Evil Editor's Blog, page 405

Cab Ride 1

"Nice weather. The trees are wilting with their luminous leaves."

EE looks up, alert like corn at the sound of a locust. He belatedly notices the cab driver's spectacles, and the calluses on his thumbs from hitting the space bar repeatedly. EE's joke that a writer would be desperate enough to pose as a cab driver and kidnap him in order to worm his way into a contract has become reality! He lunges for the door. The locks slam up. He tugs at the handle, but it doesn't move. EE relaxes back into...

Book Chat News

I don't expect you'll have trouble acquiring a copy of the October book (Sway, by Zachary Lazar, who plans to attend the chat), but I note that Amazon and BN.com are calling the November book (Devil's Cape, by Rob Rogers, who also plans to attend) unavailable. They both list sellers who have used and new copies available, as do Powells and Alibris. One or two of the Amazon sellers ship it from Britain.

I bring this up now because waiting till the last minute may not be the best idea with this ...

Saturday Film Series

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Book Chat

In the comments starting at 9 AM eastern.

Book Chat Reminder

9 AM eastern Saturday. That's about 13 hours from the time at which I'm posting this reminder.

Face-Lift 675

Guess the Plot

Lily of the Lamplight

1. Lily the Moth's affection for Rupert, the lightbulb who hangs out over the porch, is red hot, but it quickly flames out.

2. Everyone in town knows that the ghost of Lily Lawrence lurks by the streetlight near Shady Acres Cemetery. Jaden and Mike have rounded up cameras and recorders. They're going to prove Lily is real . . . or die trying.

3. Oliver uses his sexy neighbor Lily as the model for a character in the video game he's designing. When Lily disappea...

Cartoon 479

Caption: Anon.

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New Beginning 688

"Don't drive out there with all that trouble. Don't go," is what people said.

But other people couldn't help themselves. They had to go.

People called it the hellhole highway, and they weren't kidding.

Sometimes people called it that because it sounded good when they said it, like they knew what they were talking about, saying it and smiling big and nodding when they said it.

Sometimes they said it because it proved they watched the 11:00 o'clock news and they were informed; and it proved they di...

Feedback Request

Here's a new version of the query from Face-Lift 672. I'm putting it here rather than in the comments there because the comment trail was already very long. Any input you have for the author may be left here.


Dear Evil Editor:

Alexios has had a busy few months: falling in love, dying, and leading a rebellion—in that order.

Alexios is a young, orphaned fisherman living in ancient Phoenicia during the time of Christ. He and his love Korinna drown in a storm, and without a way to atone for their s...

Cartoon 478

Caption: anon.

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