Six Sentence Sunday: “Billy’s Monster”

Spacer This week’s Six Sentence Sunday offers offers the opening of a story you can read right now, “Billy’s Monster” from Hellfire Lounge 2: Rat Pack Redux. If you like your horror with a big helping of humor and fun, this is the book for you....

Annette’s Apple Pie

Since I was evil enough to post a picture of Annette’s Apple Pie, it seems only fair that I provide the recipe. This is taken from an old Samhain fantasy blog that’s still out there, somewhere… Consider it my little holiday present. May Christmas...

The Modern Fae’s Guide has a web site!

Not only does my new anthology The Modern Fae’s Guide to Surviving Humanity have one of the world’s most gorgeous covers, it now has its very own web site, thanks to Joshua Palmatier (who also writes as Benjamin Tate), one of my two fabulous editors for...

A dish served very cold indeed

Tonight my darling spouse learned exactly how good the Captain Blood costume I made for him twenty-five years ago really was. He’ll be at AnimeUSA tonight, cosplaying at the con ball, dressed as Fuhrer King Bradley from Full Metal Alchemist in a quite spiffy...

Because some things need to be seen to be believed

I had to shoot through glass (they close off that entrance after 11 p.m.–go figure!) so you can’t read it, but the shield with “Harris Teeter salutes the Wounded Warrior Project” is on the front to the lower...

Say, “Cheese”

The Pentagon Row Harris Teeter, the one across I-395 from the Pentagon has a 1280-pound sculpture celebrating the Wounded Warrior Program. In cheese. I saw it today. All unsuspecting, I went into the store to pick up a few things for dinner. The doors whooshed open,...

Breaking Capclave news

Sir Terry Pratchett is scheduled to speak at Capclave tomorrow afternoon. Squeee!  Now you really should come. 😀  And as a result of Sir Terry's appearance, you'll get an extra chance to see me.  "From Idea to Story" was...