Quote of the Post:
“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
Books Are Horrifying
At least, I wish more were. In trying to decide what to write about for the latest Slushpile, I pored over Best Of lists (still going strong on the cusp of February!),
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
In my mind, no writer and illustrator were better paired than Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell. Go ahead, ask a Gen X’er: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”
Blind Faith: A Murder That Didn’t Add Up
Back when Rolling Stone was in magazine form, c. 1988, I bought a copy because it had Guns N’ Roses on the cover.
Kristen Roupenian Is Not Cat Person
As an apt follow-up to both my previous post about a writing career’s sure path to poverty, as well an earlier post about how an unknown writer’s first short story in the New Yorker led to a seven-figure deal with an S&S imprint,
ASoIaF Release Date News: There Still Is No Release Date
[Spoilers, kinda]
Game of Thrones has more sex and acronyms than an orgy in an all-hands business meeting.
But even less titillating is the fact that there’s still no release date for the final books in the A Song of Ice and Fire (ASoIaF) series—The Winds of Winter (WoW) and A Dream of Spring (ADoS).
Hachette Has Found God
In a move that will surprise no one, Hachette has bought another publishing house—Worthy Publishing Group,
The girl who would have been a killer queen
To quote Sunday’s New York Times’ Book Review: “Picasso desperately wanted to marry her. Peter Sellers would have settled for an affair.
Who’s the Star of The Exorcist?
Having already covered “is this a demon or is it just a crazy pregnant lady?” of “Rosemary’s Baby,”
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