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January 20, 2024
The 500: 166–168
166 ~ Short Story “Liminal Spaces” by Maureen McHugh I was attracted by the title. Like many people, I’m intrigued by liminal spaces. Unlike most, I don’t find them especially creepy. I’ve worked too many jobs that required me to be alone in empty buildings, I guess. Amelia spends a lot of time in airports, […]
January 18, 2024
The 500: 162–165
162 & 163 ~ Minecraft My brain has been rather mushy lately and I’ve spent a good deal of time playing modded Minecraft. I think I’ve mentioned before, one of the prime requisites for any modpack is my aged computer’s ability to run it. Bucolic CraftBucolic Craft has a plethora of magic mods that I’m […]
January 15, 2024
The 500: 159–161
159 ~ Short Story Deal Me In, wk 2: J♣️“The Disapproval of Jeremy Cleave” by Brian Lumley My second anthology for this year’s Deal Me In is The Mammoth Book of Zombies, edited by Stephen Jones. That’s right, my red suits are robot stories and my black suits are zombies. Will that ultimately mean something? […]
January 13, 2024
The 500: 156–158
156 ~ Book Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative by Chuck Wendig In Damn Fine Story, popular author Chuck Wendig sets about defining his ingredients and methods for storytelling. At the beginning, Wendig readily admits that writing advice is largely bunk. His focus isn’t on the act structures or hero’s journey […]
January 9, 2024
The 500: 153–155
153 ~ Short Story Deal Me In, wk 1: 2❤️“She Builds Quick Machines” by Lyndsie Manusos One of the two anthologies I’m reading from this year for Deal Me In is Robotic Ambitions, an anthology published by Apex. The crux of the stories are: if we created sentient AI, what would they want? In “She […]
The 500: 154–156
154 ~ Short Story Deal Me In, wk 1: 2❤️“She Builds Quick Machines” by Lyndsie Manusos One of the two anthologies I’m reading from this year for Deal Me In is Robotic Ambitions, an anthology published by Apex. The crux of the stories are: if we created sentient AI, what would they want? In “She […]
January 5, 2024
The 500: 150–152
150 ~ Movie Split Second (1992)Directed by Tony Maylam; Written by Gary Scott ThompsonStarring: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan I watched Split Second when it first came out on video or debuted on cable, probably back in 1993-ish. As a Rutger Hauer fan, I held it in decent regard. I probably saw it again […]
The 500: 151–153
151 ~ Movie Split Second (1992)Directed by Tony Maylam; Written by Gary Scott ThompsonStarring: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan I watched Split Second when it first came out on video or debuted on cable, probably back in 1993-ish. As a Rutger Hauer fan, I held it in decent regard. I probably saw it again […]
January 1, 2024
The 500: 147–149
147 ~ Book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery Brian Raftery’s Best. Movie. Year. Ever. makes a compelling case for 1999. It’s a year in which a very low-budget independent horror film, The Blair Witch Project, ended the year in the domestic box-office top-ten opposite one of […]
The 500: 147–150
147 ~ Book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery Brian Raftery’s Best. Movie. Year. Ever. makes a compelling case for 1999. It’s a year in which a very low-budget independent horror film, The Blair Witch Project, ended the year in the domestic box-office top-ten opposite one of […]
