Hal Duncan's Blog, page 10

A Treatise on the Correctitude of Glass Bottles (For the Edification of our Savage Heathen Neighbours)

GOOD:

  

EVIL:

  

 

GOOD:

  

EVIL: 

 

 

GOOD: 

 

ABOMINATION:




 

GOOD: 

 

BETTER BUT STILL NOT THERE:




 

ONLY ONE OF THESE IS RIGHT: 

 

WHICH ONE? CAN YOU GUESS? CORRECT:

WFC Schedule

Thursday 0935: Is chilled red still drinkable? BA flight from Glasgow to Gatwick. The panel members explore whether the red wine provided with snacks in-flight is palatable despite being inappropriately chilly. Is there any way to warm it? Can you fit two into a one hour flight? Join Hal Duncan as he attempts to answer that question.

Thursday ????: Hello! We're here! Come to the informal

Caledonia Dreamin'

Some of yez may have caught this already on Faceboak. But for those of you who didn't, here's the awesome cover for the upcoming anthology, CALEDONIA DREAMIN':

And If You Want More....

I got a wee parcel of SCRUFFIANS! ARCs through the post the other day. Lookit! Lookit! Ain't they pretty?

The Taking of the Stamp -- OUT NOW

UPDATE: Now available on Kindle edition. Click below:

The Taking of the Stamp

Coming soon! Like one week from today!

Caledonia Dreamin'

Table of Contents

Sweeter Than, Neil Williamson
Maw, Wendy Muzlanova
Maukit, Brian Milton
Fallen through a Giant’s Eyes, T.J. Berg
Newayr, Douglas Thompson
The Bouk Puppie Show, Preston Grassman
The Laird of Nagasaki, Tom Bradley
Palais 1930, Rob McClure Smith
The Losers, Angus McAllister
Drive the Warlike Angles into the Sea!!!, Nick Mamatas
Widows in the World, Gavin Grant
I am not (), Phil

Strange Fiction, Weird Reading

Just a quick post to let you know that I have a wee story (500 words wee) in this:




Also, on the 7th November, I'll be at Bloomsbury's Horse Hospital, doing a wee reading. Which is all very nice and all, in and of itself, but you should know I'll be doing this with other writers too, writers like... you know... M. John Harrison. Just so you know. Here's the full (provisional) line-up:

18.40:

You Got Your Privilege in My Face

The Privilege of Authors

My first thought on reading this article in Strange Horizons is, I have to say, a fairly simple thought: I can't say I'm impressed with claiming the right to ship/slash my characters in ways I find fetishising/problematic and vetoing my engagement. Clearly from the "Go, you!" comments, a number of readers don't have anything approaching that thought, oblivious to the

Caesura, 13th September

Just a reminder that I'll be reading at this month's Caesura: an incendiary, experimental and eclectic night celebrating the spoken word in its many forms.

Where: The Artisan Bar, 35-36 London Rd, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh.

When: 7pm, Friday 13th September.

With: SJ Fowler; Tom Jenks; Rob A. MacKenzie.

RSVP on Facebook here.

Don't know what I'm reading yet, but it's a nice lengthy timeslot