Chandler Morrison: Being Better Than the Demons

Chandler Morrison: Being Better Than the Demons

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Quickly rising as one of the more prolific and unique voices in transgressive fiction, Chandler Morrison's latest novel, Along The Path of Torment shows us an underground Los Angeles ensconced in the shadowy hills above its moth-to-flame neon wasteland. Where the desensitization of wealth and its warped circuitry of power is fueled by the sacrifice of youth—the first and last frontiers for the repugnantly corrupt.

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The Ancient Universal Truths of Confucius on What is Likely His Birthday

The Ancient Universal Truths of Confucius on What is Likely His Birthday

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K’ung Ch’iu, K’ung Fu-Tzu, K’ung Chung-ni... These aren’t exactly well-known names in western culture, but when you mention Confucius, everyone knows who you are talking about. He has gone by all these names. The infamous latter title is the westernized name assigned to him. 

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A Brief History of Vintage Writing Software

A Brief History of Vintage Writing Software

Maybe it’s just me who's been seeing a lot of writerly complaints lately. Mostly about how hard it is to write.

Truth be told, we're damn lucky. It's never been easier to write.

Let's wipe out one more excuse to NOT write by looking at how hard it used to be to type words onto a screen and turn them into a book.

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Always Hustling: A Conversation with Thriller Writer Lee Matthew Goldberg

Always Hustling: A Conversation with Thriller Writer Lee Matthew Goldberg

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I recently had the opportunity to talk to New York City author Lee Matthew Goldberg about his new thriller The Ancestor, as well as his thoughts on empathy, the attraction of doppelgängers, his writing process, and making it in Hollywood. Full-disclosure, I’ve been supporting Goldberg’s efforts to bring this book out into the larger world and I’m honored to do so.

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Confessions of a Short Story Addict: More, More, More

Confessions of a Short Story Addict: More, More, More

I am a huge advocate for short stories. I'm not sure why so many readers express a disinterest in shorter works vs. full size novels, but I do my best to be a constant voice in favor of short story collections and anthologies. It's my opinion that a well edited anthology provides a ton of value to a genre-reader such as myself. In one book, I get about a dozen stories from a curated selection of authors. Hopefully, the TOC (table of contents) boasts diversity in the form of race and gender, as well as a balance between well known voices and up-and-coming ones too.

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The Best Star Trek Novels: A Personal List

The Best Star Trek Novels: A Personal List

Star Trek has always been my fictional comfort food. When times are tough, I can always put on an episode or open a book and things aren’t so bad for a while. I don’t know if it’s the excitement of scientific discovery, the positive vision of humanity’s future, or just the premise of a diverse and competent crew working together to make the galaxy a better place—I almost always end a Star Trek story feeling a little more hopeful than when I began.

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Celebrating a Centenary of Ray Bradbury

Celebrating a Centenary of Ray Bradbury

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Imagine you’re walking down the street in a pre-pandemic city. Across the way, the people milling by are absorbed in what’s playing through their earpieces, scrolling distractedly on the screen strapped to their wrists. Their heads are down as they rush forward, so engrossed in the cacophony of their devices that they don’t even notice the people around them.

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Keyboarding Games: Your Writing Still Sucks, But It Sucks Faster

Keyboarding Games: Your Writing Still Sucks, But It Sucks Faster

The first time I played basketball at a friend’s house, I was the only kid still deploying the two-arm, underhanded “granny shot.” Everyone else shooting overhand was a completely new thing to me. This was a sure sign of a self-taught player who spent a lot of time alone at the hoop.

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Reframing My Writing: Doing it For Me, Not An Audience

Reframing My Writing: Doing it For Me, Not An Audience

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It might seem ironic to confess what I’m about to say in an essay I’m writing for publication, but I think some time over the past few years of writing I’ve lost the ability to write for joy. In its place I’ve discovered the much-less satisfying art of writing merely for publication or recognition.

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Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora

Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora

Not so long ago, diversity in the realm of speculative fiction was a major problem. And while it’s still an issue—and an especially glaring one here in America amid the long overdue racial justice movement—publications such as Apex Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, and The Dark make it their point to include marginalized voices of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror in their pages.

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