Do you remember your last trip to Earth? I remember your fear of dragonflies. You thought they would sting like bees, pierce the membrane with their rigid arrowed bodies, and [...]
Issue: November 2006
The Runner Who’ll Never Die: An Interview With William F. Nolan (part two)
[Return to The Runner Who'll Never Die: An Interview With William F. Nolan, part one]
William F. Nolan is so prolific that to try to list all his books, short stories, [...]
The Runner Who’ll Never Die: An Interview With William F. Nolan (part one)
William F. Nolan, author of science fiction classic Logan’s Run, is one of the most prolific writers in a field of prolific writers. In this interview, he talks about his early short stories, his friendship with Ray Bradbury, and his many collaborations with Dan Curtis – as well as his training as an artist and illustrator, biographies of mystery writers Dashiell Hammett and Max Broad, and brief career as a sports car racer.
The Carver
Flesh parts like the petals of an exotic orchid, flourishing and blooming at the touch of his scalpel. With delicate strokes, he peels away layers; skin, muscle, and fatty tissue [...]
Characters on the Couch: Depression
Wars, gunfights, predatory monsters, alien invasions, displaced populations, doomed kingdoms – genre fiction’s strong themes lend themselves to strong emotion. But how do you keep characters’ depression realistic, nuanced, and above all, readable? Staff Writer AJ Grant continues her series of psychology primers for writers.
Mrs. Charles’s Bookshop
Sylvie Charles was not a particularly handsome woman, nor particularly young, but she was happy. Sylvie owned a bookshop, a narrow warren on Chestnut Street wedged between a homely but [...]
After the Lake
“Do you believe in ghosts, Gram?”
“Why, child?” The old woman looked up from her knitting in the sun. “Spirits troubling you?”
“I don’t know.” Rue tucked her legs up under her, [...]
The Carp’s Proposition
There once was a young girl.
That’s it. It’s enough to know that she was young–her physical and intellectual qualities are of lesser importance than is the pure distillate of her [...]
The Gaze, by Elif Shafak
A magical realist novel by Turkish intellectual activist (and outspoken feminist) Elif Shafak.