Comment Policy Change

I have made some changes to how comments will work on this site. All comments will now be sent for approval by me. Why? Because I have been getting an inordinate amount of spam posts and I’m tired of deleting them. To those that might be concerned that I’ll prevent your comment from showing up […]

Rewatching My Shelf: Volume One

I’m starting a new feature called Rewatching My Shelf. I own quite a few DVDs and have started rewatching some of them. In doing so, I’ve found myself either disliking films I previously loved, or enjoying, yet again, those classics that made me clamber to buy them on DVD in the first place. So here […]

Racist/Sexist Editors: Still Bad Even If They’re Not

So, apparently if you’re an editor and you don’t publish enough women or people of color in an anthology or magazine, but it’s because your slush pile contained primarily white males, you’re still a sexist or racist bastard. At least, that’s what oldcharliebrown says. It seems that no matter what, even if you have a […]

Interview w/ Edward Willett

Edward Willett is the author of Terra Insegura (see my review here) and Marseguro (see my review here), among other novels. Special thanks to Mr. Willett for doing this interview. Here goes: Can you talk a little about Terra Insegura for those that have yet to read it? Terra Insegura takes up immediately where Marseguro […]

Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Nine

Yet another batch of old movies viewed and reviewed. Some interesting ones this time, but also some really bad ones. Here goes: Wings of Desire (Peter Falk) Daniel, an angel who spends his days easing the mental suffering of human beings, falls in love with a young woman and must sacrifice his wings and immortality […]

Good News: A Presentation Involving Fantasy

I recently submitted a proposal to present a paper entitled “Fabricated Histories and Non-Nationalist Identities” to a conference being held here at the University of Florida next month. Just a few days ago I found out that my proposal had been accepted. So, on November 13th, 2009, I will be presenting my paper in front […]