Andy the Mammoth Hunter, etc
Which is to say: that urban fantasy series I made up for The Only Good Indians. Or, thought I was making up:
Mannequins, Elk, Chainsaws, & Muskrats:
https://litreactor.com/columns/march-madness-8-books-that-will-mess-with-your-head https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2552-our-speculative-fiction-mood-ring-find-your-next-read https://jamesdavisnicoll.com//review/shiver-in-my-bones https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/final-girls-and-fantasies-on-stephen-graham-joness-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw/ https://boywithletters.blogspot.com/2022/06/el-unico-indio-bueno.html In Review: Earthdivers #3 https://www.scifipulse.net/in-review-earthdivers-6/
Reaper fun
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-dont-fear-the-reaper-by-stephen-graham-jones/ https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/3/9/dont-fear-the-reaper-by-stephen-graham-jones https://robsaucedo.substack.com/p/that-reminds-me-of-a-movie Don’t Fear the Reaper ⋆ Curiosity Killed the Bookworm http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/226976/dont-fear-the-reaper-by-stephen-graham-jones-read-by-isabella-star-lablanc-jane-levy/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-final-girl-returns-home-on-stephen-graham-joness-dont-fear-the-reaper/ https://michaelpatrickhicks.substack.com/p/review-dont-fear-the-reaper-by-stephen https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/03/14/new-horror-thrillers-scarier-scream? https://www.scarymommy.com/entertainment/best-thriller-books-2023
Tulsa
Guess I’m a little late to get this on the site—happened a month ago, at least?—better now than never:
LA Times Book Festival 2023
Couldn’t have been a better time: Snapped a shot of the crowd from my angle, too (this is after the Q&A, after a few folks had stepped out): And here we are after it was over: And then it was one hour-long signing line followed immediately by another hour-long signing at the Mysterious Galaxy booth.
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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-retrospect-the-theme-for-chads-4th-birthday-party-should-not-have-been-stanford-prison-experiment (https://twitter.com/mcsweeneys/status/1632929056978001920?s=46&t=mhZCLAE0iAiaHztioYOVjA) Jenna Ortega Changed Wednesday Scripts: ‘The Character Made No Sense’ – Variety Researchers Examine 3,500-Year-Old Brown Bear Preserved in Siberian Permafrost | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/false-star ‘Marsupial sabertooth’ had massive canines that grew over its skull | CNN Stone tools accidentally made by Thai monkeys are surprisingly similar to those made by
AWP 2023
Such a good time. Hadn’t been in . . . maybe eleven years? Nice being back. And, Seattle’s always cool—caught Between Two Knees AND Scream 6 there, and slouched past the Space Needle Two Moons climbed once upon a story. And? Had one of those Chipotle-for-lunch and Chipotle-for-dinner days, which are pretty much the best