The re-reading continues, and will do so until such a time as I can again find gainful employment that will justify expenditure on new books. And that’s fine (the re-reading, that is, not my current impecunious state) since I have a library worth re-reading. Today I finished Brian Daley’s A Tapestry of Magics. The book… Continue reading “A Tapestry of Magics” Weaves Its Spell
Month: April 2026
Three Toots on a Tin Whistle for Cirsova
A decade is considerable achievement for just about anything. Keeping a quarterly fiction magazine operational for that long in a world offering a billion different entertainment options is impressive. Cirsova Magazine is celebrating such a milestone with its Tenth Anniversary Edition, an edition with my name on the cover I should note. So, given the… Continue reading Three Toots on a Tin Whistle for Cirsova
The Hereafter Gang. Doing the Limbo Rock.
I just finished re-reading Neal Barrett, Jr.’s The Hereafter Gang. It’s probably been twenty years or more since I first read it and I wanted to see if it held up. Did it? Mostly. It seems my memory of the book was primarily of the last third, the final act. My response this time to… Continue reading The Hereafter Gang. Doing the Limbo Rock.
That Most Evil of Necessary Evils: Publicity
March 25th marked the release of another novel. The pleasure derived from a book release is soon diminished at the realization of the concomitant requirement of publicizing it. People won’t buy the book if they don’t know it exists. I understand that. But it doesn’t mean I enjoy the process. Especially not interviews. I’ve made… Continue reading That Most Evil of Necessary Evils: Publicity