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Prematurity affects more than just you and your spouse

My wife told me that today was prematurity awareness day. Alright, alright, I get it. You could have been a little more subtle with the suggestion, but I get it. Hey, this problem is no picnic for me either… …what? Whoops. What I mean is, boooooo premature birth. My boy was five weeks premature. He [...]

Author Photo Comics. Baer. Jones

Put a cover on that book! Nobody wants to see that.

Thanks to everyone who voted for the cover of Stranger Will. The winner is… I won't lie; this isn't the cover I was pulling for. But that doesn't mean that I don't really, really like it. Hell, I really, really liked them all.

Author Photo Comics. Borges.

Author Photo Comics. Palahniuk.

I'm open for suggestions on a better name than "Author Photo Comics."

This post brought to you by Roxane Gay®

Roxane Gay comes clean about her approval of dirty money over at HTML Giant. She forces me to ask similar questions of my own moral aversion to sponsorship dollars. Historically, when presented with the opportunity to accept money by way of advertising, sponsorship, etc. I've justified the decision by passing the dollars along to those [...]

Twitter Review: In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay

Jason Behrends over at Orange Alert once frequently posted what he called Tweet Reviews, which are basically collections of <=140 character reviews of each track on a single album. Really cool idea. I don't think he ever actually tweeting the reviews though. So, I am going to steal/borrow…sterrow…his idea, and take it to the logical [...]

Oprah Read This to be taken down on November 27th! Hurry Oprah; read this!

Hard to believe that the Oprah Read This site has been live for almost a full year. Harder to believe that in just 29 days it will be gone forever. Check out the site now, or you'll forever be denied such wonder stories as… Bleaching Bills with Henry Miller, Jockey Extraordinaire by Mel Bosworth Chinaski's [...]

My night with Edgar Allan Poe and screaming teenagers

Last night I went with a few friends to the Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe Haunted House in the 12th street West Bottoms area of Kansas City. This has become a bit of a tradition for us, going to the haunted houses, which many people consider to be the best in the nation.

Being the literary nerd that I am, the Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe house was especially intriguing to me. This is not to discredit the others (The Beast, The Edge of Hell, and Macabre Cinema – this last one is designed to replicate famous horror movie scenes; I'm looking at you Stephen Graham Jones). They are all great, but being able to experience Poe's stories in full round simply meant more to me.

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Stranger Will popping up in strange places

News aggregator sites collect information in strange ways. Ever since Otherworld Publications went public with their 2011 book lineup, many unrelated aggregator sites have picked up the story. Usually, even with the seemingly unrelated, there is something within the text of a press release that would cause aggregators to jump on board. Let's see if we can find those reasons.

First, here's the release in full:

Otherworld Publications is Excited To Announce the 2011 Publication Line-up

04/10/2010

Otherworld Publications

Louisville, KY (PRWEB) October 4, 2010

Otherworld Publications is tickled to denote the 2011 publication line-up. We have another breathless year ahead of us

About the Authors:

Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace grew up reading all the history texts and novels he could find. His library shelves are filled up with a range of

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