Farewell to Tractor Beam, my nemesis of the last twelve years. Shortly I will offer it on Craig’s List, perhaps as a found art object. (It would be difficult to offer it as an actual useful piece of equipment, except to a devoted and rather masochistic tinkerer.)The new wee tractor arrived this week. It operates […]

“Flemish dancing” doesn’t sound very interesting, does it? But call it flamenco and it’s a whole other story. Albuquerque is one of the top locations in North America for flamenco, largely as a result of the Festival Flamenco Internacional that’s been running there for the last 20-odd years. The festival is largely the work of […]

The mail brought my copy of Locus, which I seem to get later than anyone I know. (Do they mail them in alphabetical order, I wonder?) This issue contains no less than two favorable reviews of my story in Alien Crimes, a new anthology available from the SFBC. My advice is to buy it before […]

Wednesday: “Steak Tartare and the Cats of Gari Babakin Station,” by Mary Turzillo.Novel excerpt by Karen Joy Fowler. Because we had no power, we ate out. By all accounts, the trout, the duck fajitas, and the mango chicken enchiladas were all very good. Thursday:“Emperor of the Clouds,” by Geoff LandisExcerpt from Implied Spaces, by Walter […]