Inhuman Swill : Books
Tour an alternate 21st century through six near-future fictions
Announcing the ebook release of my rare 2007 chapbook, An Alternate History of the 21st Century, which includes two original stories.
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Please help me "Close the Book" on my memoir project!
My sixteen-year quest to publish my memoir The Accidental Terrorist is nearly over. I feel like I've been fighting my way down the field all that time, sometimes making progress, sometimes getting stopped cold, sometimes losing big ground. But now...
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The people have spoken -- the title remains the same
There seems to be some confusion out there about the title of my memoir. Hey, don't feel bad about it! I brought it on myself. In a blog post a few weeks ago, I let casually drop that I was...
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My memoir of life as a Mormon missionary is coming in 2015!
I never expected it would take so long to make this announcement, but my Mormon missionary memoir The Accidental Terrorist will be published by Sinister Regard in 2015. Although it might end up with a different title. And the cover...
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What David Mitchell is up to in “The Bone Clocks”
This post about The Bone Clocks contains mild spoilers. When grappling with works of genre fiction, most mainstream literary critics can be counted on to demonstrate a peculiar tone-deafness. Take the case of The New Yorker's James Woods, who calls...
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SC #56: Glitter & Madness Fund Drive
Help fund the fabulous GLITTER & MADNESS anthology from Apex Publications! Bill makes a pitch for your donation within the next two days, then reads a story request, "Care and Feeding of Your Piano."
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Book review: "Raylan" by Elmore Leonard
Update: Since writing this little review, I've learned that Elmore Leonard gave the manuscript of Raylan to the writers of Justified a couple of years ago so they could "hang it up and strip it for parts." This answers some...
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SC #55: Magick 4 Terri Auction: "The Accidental Terrorist" Could Be Yours!
Bill is auctioning off THREE print copies of THE ACCIDENTAL TERRORIST to benefit Magick 4 Terri. One could be yours if you bid before 5:00 pm PST, December 15, 2011. So hurry!
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Full chapbook cover
Mattias Adolfsson has posted his full original cover art for my upcoming chapbook in his blog: Great stuff! And John Klima has some nice things to say about both the art and the chapbook itself over at his blog. The...
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Cast in cold type
I've sold a book! Well, half a book, anyway. A dark fantasy novella, to be precise. According to my records, it was over four years ago that Derryl Murphy dropped me a note that said: I've had this idea rattling...
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