So I’ve been hors de combat for a few days due to a cut finger.  Which is sort of embarrassing, but still . . . A few nights ago I was cutting up some lemongrass, which as I’m sure you know is a tough, fibrous plant.  The knife slipped and took a big slice out […]

It takes me ages to finish one of my projects. For instance, here’s an early draft of the High City battle from Conventions of War. (Via the Bayeux Tapestry Generator.)

I’m pleased to report that the publication date for Rogues, the new blockbuster collection from George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois, has been advanced to June 17. Pleased because, after all, I’m in it.  I’ve contributed a story featuring Sean Makin, the protagonist of The Fourth Wall.  It’s a complex, knotty little near-future novella with a solid […]

Hey, it’s Fat Tuesday, y’all!  Why are you looking at the dumb ol’ Internet instead of dancing? These scenes of Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, and Django Reinhart are from the French film La Route du Bonheur.