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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Thoughts for a Thursday #1
ITEM: I’m blogging early in the morning, as this afternoon I intend to get my hair cut, and like that Samson dude I may no longer have my strength. ITEM: So, at the weekend when I asked The Imaginary Girlfriend … Continue reading
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Tagged black static, gerald manley hopkins, lucy liu in bondage gear, payback, peter tennant
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“One Last Wild Waltz” by Mike O’Driscoll
Mike O’Driscoll doesn’t appear to have a web presence, so I’ve linked to an old profile page at Infinity Plus. He writes the “Night’s Plutonian Shore” column for Black Static but this story from #16 is the only time his … Continue reading
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Tagged black static, mike o'driscoll, night's plutonian shore, one last wild waltz, peter tennant
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Interesting Times
Well, I asked for them, and I got them. This morning the computer was working at a speed roughly akin to that of an arthritic octogenarian walking uphill in the teeth of a hurricane, and in the afternoon we had … Continue reading
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Tagged arthurian romance, excalibur, guinivere, king arthur, lancelot, merlin, peter tennant
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Today I Went To Cromer
Yep, today I went to Cromer, and tonight I planned to write something witty and insightful about that. Only nothing interesting happened. There were no public toilets on sale, nobody shouted at me, I didn’t find a dead cat on … Continue reading
“The Covered Doll” by Norman Prentiss
American writer Norman Prentiss just won the Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, and the year before he snagged it for Short Fiction. In between these two career milestones he appeared in Black Static #20 with this elegant … Continue reading
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Tagged black static, norman prentiss, peter tennant, stoker award, the covered doll
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My Life Online…
…has been somewhat fraught today. At times it’s felt like my internet connection was going in reverse, with pages taking forever to load (they really should replace that hour glass with another hand holding up a finger, only reversed) and … Continue reading
Thoughts for a Tuesday #1
ITEM: Black Static #23 has mailed out to subscribers, and may even have arrived. As usual I’ve produced the Case Notes book review section, with an interview with Tom Fletcher and reviews of eighteen titles. You can get all the … Continue reading
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Tagged amy winehouse, black static, clarence clemons, peter tennant, tom fletcher
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The Big Man Has Left the Band
I was going to do one of my ‘Thoughts for the Weekend’ posts, but that’s unimportant now. Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr (1942 – 2011) R.I. P.
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Tagged bruce springsteen, clarence clemons, e street band, jungleland
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“The Overseer” by Tim Casson
I don’t know much about Tim Casson, and can’t even find a web presence for the guy, unless he’s also a dancer. While he doesn’t get the recognition of people like James Cooper and Joel Lane, with four credits to … Continue reading
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Tagged anubis, black static, great depression, peter tennant, the overseer, tim casson, ve day
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