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Quick Heads Up

If anyone reading this has ever been interested in picking up a copy of Those Who Went Remain There Still, there’s no time like the present. My publisher is down to the last 25 copies, and those aren’t expected to stick around long.

For the moment, you can still find this book: direct from the publisher

from Amazon.com

and from any retailer who still has stock.
To get an idea of how the book has been received and what it’s about, go poke around my ‘Reviews’ page. (Scroll past the FATHOM stuff to

Not dead yet!

We are now officially back home from the Paranormal Bender Tour, but it is not officially over. Not yet. Tonight we’ll have our final hurrah at the U-district bookstore, 7:00 p.m. There, we’ll be joined by special guest Mark Teppo — whose novel Lightbreaker ought to hit shelves oh, right about any second now. I think. It’s quite good. I got to read it a few months ago.

[:: gives it a big thumbs up ::]

I’d like to sit down and take an hour to do a nice, fat wrap-up of our adventures last week

Voice Post

The Paranormal Bender Tour

The time has come to make official proclamations, announcements, and disclaimers regarding the Paranormal Bender Tour, which gets underway tomorrow. I’d like to say it begins tomorrow, but in fact only the level-grinding begins tomorrow — which is to say, come morning I’ll be hitting the road with Mario Acevedo, Mark Henry, and Caitlin Kittredge. After a brief California stop-over, we’ll be heading to our first event in Las Vegas, at the Clark County Library (in the Jewel Box Theater).

In fact,

Testes, testes... One, two... three?

To absent friends

Last night, Team Seattle (at least, those members who are presently in town) got together to celebrate the birthday of our friend and associate Psynde. Over in Queen Anne we did Mexican food and margaritas, then coffee. It was a marvelous evening, and I fervently hope we did credit to our guest of honor. Really, she deserves the best.

I feel like I’ve been all but offline for the last week or so now, and that there are many additional things about which I should update here; but nothing is spr

Link herding with many good books (and one of mine)

Mario Acevedo is a madman. In this video (which, after his introduction, becomes a stop-motion LEGO animated book trailer for JAILBAIT ZOMBIE), Mario is the madman in the trunk. Yes, this is one of the 3 people with whom I’m about to spend a week in a car, on tour. We are not planning to travel all across the west with him duct-taped up in the trunk … but we’re leaving that option on the table.

Godmother. Carolyn Turgeon sent me wee tiny glass slipper temporary tattoos! They are adorable, and

Those Who Went

I’d like to take a quick moment this afternoon to thank the folks at Blood of the Muse, who took the time to compose a really wonderful write-up of Those Who Went Remain There Still.

I love this book, and I’m very grateful that their reviewer seemed to love it too, because as I’ve said before: It was a significant departure for me. You see, after writing several books that were primarily occupied by women, this time I took a stab at writing one that’s almost completely peopled by men. I’m overc

More coming soon

I assure you that I do have content-driven things about which to post; but at the moment I can’t scavenge together an hour to write it all down. So for now? You get something easier. Something funnier. That’s right … you get a kitty video! The first thirty seconds consist of smacking noises and nose quivers. The second half explains why I sometimes dream of bullfrogs, and awaken confused.

For best results, crank up the volume.

(And ignore the birds outside; the was window open.)

[Crossposted

March 3, 2009

Angel of Death. “Nobody looks for the Beretta, when all they see is a slinky chick in a cocktail dress. Noir comic book legend Ed Brubaker cuts deep with the story of Eve, a hot woman with a heart of ice.” And I ask you, WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT THIS?!?

Leo Weekly (Louisville’s alternative weekly magazine) pretty much digs TWWRTS. Just this once I’ll respond just a smidge to a bit of criticism — not because the criticism isn’t valid, but because there’s an explanation: The most sympathetic cha