I never received tear sheets for this review, so I'm not sure exactly when it came out, though the issue is dated "Spring-Summer 2008." But my intrepid and incessant quest for Sporty Spec information has paid off.

Ernest Lindsay of Holcomb (OH) College says in his Aethlon review:

"The children of Lucas and Nintendo have marvelous fun. We get ( Read more... )

My big weekend shopping spree was buying 10 ISBN from Bowker for $400. After getting my feet wet with Lulu for Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic, I've decided to take the plunge with Lightning Source (LSI), a subsidiary of Ingram, for Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy.

After signing up with LSI, I promptly received an e-mail from John ( Read more... )

I've just added Marcie Lynn Tentchoff's dark fantasy poem "The Cat of Nabeshima" to the poetry contents at Raven Electrick. I think I was particularly brave in buying this poem, as I'm not exactly what you would call a "cat person." :-)

http://ravenelectrick.com/ravenpoetrick/catofnabeshima.html

Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic continues to take ( Read more... )

I was wondering when someone would notice that I'm going in reverse of industry trends by dropping e-zine Raven Electrick after nine years, but continuing print anthology publishing with Raven Electrick Ink. Well, the sharp folks at SF Site noticed (make that a sharp-minus for misspelling my name). You'll need to scroll down a bit to view the blurb ( Read more... )

It's the start of a new year, so it seems like a good time to outline my plans for Raven Electrick, the little speculative e-zine I've been publishing since 2000, and for Raven Electrick Ink, its print-publishing sister, which began life in 2007.

First the good news. I plan to continue publishing speculative print anthologies under the Raven ( Read more... )

This news has been circulating throughout Live Journal and the Internet for the past two days, but I think it's still worth mentioning here. Right now there's a fundraiser and charity auction underway for Vera Nazarian, a speculative writer and publisher, to help save her house from foreclosure. Vera is "facing foreclosure due to a series of truly ( Read more... )

I've just added Mary Jo Rabe's speculative/Mars poem "Salt Water Rafting" to the poetry contents at Raven Electrick:

http://ravenelectrick.com/ravenpoetrick/saltwaterrafting.html


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Back when I first started writing and submitting short stories and poetry to speculative markets, I wondered why editors didn't give more helpful feedback to authors, especially for items that came close to what they were seeking. Since I've now been editing for over eight years, with both e-zine and print anthology experience with Raven Electrick, ( Read more... )

Holy Batgiveaway! Enter for a chance to win this kitschy Batgirl Barbie, brand new, in mint, sealed packaging (others currently selling for $59.99 on Amazon.com). For the collectors, it's a "Barbie Pink Label Collection DC Superheroes Batgirl Barbie Doll." This is a photo of the actual item I'll be sending to the lucky winner:


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Reports of Sporty Spec sightings have been filtering in from across the continent. Here Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic is shown in its natural habitat in the 810.8 range at the Multnomah County Central Library:


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