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Zombies in Marysville
Some of you know that my older son, Nick, is currently undergoing his field training as a member of the Baltimore city police department. (Please save the concerned references to The Wire; believe me, I know.) He’s been calling me every couple of days to share the latest amusing anecdotes about life in the part of the city to which he’s been ( Read more... ) -
2011--Highlights Part 2
June of 2011 also marked the ten year anniversary of my marriage. Fiona and I celebrated by having a lovely dinner at a local restaurant, The Global Palate, which has taken over the building that housed the restaurant where we had our rehearsal dinner a decade prior. Our anniversary meal is one of the few I remember vividly from this past ( Read more... ) -
2011--Highlights Part 1
For most of my adult life, each year has been so full of activity and events that it's often hard for me to remember what happened exactly when. 2011 was no exception; so, I thought I'd write down some of the year's more notable events ( Read more... ) -
At Last! The Story Can Be Told...A Halloween Special
The Colour out of Glitter: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Canadian Horror's First Boy Band
An expose by Laird Barron, Kurt Dinan, John Langan, and Paul Tremblay
The winds of change do not blow from random places; they blow mightily from Toronto, Canada.
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How the Day Runs Down--Live!
This past Friday, Fiona and I left David in the capable hands of one of his friends' parents and took the train down to NYC to see a staging of my story, "How the Day Runs Down," by Nicu's Spoon. The theater had first contacted me about possibly performing the story, which first appeared in John Joseph Adams's Living Dead anthology and is written ( Read more... ) -
Fish!
Recently, David decided he wanted to move ahead with the plans for a freshwater fish tank he and his mom have been discussing for a while, now. They decided on platys, which are pretty little tropical fish. We went to the local pet store and got a pair.
Maybe four weeks later, we have four tanks up and running: a 20 gallon one for the majority of ( Read more... ) -
42 Today
What a thing to say (sorry, Aimee Mann).
Actually, I've already received a ton of very generous birthday wishes over at the Facebook. (See? Now that I'm a grandparent, I can add the definite article to all kinds of words.) I'm going to try to reply to each and every one of them, but in the meantime, thanks to one and all. Not much in the way of ( Read more... ) -
Grill!
Yesterday morning, I awoke to a bag of charcoal sitting on my chest. Fiona and David had gotten me an early birthday present, and this was part of it. Once I dragged myself out from under the charcoal, I found a grill waiting for me on the kitchen table. Just right for the Fourth of July ( Read more... ) -
Readercon!
Wow, it has been a while, hasn't it? Sorry for all the dust...and I'll get that light seen to as soon as I can. I thought it might be fun to open up the old place for the summer, see how that goes. And since it's summer, that means Readercon, perhaps my favorite ongoing convention. This year, I have a pretty full schedule--here, have a ( Read more... )
