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March 13, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 564

Short story: A Very Large Number of Moons by Kai Stewart, from Strange Horizons, March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Man in Boat, 1998 by Vi Khi Nao, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Essay: The Inflammatory Diet, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from March 2018. Recommended.


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Published on March 13, 2018 13:44

March 12, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 563

Short story: A Priest of Vast and Distant Places by Cassandra Khaw, from Apex Magazine, March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Evolution of Immortals by Soren James, from Strange Horizons, March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Going Forward by Tom Shakespeare, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from March 2018. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 12, 2018 13:35

March 11, 2018

Jon’s Author Diary – 023 – March 11, 2018

http://joncronshaw.libsyn.com/jons-author-diary-023-march-11-2018


This week Jon completed his first draft of Blind Gambit and was invited to take part in a couple of local appearances.


On Wednesday, he met with the organiser of the Morecambe steampunk festival in June, and will be writing a special story for the event.


This afternoon, he also gave a reading of his story To Grip the Bright White Chains at the End of the Pier festival, Morecambe. As a bonus, he’s included the live recorded from the event at the end of this diary.


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Published on March 11, 2018 13:28

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 562

Short story: Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick, from Electric Dreams. Recommended.


Poem: Evidence by Averill Curdy, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from February 2018. Recommended.


Essay: Property Register, listened to on the BBC’s 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


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Published on March 11, 2018 07:24

March 10, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 561

Short story: Customer Service by Annie Percik, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from March 2018. Recommended.


Poem: Conversation with Slugs and Sarah by Jennifer Chang, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Dolls that Talk…And Some that Listen, listened to on the Twenty-Thousand Hertz podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 10, 2018 06:14

March 9, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 560

Short story: The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick, from Electric Dreams. Highly Recommended.


Poem: The Thin Man Goes Home by Kit Robinson, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from March 2018. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from July 2010. Recommended.


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Published on March 09, 2018 06:07

March 8, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 559

Short story: The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Record No Oiled Tongue, Diary by Dan Beachy-Quick, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2018.


Essay: Kids Who See Blindfolded, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from March 2018. Recommended.


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Published on March 08, 2018 04:08

March 7, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 558

Short story: The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species by Ken Liu, from The Paper Menagerie. Recommended.


Poem: On Behalf of Trees by Zoe Caldwell, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2018.


Essay: 99% Private, listened to on the 99% Invisible podcast, from October 2010. Recommended.


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Published on March 07, 2018 04:02

March 6, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 557

Short story: Refugee; or, a Nine-item Representative Inventory of a Better World by Iona Sharma, from Strange Horizons, January 2018. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Everything Good Between Men and Women by Anon, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2018. Recommended.


Essay: Holy Thorn Reliquary, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from July 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 06, 2018 03:59

March 5, 2018

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 556

Short story: A Long Cold Trail by Garth Nix, from The Book of Swords, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozios. Highly Recommended.


Poem: The Loud-Assed Coloured Silence: Modernity #2 by Douglas Kearney, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from February 2018. Recommended.


Essay: 99% Free Parking, listened to on the 99% Invisible podcast, from October 2010. Recommended.


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Published on March 05, 2018 03:55