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Stuart Nash grasped the metal handrail with both hands, convulsed, and through streaming eyes watched the remains of his breakfast vanish into the churning waters of the North Atlantic. Another spasm ran through his slight frame, but there was nothing left in his stomach to come up. He spat, vainly trying to clear the foul burning taste from his mouth. Beneath him, the research vessel Waylander surged and rolled as the vast cold grey waves jostled her. Spray prickled across Stu's face and the ba

July Book Chat

The chat is scheduled for Saturday morning, July 18, 9:00 A.M. eastern. This is earlier in the month than usual, but that will be a problem only if you put off (or have trouble) ordering/reserving it, as it can easily be read in two days.

New Beginning 656

It's not easy to recognize a vampire. Forrest didn't even recognize one when it fell out of the sky and landed at his feet. This happened at night, as most interesting things do, and this night Forrest was walking home. Home was an apartment (one of many) in a tall building, which rose (one of many) above dirty concrete and dirty grass in a housing project. Forrest, eleven, scrawny and mouselike, walked back to his mousehole, while above him pond-froth clouds swirled around the yellow moon. Comi

Cartoon 418

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Sandy broke into a run, trying to catch the silhouettes as they moved further down the endless mirrored hallway. The faster he ran, the faster the shadows shrunk away. He feared what lay beyond his sight. Panic swept over him suffocating his cry for them to stop but they disappeared, beyond his reach. Then, as if he had crossed some invisible threshold, the mirrored hallway vanished and Sandy found himself standing in an enormous circular stone room with no visible ceiling.

The walls were covered

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Guess the Plot

Hybreed Rising

1. Geneticists create wolf/man "hybreeds." Also known as werewolves. One thing leads to another and soon an inter-species war looms, threatening to destroy all life on Earth. Also, the usual shadow organization with its own agenda.

2. The secrets of the industrial metal music neoplastic underworld are revealed with interviews and historical notes of some of its greatest contributors: Low Distortion Unit, In-Fused, Dual Proform, Skinny Puppy and Ooomph, as well as some

Cartoon 417

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December Book Chat

People tend to be busy in December, so it's a good month to try a graphic novel.

My research narrowed down a selection to about a dozen that are widely considered to be superb. Using price, reviews and impressions formed from viewing the first few pages at Amazon, I've made a preliminary selection of Black Hole, $12.89 new at Amazon 368 pgs. B&W.

If you're a book chat person or wannabe and you've already read it, I have a few others I can replace it with that sound just as good. We may as

Writing Exercise Results . . .

. . . are in the posts below. The task was to write a scene in which Evil Editor is filling in for Frank the bartender and listening to a customer's tale of woe.