Inhuman Swill : Page 3
Why is my blog called Inhuman Swill? Because you can unscramble the pieces to make William Shunn.
Read my new short story, "Last," in XPRIZE's online Seat14C anthology
I'm delighted to announce that my new short story, "Last" (with a nifty illustration by Marco Megrati), has just appeared at Seat14C.com, an online science fiction anthology and writing competition presented by XPRIZE. XPRIZE, as you may know, is a...
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New science fiction ebook! "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys"
My novelette "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys" is now available as a 99¢ ebook! I hope you'll check it out, especially since I'm hoping to get to work on more Franny and Hondo stories. "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys" was...
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New(ish) missionary story: "After the Earthquake a Fire"
My novelette "After the Earthquake a Fire" is now available as a 99¢ ebook. This story tells a fictionalized version of some of my experiences as a Mormon missionary in Idaho after I was ejected from Canada. If you finished...
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Spoon: a baptism by immersion
Temporary Fandoms is a group for plunging into complete discographies, and for days, weeks, or on rare occasions, even months, listening exclusively to the work and evolution of a single artist. Starting Monday, I will be guest-curating a two-week immersion...
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This 30-year-old article can't tell you what it's like to be a missionary
This Deseret News article from Saturday, February 28, 1987, can tell you all about what got me arrested earlier that week, but it can't tell you what it was actually like to be a reluctant 19-year-old Mormon missionary in the...
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This article from 30 years ago today spoils everything about my memoir
Well, maybe not everything. This Salt Lake Tribune article from Saturday, February 28, 1987, may tell you the basics of the central plot elements, but it doesn't tell you what it was actually like to be a reluctant 19-year-old Mormon...
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What was costly for me, you can read for a pittance
This was another headline 30 years ago today, when my days ahead looked fatter but my wallet was definitely thinner. But what was so costly for me, you can read about for a pittance. While supplies last, signed editions of...
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This story cost me big, but you can get it for cheap
This was the headline 30 years ago today. I was, to my vast relief, a free man, but much poorer for the experience. But what cost me big, you can get for cheap. While supplies last, signed editions of my...
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A foot soldier in God's army? Call me Private Idaho.
Today is 30 years to the day since a sentence was handed down in my trial on terrorism-related charges in Canada. If you're curious how things turned out, you have a few options: Purchase a signed copy of my memoir...
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Free shipping on signed editions of my memoir, 30 years after my trial
Thirty years ago today, I went on trial in Provincial Court in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. How I got there and what came after is the subject of my memoir, The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. Now, three decades...
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