coffee

Today I am enjoying a dozen cups of coffee and getting in about an hour worth of writing before I go to work.

I've acquired some new books lately: 'A Scanner Darkly' by Philip K. Dick, 'In Candyland it's cool to feed on your friends' by James Chapman, 'The Long Goodbye' by Raymond Chandler, 'Maltese Falcon' by Dashiell Hammett, and 'Joker' by Brian Azzarello. From Nick Antosca I received a copy of his book 'Fires' as well as some titles from cloverfield press 'Gentleman Reptile' by Henry Baum, 'The Cubist Infant' by Justus Ballard, 'Tony Takitani' by Haruki Murakami, and 'Everything Can Be Beaten' by Chancre Scolex and Crab Scrambly. Looking forward to reading all of these.

Last night I finally got around to reading Sam Pink's ML chap 'Be Nice To Everyone.' It's a good read. It is in the format of a play but I read it as a short film, because I could see the camera panning around the actors, and dramatic cuts from moment to moment.

Also the Hbo mini series 'Generation Kill' is really good.

almost time for work...

oh, i received the final version of my story 'Spleen' and it looks really nice, the editors at Leucrota did a fine job.

Morning, a glass door

I won a contest over at HTMLGIANT, which is cool because now I get a free copy of Nick Antosca's new book 'Midnight Picnic' which I cannot wait to read. You can buy the book here or from Amazon, it's cheaper from the publisher though. Also a shout out/ congratulations goes to Ken Baumann for being the other winner, and to all the runners up. So, to HTMLGIANT and to Nick for having/ hosting the contest, thanks.

On the mention of Ken I'd like to say, if you haven't visited his site NO POSIT you should do that.

Blake Butler's novella 'EVER' has almost arrived. You can pre-order it here. I've pre-ordered mine, go get yours. It's only $13.75 including shipping.

Also Jackie Corley seems like a nice person.

Titular-Journal has updated their 'Nine Stories' collective and it is looking really good. Check it out here.

Finally:
My story 'Spleen' is in a nice anthology with 17 other authors and is available for pre-order here, or you can buy it on Amazon, but it's cheaper directly from the publisher ($11.96 + shipping). I think it will start to ship around December 15th.

Happy holidays.

and sweeps into the open

Abaculus two is available for pre-order here, it includes my story 'Spleen.' It's a collected anthology of genre fiction, mostly science fiction and horror. Leucrota Press is an indie publisher who bravely only prints genre fiction, thus they need support. If you like science fiction or horror give it a shot.

cover art

This is tentatively the cover for the Abaculus anthology 2008 edition in which my story 'Spleen' appears.

According to Leucrota Press's new blog the cover art is still a "work in progress" saying, "we’re still working out the color scheme and fonts, as well as the font placement and back matter, but this gives you an idea."

It looks like the Leucrota publishing house is doing an excellent job with their 2008 anthology. If interested, the 2007 edition of the anthology can be purchased from Amazon here, or directly from the publisher here. You can look for the 2008 edition sometime in December. I'll keep you updated.