Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 18
July 15, 2024
The 500: 343–345
343 ~ Writing Fiction Resubmission My longer story received a rejection on the eve of the next market I had bookmarked for it opening for submissions. Rejections are no fun, but at least this was a well-timed rejection. 344 ~ TV Series The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)Created by Mike FlanaganStarring: Carla Gugino, […]
July 11, 2024
The 500: 340–342
340 ~ Movie The Raid (2011)Directed and Written by Gareth EvansStarring: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian A SWAT team forcefully infiltrates the apartment building of a crime lord. Of course, there are allegiances at play beyond “police” and “criminal.” Known in the United States as The Raid: Redemption. The Raid has been […]
July 7, 2024
The 500: 337–339
337 ~ Short Story “The Projectionists” by E.M. Linden Hasan learns the rules. Grief shows that you remember. If people disappear—terrorists, traitors, not citizens—they never existed. But grief gets in the way. So in Hasan’s city, people do not grieve. A ghost story of revolution, brought down to a personal level by a boy who […]
July 3, 2024
The 500: 334–336
334 ~ Television The Bear, s3 (2024)Created by Christopher StorerStarring: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce The continuing trials of Chef Carmy and the staff of The Bear, a Chicago restaurant. I enjoyed the first season of The Bear enough to get through the slow start of the second season. The end […]
July 1, 2024
The 500: 331–333
331 ~ Book Brothers of the Snake by Dan Abnett Ages ago, I babysat a box of books for a friend that included his collection of Warhammer 40K novels. Since I had absolutely no other books in my apartment*, I picked up the first in the Horus Heresy series. I liked it, despite not knowing […]
June 27, 2024
The 500: 328–330
328 ~ Television Relentless (2021)Directed and Written by Christina Fontana Relentless is a documentary series about the disappearance of Chistina Whittaker. In 2010, Fontana began documenting the search for Christina in conjunction with Christina’s family. Over the years, the story became more and more labyrinthine as Fontana began to realize the many people were not […]
June 25, 2024
The 500: 325–327
325 ~ Short Story “Alice & Lucy” by Edward Daschle Alice and Lucy are identical twins. Identical until Alice is hit by a car and her consciousness is transferred into a cybernetic body. “Alice & Lucy” is part of the Robotic Ambitions anthology I’m reading for Deal Me In. On week 25, I drew the […]
June 22, 2024
The 500: 322–324
322 ~ Ultimate Summer League, 6/19/24Another night of 7-on-7 with a sub for each team. Alas, my playing wasn’t as good as the previous week. I was creaky, crampy and low energy. Just how it goes sometimes. 323 ~ Book Doctor Who: Smoke and Mirrors by Steve Lyons The Fifth Doctor and his companions answer […]
June 18, 2024
The 500: 319–321
319 ~ Short Story “Everything else is advertising” by J Wallace Verity is a combat robot that has been reprogrammed to be a war correspondent. Unfortunately, her dedication to the truth doesn’t sit well with the broadcaster’s sponsors. This story is told in part as broadcast transmissions, including edits in the form of strikethroughs and […]
June 15, 2024
The 500: 316–318
316 ~ Short Story “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia Ever since Tantie Merle broke her hip, getting around hasn’t been so easy. Her daughter sends her an AI-guided nanotech bot to help her take care of her garden and her wily pet goat. “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” just won […]
