I am pleased as the proverbial punch to be part of this collection. Here’s the word on the recording: “Button Box” is a collection of 46 mixes constructed from elements taken from the Linear Obsessional album “Air Buttons” by Richard Sanderson (LOR046) “After releasing my album of melodeon and electronics improvisations, I decided to ask…
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Writer Wednesday: How to be Dull
[A guest post from Basil Morley — or rather, a snippet from his forthcoming book How to be Dull: Standing out next to Genius, truly a guide for our times. I am helping to edit the collection together.] FOLLOW THE FLOCK Tips for blending in with the crowd Fear more, hope less. You know what gets…
The Krampus Returns
Yes, it seems the rest of the world has caught up on the Krampus craze thanks to social media and the ‘tube which has allowed folks to share video and vintage postcards easily. And yes, it does get a bit tiresome always being ahead of the curve. So yes, I was finally stirred to create…
Orkney Bound
It was hard tearing myself away from Dundee, as I had just got back from NY (or so it seemed) and Allan had just built me a brick wall that spelled out “Angry Birds” in Minecraft 🙂 But I had a great opportunity to go stay with friends Mary and Amy, while the latter takes…
Goodbye, Phil Nutman
I really don’t believe it. My friend who made me and Gene feel part of Necon from the start, who always believed in me, who bonded with me over the bad penguin, Badtz-Maru, is dead. He died in Atlanta at 8:55 pm EST last night, his wife of a few short months by his side,…
Finland: Churches
Helka, Antti and Eila took me out for my last full day in the north so we could see some lovely sights. There are a couple of interesting churches in Kemi, one very modern but based on the old medieval style and the other with remnants of its medieval forebears. A little more history on…
Finland: Cousins Gathering
Now that I’ve finally finished that one novel and sent it off — how lovely to type those two words, “The End”– I can get back to showing more pictures from my trip to Finland (and a million billion other things). Today it’s the day of the cousins gathering, which was great fun. I have…
Finland: Sauna
What could be more iconic than the Finnish sauna? Helka asked me if I wanted one the first day I arrived. After a long day of travel it sure sounded good. Oskari and Antti got the fires going, one for the hot water (to wash afterward) and the other for the sauna itself. I had…
Finland: Keminmaa
Sorry for the piecemeal accounting of my trip to Finland, but needs must: deadlines, deadlines as always. Good things coming soon including the third Chastity Flame book and the Shapeshifters anthology from Fox Spirit. But there’s much to do before Bloody Scotland and Bouchercon next month (including arranging travel back to the States for a…