Category Archives: About the Bloggers

Someone breaks into my house while I watch TV

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Ampersand

So last night, my friends Bean and Dan were over, watching TV with myself and the girls (Sydney and Maddox) when Roy, one of the neighbors from the 4-apartment unit next door, came up to a TV room window and … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers | 17 Comments

Over a decade!

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ampersand

Hey, I just noticed that I’ve been blogging on “Alas” for over a decade now. Damn!

Posted in About the Bloggers | 11 Comments

Poised behind my closet door

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Grace Annam

[Edited to add context: I am a trans woman. I have not yet publicly transitioned, so I still present as male. And I am a police officer.] In “Milk”, the movie starring Sean Penn, there is a scene which haunts … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Gender and the Body, Gender and the Economy, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 33 Comments

I’m so pleased with my new glasses, I’m actually happy the old ones broke

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ampersand
Posted in About the Bloggers, crossposted on TADA | 10 Comments

Unexpectedly, Grace

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Grace Annam

Amp has very kindly granted me permission to guest-blog at Alas!.  This is daunting:  the signal-to-noise ratio here is astonishingly high, even though the topics are often fraught.  I asked Amp delicately for guidance.  He cheerfully told me to write … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Gender and the Body, Gender and the Economy, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 25 Comments

Vile Beyond Words

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

As you may have heard, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was brutally sexually assaulted while covering the revolution in Egypt: CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when she and … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Ageism, Anti-atheism | 17 Comments

"The Stable Master's Tale," by Rachel Swirsky

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Ampersand

Fantasy Magazine has posted Mandolin’s short story “The Stable Master’s Tale” on their website. Here’s how it begins: I was born a baron’s daughter in a kingdom that no longer exists. My father’s stables were the most important part of … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Mandolin's fiction & poems | 1 Comment

Download "Eros, Philia, Agape" and "A Memory of Wind" To Your E-Reader For Free

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Ampersand

If you have an e-reader of some variety, you might want to download Eros, Philia, Agape — the Hugo-nominated story by our own Mandolin (aka Rachel Swirsky) — and A Memory of Wind — the Nebula-nominated story, also by Mandolin … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Mandolin's fiction & poems | 5 Comments

Mandolin nominated for Locus Award!

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Ampersand

Mandolin’s Hugo-award nominated short story “Eros, Philia, Agape” has now also been nominated for a Locus Award! Congrats to Mandolin again! In other “Mandolin is so cool” news, the writer’s blog Writer’s Round-About has just posted the first part of … Continue reading →

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Mandolin and Nojojojo Nominated For Hugo Awards!!!!

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Ampersand

No, no, this isn’t a rerun post. Back in February, I posted that Mandolin (under her meatworld name Rachel Swirsky) and Nojojojo (under her meatworld name N.K. Jemisin) each wrote stories that were nominated for Nebulas. Now I’m very excited … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Hugo Awards, Mandolin's fiction & poems | 20 Comments