It’s always a heady experience entering the Mystery and Imagination Bookstore, inhaling the rich aroma of ideas, breathing in molecules of Bradbury, Poe, and the almost, but not quite, infinite of notions floating in the air heady as pure oxygen. (There have to be some notions unthought, or we’d have…
When green leaves turn to red and gold. When night winds blow secrets down deserted streets and the scent of burning fills the air – even in the city – you know that it’s the Bradbury time of year. Dia De Los Muertos, All Hallows Eve… the time that…
HARLAN ELLISON Evie–as I gather from your site, those who do not incur your displeasure are permitted to call you–it was a sheer JacksonPollockLike panorama of delight to meet you at the Bradbury Library Press-Gang auto-da-fe last Monday. You omitted the comma before the word “bitch.” I dropped a small…
I drove down to LA for the dedication of the Palms — Rancho Park Branch Library in honor of Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison was there looking natty in black suit and bright orange tie, shoes and a very cool watch black with multi colored spokes. You can’t see his…
I will be speaking at Loscon 40 around Thanksgiving! On the Ardent Atheist podcast tomorrow On kryptonite radio (sometime:) and I’ll be in LA for a reading and launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s favorite Bookstore Mystery and Imagination Bookstore October…
I accost Harlan Ellison at The Rancho Palmas He- in an effort to promote healthy exersice curses my photos so that are forever upside down to encourge head stands
When green leaves turn to red and gold, when night winds blow secrets down deserted streets and the scent of burning fills the air – even in the city – you know that it’s the Bradbury time of year. All Hallows Eve… the time that spirits wander and…
I’ll be back in LA for a reading and launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s favorite Bookstore October 20th @ 3:330 -4:00pm also I’m performing bits from my first novel, “Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, all you need to…
I’m reading and having a launch party for my new Collection of Short Fiction “Another Happy Ending,” @ Ray Bradbury’s (and my) favorite Bookstore The “Mystery and Imagination” (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.) (818) 545-0206 October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Oh what a Lovely reading of sand and shore pieces at the Annenberg beach house… dinner with the marvelous Connie Martinson talks books… and grilled cheese with Sally Shore of the short fiction series… I’m happy and fortunate!
Annenberg’s Beach=Culture July 30, 2013 event. Again, the ticketing portal is .
i wrote a short piece for: The New Short Fiction Series It will be an evening of short fiction through the spoken word, exploring how our dreams of life in summertime play out by the sea and sand. Tales by some of L.A.’s hottest fiction writers cross styles from…
How lucky am I? A Book Launch at Mystery and Imagination and a performance and reading at Stories Book and Café My new Collection of short fiction “Another Happy Ending,” is being released on October 15th. And on October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm I will have a…
I’m going to be having a reading of my new collection of short fiction (and a novella) “Another Happy Ending,” at Ray Bradbury’s and my favorite Bookstore the “Mystery and Imagination (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.) October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm It will probably be yours…
tales of Korea
Reading today at Works in Progress in the literary Sala in San Miguele de Allende Twelve writers will read from unpublished works. I’m reading from my upcoming collection of shorts, “Another Happy Ending,” so titled because there are no happy endings. Ironic, eh? By happy coincidence (there are some of those) My wonderful…
Now you can get Spanish Dirk Quigby anywhere in the world in epub Less than half price of the printed book, no shipping charge, on adobe digital editions, nook, kobo…).
Cuttlefish, Octopus and squid are all cephalopods. Cephalopods communicate using their ability to control the pigment in their skin. They flash messages in colorful spots and splotches. This is due to chromatophores, surface cells, filled with red, yellow and black pigments that can expand or contract in a few thousandths…
But missing is a lonely business. It’s like pain, something you can’t share. Odd… you can share joy and laughter… but pain, physical that is is not helped by fellow sufferers. I grew up with Ray, never realizing he was famous. I only knew him as one of the author’s,…