Tag: speculative fiction
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Writing as a Profession
I have signed two contracts this year; I have sold two pieces. One was a poem, the other an essay. The amount of money I’m making from these sales is truly negligible. Nobody is getting rich writing but if you want to share your work and tell a good story, it’s very rewarding to be…
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Lovecraft was a racist, but Marion Zimmer Bradley molested her own children: The Spec-Fic Shit-Show Never Ends
In the perpetual shit-show that is spec-fic publishing, much has been made in recent years of the racism of H.P. Lovecraft. However, few people know the grotesque truth about beloved feminist science-fiction and fantasy author Marion Zimmer Bradley. Marion Zimmer Bradley (MZB) was a driving force in feminist fantasy for decades. Her acclaimed works spawned…
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Shades of Home
This piece won second place in the 2017 Parsec Ink short story contest. I offer it here for your consideration. Shades of Home By Victor T. Cypert The porch sighs below me as the brass key provided by Mom’s lawyer slides into the lock. It sticks, refuses to turn. A copy of a copy. Doubtless…
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Yes, Authors of Series Novels Owe Their Fans Timely Installments
I typically don’t write about writing because speculative fiction is a virtue-signaling, twitter-sphere-dominated, politically correct, cancel-culture shit-show of epic proportions at the moment. However, with the recent revelation that King Killer Chronicles author Patrick Rothfuss most likely hasn’t even started writing the long-awaited third novel in the trilogy, the usual chorus that “authors don’t owe…