At Swancon 40, on Saturday April 4th, a panel of publishers and fiction editors - Kylie Chan, Cat Sparks, Andrew Harvey and Stephen Dedman - will be doing a blind reading of first pages of anonymous submissions from writers, and vote/comment on whether they’d be inclined to continue reading and what has interested them or turned them off. Work will ( Read more... )

It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world. - Oscar Wilde

America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland. - Tennesee Williams ( Read more... )