Author: Alex Irvine
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The Martian Arctic
From the New York Times, with this accompanying story. More images at NASA. Yowza.
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The Listing Never Stops
From The Art of Manliness, The Essential Man’s Library. Summer has at last arrived here in the savage wilds of South Portland. Oh joy! In writing news, look for stories in Postscripts 15, the Super Worldcon Special Edition, and in an upcoming issue of Barrelhouse.
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Wings! Pistons! What Is One to Do?
Tonight, Monday, and Wednesday, the Pistons and Wings will be playing at the same time. This is a damnable injustice…but at least their success is easing the sting of the Tigers being such a disappointment. I mean, really. Who thought the Tigers would be 20-28 at this point? At least there are 114 games left.…
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Things of Interest Over the Past Few Days
Phoenix is about to land on Mars, where it’s going to look for evidence of life. New York Magazine‘s Vulture blog takes an interest in Philip K. Dick’s late-50s literary novels. And the following list of Favorite Obscure Books, courtesy of the Village Voice. I’ve only read two of them: Fup and Gob’s Grief. Both…
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What My Students Get Up To, Pt. 2
My Advanced Creative Writing students recorded their flash stories and got them up on this website, for your listening enjoyment. Check it out… Ahhhh, end of the semester. Life takes on a different shape for the next almost-four months.
Crooked House Fictions 