Thomas Moore (1779-1852) On a rainy day last weekend I was sitting around with nothing much to do and I started thinking about the orig...

Interview with Andrew Barger (June 22, 2015) Q:  As one of the ten best fantasy short stories for this period you picked one by Eli...

In Once a Runner , John Parker, Jr. has gifted us the quintessential short distance (1 mile) running novel. As the publication story goe...

In a lost 1972 road trip interview, Ray Bradbury told a couple of college journalists his thoughts on like minded friends, never drivin...

There has been amazing news in the book publishing world in 2015. It seems that every month we learn of another new book by a famous au...

Recently, James Patterson announced the sale of his new book that would self-destruct within 24 hours. The details were scant as to how...

20% Off My books @ Barnes & Noble Get a spacey 20% off Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Short Stories 1800-1849 at Barnes ...

Today Harper Lee announced that she will publish in July a sequel to her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird . In my mind that immediately...

Today marks the fifth year anniversary of J.D. Salinger's Death. Below is a post I did a few years back. Let's hope tomorrow th...

Baron Friedrich Heinrich Karl De la Motte Fouquâe (1777-1843) In 1827 the German author Baron Friedrich la Motte Fouquae published a f...