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NOT-A-BLOG GUEST POST: FILM FESTIVALS

This is not your occasional message from George or the minions of Fevre River, but a new addition to the team – I’m Michael Cassutt, writer of fiction, non-fiction, lots of television (TWILIGHT ZONE, MAX HEADROOM, EERIE INDIANA, more recently THE DEAD ZONE and Z-NATION).  Since October I’ve been working with George as his “creative director,” helping to shape and advance non-HBO TV, film and game projects and even some publishing. (No, I’m not “helping” George with his writing.)

Last spring and...

A Feast for Your Eyes

We have a cover for the illustrated edition of the fourth book in my A Song of Ice and Fire series! This gorgeous, illustrated edition of A Feast for Crows will be arriving on shelves November 4.

The special edition of A Feast for Crows features 24 original color illustrations from artist Jeffrey R. McDonald and a special foreword by Joe Abercrombie.

 

After centuries of bitter strife, the seven powers dividing the land have beaten one another into an uneasy truce. But it’s not long before the...

A Voyage to Saturn

The Saturn Awards were created in 1973 by  the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, to honor the year’s best work in genre television, film, and home entertainment.   They have been given annually ever since.  This year’s  year’s awards ceremony, the 52nd, was held in the Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles, on February 2.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON had three finalists in the television division.

EMMA D’ARCY was nominated as Best Actress in a Televsion Series, and MATT SMITH for Best...

Dunk, Egg, a Few Random Mutterings

Where does the time go?  January went by in a flash.  I had a lot of posts I wanted to make, a lot of things I wanted to say,  I had writing to do, I had zooming to do, meetings to attend, I had scripts to read, notes to give.  There was travel, some for business and some for fun.  There were friends to mourn, books to blurb.  I saw a few good movies and television shows, that gave me some pleasure.  The NFL did not.  I missed most of the games this season, but that was probably a good thing, si...

Meet us in Miami

GEORGE and team are officially going to Miami to attended the Miami Science Fiction Film Festival on January 18th and 19th.   If you’re around and want to check out some amazing films including our very own MARY MARGRET ROAD GRADER come on down and check it out at the James L. Knight Center, our film will be showing on Saturday Evening around 6:45 during the shorts program.

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A Day to Remember

Sometimes you CAN go home again, no matter what Tom Wolfe said.   At least for a visit.

For me, home was Bayonne, New Jersey,  just south of Jersey City, on a peninsula sandwiched between New York and Newark.   We had I was born in Bayonne in 1948, and spent my childhood there, most of it in the federal housing projects on First Street, with the lights of Staten Island across the waters of the Kill Von Kull.   Bayonne was my world until 1966, when I went off to college at Northwestern, the first...

R.I.P Trent

We spent Thanksgiving as we usually do, gathering at Melinda Snodgrass’s place in the hills above Lamy to enjoy the company of friends old and new over a sumptuous meal.   Turkey, stuffing, deviled eggs, Melinda’s home made nog, a slice or two of apple pie (with cheese, of course).  The food was lovely, and it was good to be with friends.

But 2024 was a dark year, and our Thanksgiving was to have a dark end.   Later that night, at home, we received a shattering text from Shannon Zelazny.  Her br...

Dodos Take Pittsburgh

Winners have just been announced for this year’s Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival (November 21-24), and we’re pleased and proud  to announce that THE UGLY CHICKENS  took home the Jury Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Mark Raso was in Pittsburgh to represent us, and accept the prize of behalf of our cast and crew and dodo lovers everywhere.  Felicia Day starred in the film, while Mark directed.   Michael Cassutt wrote the script, adapted from Howard Waldrop’s classic short story, winner of t...

Josh and Lizzy

I am falling way behind on these posts, alas.   The past few months have been very busy.

But I couldn’t allow Josh Gad’s visit to the Land of Enchantment go unmentioned.   Josh dropped by Santa Fe on September 18, while on tour to promote his new children’s book, PICTUREFACE LIZZY.   He signed a stack of copies for us at Beastly Books, so if you’re looking for a fun Xmas gift for the kids in your family, nothing beats an autographed book.

You can order your copy direct from Beastly.  Just follow...

In the Lost Lands

 Save the date: FEBRUARY 28, 2025.

That’s the day that Vertical Entertainment will release IN THE LOST LANDS  in theaters nationwide.   Milla Jovovich stars as Gray Alys, with Dave Bautista as the hunter Boyce.

Paul W.S. Anderson, whose previous work includes HUNTER HUNTER, EVENT HORIZON, and the RESIDENT EVIL series, directed the film.   Anderson and Constantin Werner wrote the adaptation, based on my short story.  “In the Lost Lands” was one of my earliest fantasies, first published in 1982 i...