Indistinguishable From Magic
Remember Tom Cruise’s amazing computer display in Minority Report? Well, today that technology is a reality.
Archive for June 2011
Author Spotlight: Jeremiah Tolbert
For me, scary stuff is like, “Will I be able to pay my rent this month?” I don’t get disturbed by the idea of the living dead, or unknowable cosmic horror.
You Have Been Turned into a Zombie by a Friend
You know all about bending and breaking their terms of service; it would take some serious hacking, magical or mundane, to pull this off. But you suspect magic.
Saladin Ahmed
Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit. He has been a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the Campbell Award for Best New SF/F Writer. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and podcasts. His novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon, is forthcoming from DAW Books.
Abby Goldsmith
Abby Goldsmith is a video-game artist by day, and a writer by night. Her work has been published in Escape Pod, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, and other online venues. She graduated from the Odyssey Writing Workshop during the year that George R.R. Martin was the writer in residence, and she is currently seeking [...]
K.M. Ferebee
K.M. Ferebee has worked as a laundry maid, subway musician, and household assistant. (She also used to play in a Balkan rock band.) Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Not One of Us, and Shimmer. From autumn 2011, she will be studying for her MFA in Creative Writing [...]
Marissa Lingen
Marissa Lingen is a freelance writer living in Minnesota with two large men and one small dog. She plays the piano, makes a mean black bean soup, and loves hockey.
Talking to the Dead
What are the real-world examples and practices of necromancy? And do you really have to dress like Dracula’s flamboyant goth cousin to be a necromancer?
Author Spotlight: Holly Phillips
I’m definitely not a fan of the military mentality, particularly because of the way it can overwrite ordinary people’s moral codes with one that’s a lot more ruinous.
Virgin of the Sands
Graham came out of the desert leaving most of his men dead behind him. He debriefed, he bathed, he dressed in a borrowed uniform, and without food, without rest, though he needed both, he went to see the girl.
