Best Reads from Lately
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240117-oldest-ever-piece-of-string-was-made-by-neanderthals-50000-years-ago/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indian-country-year-in-review-major-moments-DSnYwpua-EafiP6qpviCjA https://apple.news/AnXLTFnFxSJibW-NFAeWJhw http://bostonreview.net/race/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-what-white-supremacists-know Santa’s New York Roots | The New York Public Library https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78214-4 Too Sacred To Drill | Earthjustice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-extra-podcast/id256580326?i=1000492683785 Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55657257 https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/world/dire-wolves-grey-wolves-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/quiet-riots-metal-health-story-behind-cover-art Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/6000-years-arrows-emerge-melting-norway-ice-patch/ https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-where-black-characters-survive/mariel-loveland
New Nightmare Story!
Which — I don’t mean I’m writing in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare — though: wow. Just, a new story up AT Nightmare Magazine, with an excellent audio production:
@ UCR in February
Webpage of details: https://writersweek.ucr.edu/schedule Crowdcast pre-registration required for each and every event: https://www.crowdcast.io/ucr_writersweek?scheduledPage=2
Best Stuff I Found in 2020
Gonna do this fast, here, as, when I take time and mull, this annual post just gets longer and longer—me, trying to include everything. So, before I can think too much, dig back too much, and probably including stuff I should have caught in 2019, or 2002: Novel(s) of the Year Comic Book of the
Barry Lopez
A good friend. He taught me a lot. But whenever I’m out in the trees, watching a squirrel just do its squirrel things, or watching a bird glide in place, Barry’ll be there.
Best Reads from Lately
https://apple.news/ANxLrKiJlR9eipv4VJZCRgg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-neanderthal-mystery-solved-by-a-child-s-bones-from-40-000-years-ago https://www.businessinsider.com/discoveries-changed-understanding-human-history-evolution-2020-12 People arrived in North America 30,000 years ago, archaeologists say – Business Insider https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/heroes-leonard-roberts-ali-larter-1234854439/ https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30528130/james-harden-houston-rockets-breaking-point Ancient wolf cub found ‘perfectly preserved’ in Canadian permafrost – CNN Ice Age cave bear remains found perfectly preserved in Russia – CNN https://apple.news/AFYzJs-QvT1qzvj7hq9XbCQ
Nightmare reprint!
Of The Ones Who Got Away — which was the original title for The Ones That Got Away, but then a design oversight locked “that” in on the cover instead of “who,” and . . . this is how things happen. And, it’s such a cool cover.
Holiday Horror!
And, I should say: before we started recording, my question was, “So . . . is this ABOUT horror set on the holidays, or is this called what it is because we’re recording here IN the holidays?” Worked out great, though: wonderful people, excellent moderating, good signals/connections all around — this is all you need
The new novel!
Has got a page on the site, now. Click here to go there (the excerpt at CrimeReads is linked there), or just click this beautiful amazing couldn’t-be-more-perfect cover: