I got a double dose of Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace yesterday: first, I heard them both on Shaun Farrell's excellent Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing.  I met Shaun really briefly at last year's Conjecture, and he comes off as one of those guys you'd just like to have a couple of drinks with.  Which is probably part of the reason why his podcast ( Read more... )

Need a fix now that Lost is in on an 8 month hiatus?  Let me direct you to latest pair of episodes of Stranger Things the video SF podcast phenomenonal low budget/high concept SF show.  This episode, "Latchkeepers," is like Lost, except there are inter-dimensional portals, suicidal immortals, turncoat demons (figuratively speaking) and a scene- ( Read more... )

Almost a year ago, I got an email from Matt Wallace asking me to send him a story.  Now, if you've read this blog, you probably know I absolutely love Matt Wallace.  I love his writing, I love how funny his blog is, and I love that he's a tough guy who wants to be Claire's bodyguard.  But all the stories I had written were out, and I had nothing to ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, the one and only Mr. Matt Wallace made a case for the coolness that will be the Murky Depths and Variant Frequencies cross-over/release of "Saint Darwin's Spirituals."  I highly recommend you check out the post, for a couple of reasons.  1) It's the epitome of why I love this guy (which honestly has nothing to do with the nice ( Read more... )

The Next Fix, Matt Wallace's first collection of short stories is available in limited edition hardcover accompanied with a personalized signature from the wicked bard himself (also available from Amazon).  I'm told if you order the hardcover, Matt will even write a dirty limerick on the front page, just for you.  If you're thinking, Why would I ( Read more... )

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At the end of the summer, I emailed Mr. Matt Wallace with a story submission for Variant Frequencies and told him: "This is probably the weirdest thing I've ever written. But considering it's got golems and ghostfucking,  I think it's probably a good thing."

After reading "Saint Darwin's Spirituals," Mr. Wallace told me I was seriously fucked up ( Read more... )

When you hear there's a story about the devil corrupting a Catholic Girl's school, and that the hitwoman hired to stop him is also the school's most irreverent alumnus, you have to wonder if the story that's told can possibly rival the one your imagination's spinning.

Old Tricks, the latest story from Matt Wallace and DM Moerhle on Variant ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a sad day.  Two of my favorite podcast novels...scratch that -- My two favorite podcast novels wrapped-up yesterday.  Hell (Heaven, Season 2) and the Failed Cities Monologues.  And I gotta tell you about them.

I promised
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