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I really think you should read Nicola Griffith’s Hild.

There are books that begin to make me sad as I go on, because the book gets thinner and thinner on one side (or the damn % goes up on the Kindle) and I know I will be having to leave that world and those people soon. Hild was one of those books. It wasContinue reading “I really think you should read Nicola Griffith’s Hild.”

Actual email received:

SUBJECT LINE: “No girls allowed. These special edition tees are for BOYS ONLY.” Oh, thank GOD, Threadless. FINALLY!!!!! It’s so hard for dudes to find T-shirts that actually FIT.

I played catch with my kid for hours

. . . yesterday and today. I think it’s very good for children to see their parents having fun being really, really bad at something: and for them to be really good at it. My hand is still stinging. I told him I was testing his fielding skills but he wasn’t buying it. (When IContinue reading “I played catch with my kid for hours”

“Stop chewing o…

“Stop chewing on the electronics.” — Things I didn’t think I’d still be saying with a nine-year-old, a continuing series

Granddad’s Easter

These last few Easters, I’ve missed my Granddad so much it’s hard to breathe for a minute. This Easter is especially hard because it’s also the anniversary of his death a year ago. Every Easter before dementia made it impossible, I would call him, and he would pick up. “CHRIST IS RISEN!” I would bellowContinue reading “Granddad’s Easter”

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/13/david_foster_wallace_was_right_irony_is_ruining_our_culture/ So, this article is so bad it’s not even WRONG. I mean, I could start with the fact that they don’t understand what irony is. I could end with the fact that they seem to be living in a different country than I am, and using a different Internet. Instead, it appears that IContinue reading “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Soon appearing in F&SF!

I can finally announce! The story I wrote that I had to plan my meals around because it was so disgusting– the story I thought MAYBE would sell to a splatterpunk anthology? Yeah I sold it to F&SF. AND LOOK AT THE COMPANY I AM KEEPING: http://www.ccfinlay.com/blog/julyaug-fsf-contents-announ.html Oh my goodness but am I chuffed.

Oh, my fellow nerds and/or metalheads

You MUST see Knights of Badassadom. Oh, goodness gracious me. It’s horror. Please do not be surprised by the gore. It’s funny as hell. And oh oh oh no I won’t give anything away oh.

Representation

Sometimes, I don’t realize how much I hunger to see myself represented until suddenly I’m looking at it. This mom who uses forearm crutches was just photographed for Humans of New York with her daughter. I was astounded to feel my eyes fill with tears, to see myself reflected like this.

OMG OMG OMG KERMIT FLAIL

My first Science Fiction sale EVar, and my first fiction publication of any sort since 2008! http://www.apex-magazine.com/issue-59-april-2014/