Elle’s 30 Most Wanted!
Honored to have an elk book in their mix. I kind of want to read them all:
Mysterious Galaxy
Zooming in to share a digital stage with Alma Katsu, Paul Tremblay, and Grady Hendrix. The link here goes to Facebook, I believe, which I’m not on, so . . . maybe I won’t see this? But? I’m there, so don’t need to watch, can just talk with Grady and Paul and Alma, and any
Best Reads from Lately
https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/decision-on-friday-the-13th-court-case-expected-in-may-or-june https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51532781 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/03/802215344/researchers-link-autism-to-a-system-that-insulates-brain-wiring https://gizmodo.com/apple-bans-bad-guys-from-using-iphones-in-movies-says-1841929887 https://apple.news/AAI0aeXtyQI2XTQZ4MPC7Zw https://theconversation.com/humans-domesticated-horses-new-tech-could-help-archaeologists-figure-out-where-and-when-131831 https://www.livescience.com/earth-shorter-days-millions-years-ago.html https://bigthink.com/sex-relationships/health-benefits-of-masturbation Mysterious Ice Age structure made from hundreds of mammoth bones discovered in Russia – CNN https://ourcommunitynow.com/local-culture/black-forest-coloradoone-of-the-worlds-most-haunted-places https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ https://www.theonion.com/study-96-percent-of-humans-would-rather-be-animatronic-1819572872 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/as-a-virus-upends-hollywood-may-never-be-a-return-normal-1286691 https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9342389/coronavirus-touring-concert-business-billboard-cover-story-2020 How Will the Coronavirus End? – The Atlantic European Neanderthals ate fresh seafood, which may have given their brains a boost – CNN https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/21-yr-old-student-from-pune-and-the-curious-case-of-her-changing-hands-6301734/ America Is Looking
Stay Where You Are, Stay Where You Are
My first ever PSA: Not unrelated: I WAS headed there to do some stuff, see some people, but, now: staying home.
New story / digital chapbook
Is that a thing, ‘digital chapbook?’ I’ve done it before, sort of, with “The Night Cyclist,” with “Chapter Six,” maybe a couple more. And now again, with “Attack of the Fifty Foot Indian.” Excited to watch it walk across the landscape:
Midsommar / X-Files?
Talking about season 1, episode 14, “Gender Bender.” You remember: the white-clay sort-of “Amish” one? Anyway, it seems to share a lot of the themes and imagery with Midsommar : free love/lots of sex, fun with distorted/altered perception, big serene meadows, but, too, a lot of the beats line up as well: there’s interlopers in
Oh, the fun you’ve have (online)
Which is to say: every step you take is into a rabbit hole. 2001 says “It’s full of stars,” but that’s not actually the future we’ve arrived at. It’s more: “It’s full of rabbit holes.” This is one, for me—the happiest one ever: