Best of the Year so far: the March Post
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Desks
Years back, somewhere around 1997, I’d guess, I asked Janet Burroway, my dissertation director, for her advice on embarking on this whole writing thing. Janet’s answer was pretty much exactly this, from King—don’t wall yourself off from your family in order to write. Rather, write in the middle of them all. [ original page/image is
Bram Stoker Awards
So honored to have Mongrels on the final ballot along with so many excellent writers, so many good books: Superior Achievement in a Novel Hand, Elizabeth – Hard Light: A Cass Neary Crime Novel (Minotaur Books) Jones, Stephen Graham – Mongrels (William Morrow) Langan, John – The Fisherman (Word Horde) MacLeod, Bracken – Stranded: A Novel
Werewolves Out in the World, Part XXV
Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . I plan on never getting tired of using that transition. Anyway, before getting to all the many and perfect and wonderful pics and words about the yellow book, here’s all-what came before: click to get the dropdown one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Werewolves Out in the World, Part XXIV
Wow. Haven’t done this for a couple weeks now, I guess, meaning? I have WAY too many of these for a mere & measly (does that word come from “measley,” as in, ‘one who has the measles?’) single post. So I’ve tried to eyeball what might be the middle-ish, and snipped it off, pushed it
Los Angeles and Werewolves
Man, been nine months since Mongrels went live, and it’s still getting words. Like these, over at LARB: “One of Them Now: Stephen Graham Jones’s Mongrels“ And, those nine months ago, of course, LA Times was already on the yellow book: “The Wild Boy Wants his Fangs“ Honored. Thanks, Kristina Baudemann (LARB) and Steph Cha
2017 NecronomiCon GoH Spread o’ Sketches
Top row: Nnedi Okorafor, Kij Johnson, Steven J. Mariconda and Peter Straub Bottom row: some dude, Ellen Datlow, Richard Stanley and John Jude Palencar Artist: Michael Bukowski
Bookbar, via Facebook
They are here. And I’ll be back. And, another video (interview) coming, from/with them.
Lovecraft eZine
Whilst Lady Gaga did her thing at the superbowl, I was hanging out here with Lovecraft eZine:
Best of the Year so far: the February Post
Getting to a few of these kind of the year-after. But, man, they’re no less excellent for it: Â
Landis, Cronenberg, Carpenter, and Garris
This may turn out to be the absolute coolest thing I see all year. Not just these four in a single conversation, these four all talking WHEN they’re talking.
The Horror (office)
panoramic shots of what was once my office on campus at CU Boulder (before the remodel of the building)
The Trump Way
Just stashing these here so I can remember them: [ other Trump-stuff on site, here: “The Day before the Earth Stood Still“, “Trump” ]
The Day Before the Earth Stood Still
We’re all holding our breath. For four years. But we’ll lose it a few times, I know, from shouting. We’re going to need a lot of shouting, and a lot of watching. Anyway, there’s hope, too. This is last night: However, we can’t forget that this kind of thing is now happening as well: In
The Horror (Study)
Which is to say: where I write. Well, where I write when I’m writing in my study. Where I write when I’m writing in my office (on campus) is here. But, this is home. The door of it, anyway: And this is me standing in the middle of it all, trying to go as fast/slow
Mongrels tpb
Got me an early copy. Same bat-cover, same bat-words—but more of them: an essay-thing at the end, and a reader’s guide as well. And, I don’t have a scale this fine, but this book is light, man. Don’t tie your balloon to it and set on the bench beside you at the park, because the
Werewolves Out in the World, Part XXIII
To be filed under Things That Floor Me: that I’m still doing this, seven months later. I mean, that Mongrels is still getting passed around online like this. And? The trade’s out in . . . seventeen days now, I guess. With some cool post-scripty stuff at the end: essay/note _ reading guide fun. Anyway,
This is Horror Awards for 2016: Open
And ready for anybody’s votes. Maybe the strongest line-up of finalists I’ve yet seen. Honored for Mongrels to be included. Click here to go there, and vote with your many-many email aliases.
This is Why I’ve Spent So Much of My Life Looking in Basements
Just unutterably cool, this. I’m not even sure I have all the words. Here’s one pic: Here‘s the whole page. I think I might be this Thomas Merrilyn, slightly reincarnated.
One Last Mongrels Write-Up
That I’d have missed without being passed the link on Twitter—thanks. This one’s over on Amazon UK, and . . . so cool, right up there with that Will Byrnes write-up on Goodreads. I’ll link it then screencap it in as well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R30YK8VQ8QAAMD/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0008182426&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=266239&store=books Also: so much thank you to everyone who thought to say something
Mongrels trade (UK)
Hey, look what’s sneaking onto the book tables in Australia here at the end of 2016: [ thanks to Emma Osborne for the snap ]
Werewolves Out in the World, Part XXIII
I know, I know: been a while since one of these, yes? Thus this one being a long scroll. But, I mean, I’ve been writing a novel, and being in California for ten days, and being some other places too. I seem to vaguely recall an injury as well. Anyway, none of that matters, because