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Year: 2010
Friday Flash Fiction: “Life Goes On”
My dream cast for the Lifetime movie adaptation of this tale includes Kellie Martin as Fina and a digitized Alan Tudyk as Max. They’d have to find a new title, obviously, to avoid confusion and lawsuits. Read “Life Goes On”…
Comic Book Report: Blue Beetle: Boundaries
I got this book from the library because I’d liked writer Matthew Sturges’ work on Jack of Fables and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!. I’d seen a few issues of the new Blue Beetle reboot (now cancelled; sorry, Rogers) and hadn’t…
Comic Book Report: Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 3: World’s Most Wanted, Book 2
This is one hell of a good book. Now, I’m not actually a big Iron Man fan, so perhaps I was more predisposed than some “true believers” to enjoy this story arc, which focuses on some strong female supporting characters…
SnoutCast #21: “The Trouble with Music Clues”
Because we can’t stop trying new things: this week’s episode was recorded more or less live, with minimal editing, and we limited our topic discussion to twenty-three minutes. [ Download mp3 – 26 MB ] 00:00 – promo teaser: GC…
Friday Flash Fiction: “It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Stupidity”
The title of this week’s story was my single favorite line of dialogue from the animated series TaleSpin. It was completely out of context even in the original episode, and that is why I love it. Read “It’s Not the…
Book Report: WWW:Wake
I have issues with Robert J. Sawyer. He’s a good writer, and he tells a good story, but sometimes his prose becomes a patchwork of pop-culture references bordering on fanfic-wink-wink: if you don’t get what he’s talking about from the…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Dickly Departed”
It’s in the Urban Dictionary, and that’s good enough for me. But, um, just for the record: this usage is the first definition. The FIRST one! Read “Dickly Departed” at 512 Words or Fewer
Book Report: Drive
This made for an interesting companion book to Free, which I also read recently. Where Free looks at how businesses can make money off zero- or low-cost offerings, Drive investigates the other side of the coin: asking what motivates people…