Monthly Archives: May 2016

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 29 May 2016 (theater excerpt)

Posted on May 29, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** VERA. Do you have stormy fights and passionate reconciliations? LOPHUKHOV. No, we try to work … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 22 May 2016 (character interview)

Posted on May 22, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Naime moves and the priest moves, blank mirror face to hers, and in the negative space … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 15 May 2016 (character interview)

Posted on May 15, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** I know Naime is alive still, six hundred years later, for she underwent one final transformation. She’s … Continue reading →

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The Anthologist’s Art: interview with Athena Andreadis (To Shape the Dark)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by epbeaumont

Athena Andreadis has long been one of my science-fictional inspirations. Her life work in the field includes critical essays on a variety of subjects on her blog at Starship Reckless, her work as a writer of mythic space opera, and a collaborator … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 8 May 2016 (character interview)

Posted on May 8, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** I miss mortal life, like every spirit in the Between, for there one enters the … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: The Other Half of the Sky (Athena Andreadis & Kay Holt, eds.)

Posted on May 6, 2016 by epbeaumont

Athena Andreadis and Kay Holt, eds. The Other Half of the Sky. Source of review copy: e-book from my personal collection. After the last segment in this review series, I’ve been thinking a lot about world-building and storytelling as hospitality. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 1 May 2016 (character interview)

Posted on May 1, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** The roads of the past are already laid; I cannot deviate from them. What happened, … Continue reading →

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