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splinister

good and stupid news

Mar 16, 2009 15:37

Last night I heard from Amal El-Mohtar and Jessica P. Wick, the editors of Goblin Fruit, that they are buying my poem, "The Solace of Dark Places", for their Spring 2010 issue. I will also do a recording of the poem for the web site ( Read more... )

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nihilistic_kid March 16 2009, 15:38:49 UTC

Long and lingering syfylys.

splinister March 16 2009, 16:34:20 UTC

initialdescent March 16 2009, 15:41:49 UTC

The more I read about this, the more I hope that it's an April Fools joke that was released early. Can people be that stupid?!?!?

splinister March 16 2009, 16:34:55 UTC

Yup!

ellen_datlow March 16 2009, 15:49:35 UTC

effing morons!

splinister March 16 2009, 16:35:52 UTC

Yes, that's the case.

cherylmmorgan March 16 2009, 16:03:47 UTC

The focus group thing came from Ron Hogan at GalleyCat so I think it is fairly believable.

splinister March 16 2009, 16:37:59 UTC

The sad thing is that I'm pretty certain it's true, partly because it's such a stupid thing to put forward as a reason for a brand change.

cherylmmorgan March 16 2009, 18:56:17 UTC

Confirmation here.

splinister March 16 2009, 23:25:32 UTC

I just realised that you may have thought I was saying the rumour was bogus. I wasn't clear. I mean the whole idea of reporting on a focus group was bogus. It strikes me as the kind of PR crap used to justify a decision after it's made.

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psamphire March 16 2009, 16:16:31 UTC

Ah, yes. The 'we hate our customers' suicide gambit. Good luck to them!