Author Archives: epbeaumont

Apprenticing with the Dead: A Strong Dose of Truth (James Baldwin)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by epbeaumont

The last time that I read James Baldwin’s collected essays (in the Library of America edition) was 2006, on a road trip from Minneapolis to Cleveland to see my mentor, who was active in the civil rights movement and had … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 20 January 2013 (Annie Brown and the Superhero Blues)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by epbeaumont

“Ooh, your cutie’s on duty.” Rafe smirked, and Annie shushed him. Not that you could hide stuff like that from Rafe, because he had a supernaturally sharp eye for love drama. And she’d been fool enough to tell him, but … Continue reading →

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Apprenticing with the Dead: Reading Tolkien 35 Years Late

Posted on January 19, 2013 by epbeaumont

When I was in high school in the late 1970s, everybody was reading Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. I resisted, for reasons I didn’t fully understand at the time. I think if you’d asked me then, I would have … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 13 January 2013 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by epbeaumont

I reminded Trevor how he had kneaded the muscles of my neck and shoulders back to something like calm, that first night that I arrived. He said, yes, he’d thought of doing that for a living, and Emma had suggested … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 6 January 2013 (The Lost Pissarro)

Posted on January 6, 2013 by epbeaumont

New York in the summer time. New York under a blazing sun that seemed to have transported itself from the New Mexico desert. New York broiled in a heat wave that reminded her of a glassmaker’s kiln. Waves of heat … Continue reading →

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Writer Interview: The Next Big Thing (I’m the interviewee this time)

Posted on January 2, 2013 by epbeaumont

I’ve been tagged twice now for The Next Big Thing, by J. M. Blackman and Devin Harnois, so in honor of the new year and all, here goes. Watch this spot for an update on the next blogs I’m linking … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 30 December 2012 (The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by epbeaumont

There was silence from Little Bird, though she still felt his listening presence. There was too much to explain there: how many wars, alone, stood between his time and hers? The Roman legions were as yet the echo-shock of rumor, … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 23 December 2012 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by epbeaumont

The beautiful rowers, all in unison, beat in rhythm with the drums, with her own heart, with the turning of the stars overhead, as the temple dancers in their clockwork splendor played out the tale of Isis and Osiris, and … Continue reading →

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Writer Interview: Angela Quarles

Posted on December 21, 2012 by epbeaumont

Angela Quarles writes romance with a fantasy twist. I first met her through Six Sentence Sunday and fell in love with the snippets from her steampunk novel Must Love Breeches, set in the early decades of the nineteenth century. One of … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 16 December 2012 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on December 16, 2012 by epbeaumont

The regalia of Isis, Mother of Steam, was heavy indeed, with its crown of gears and twin stacks, a visual pun on the traditional headdress. Gods were shape-shifters, after all, and the Great Mother was no different in that respect. It … Continue reading →

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