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Or did the artist simply do what comic strip artists have taken the liberty of doing for decades --- which…
So is the wife left-handed 0r right-handed? Her coffee cup is on the left side of her plate in panel…
No we are just doing it wrong. We should choose some thermoplastics as the standard recyclable materials with certain standard…
To read this comic as "implying de-transition is something that exists only due to social pressure," you'd have to read…
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Category Archives: Fiction
Friday read! “Cup and Table” by Tim Pratt
“Cup and Table” is my favorite of Tim Pratt’s stories–and it has a lot of competition. To explain how much competition, let me tell an anecdote about the audio magazine I used to edit, PodCastle. I was no longer on … Continue reading → Continue reading
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What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love
“What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love” began with a dream. For a while, I was writing dream stories, such as this one and “How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth.” It hasn’t happened lately. … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Friday Read! “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu is one of the most gorgeous, surprising and strange stories I’ve ever read. Some stories just seem to wing free of convention, to follow an unexpected trail to something excitingly … Continue reading → Continue reading
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“I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you.”
A few people have made graphics featuring a quote from one of my short stories. I’m including two of them below, which take the quote and make a narrative out of it (using movie images), which is neat. It’s awesome … Continue reading → Continue reading
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The difference between draft 1 and draft 12ish of “Love Is Never Still”
I thought it might be interesting to look at a passage from my most recent story, “Love Is Never Still,” as it existed in the first and last drafts. By the time I actually publish a story, I’ve often forgotten … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Flashback to 2008: “Marrying the Sun”
For a while, I was linking weekly (from my twitter and facebook) to stories of mine from the past decade. I let it lapse, but I thought I’d pick it up again on some Mondays. So: “Marrying the Sun,” published … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Kind Words for My Stories
Thank you to the reviewers. Quicksip reviews writes about “Love Is Never Still:” It’s mythic in its scope and in its characters but there’s also something deeply human about it (something that can be said about a lot of Greek … Continue reading → Continue reading
New to the Net: “Monstrous Embrace”
Continuing my theme of reporting late on my news–for the first time, “Monstrous Embrace” is online in print, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine. The first line came to me in one of those strange, clear moments: I am ugliness in body and … Continue reading → Continue reading
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New Story: “Between Dragons and Their Wrath”
February is always one of the busiest months for me. This February was so busy that I didn’t remember to click “post” on the entry I’d written about my new story in Clarkesworld Magazine, “Between Dragons and Their Wrath.” I … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Favorite Fiction Recommendation: “Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam Troy-Castro
“Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam Troy-Castro, originally published in 2011, was honored with a Nebula nomination. The story was one of my picks as well as that of the membership at large. It’s a disturbing story, no doubt about it. … Continue reading → Continue reading
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It looks to me like she is a lefty who switched her cup to the right in response to his…