SFRevu.com for all things science fiction and fantasy-ish and Gumshoe Review for coverage of the mystery genre.