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Weird #55: “Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin (1979)

On August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, UncategorizedLeave a comment

An animal rights abuser gets his just deserts

Rising Phoenix: An Interview with R. F. Kuang

On September 15, 2019May 7, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn Blog, Interviews, UncategorizedLeave a comment

R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War is "a big, messy mashup with inspirations ranging from World War II to Ender’s Game to Avatar: the Last Airbender."

Pablo Valcarcel

Futurographer: An Interview with Pablo Valcárcel

On August 5, 2019May 7, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn Blog, Interviews, literature, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Pablo Valcárcel tells the story of a Futrographer's search for a revolution that does not devour its children.

Does your Story have a Causal Chain?

On July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 By matthewrettinoIn Uncategorized, Writing AdviceLeave a comment

Create a sense of the inevitable.

Joseph Halden

Playing a Cruel God: An Interview with Joseph Halden

On July 10, 2019May 7, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn Blog, Book Reviews, Interviews, literature, Uncategorized2 Comments

Joseph Halden explores the evil psyche of an evolutionary scientist in "G," included in the speculative fiction anthology E is for Evil.

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Fiction

“The Goddess in Him”

NewMyths.com, September 2020

Bards and Sages Quarterly October 2018 cover

“The Pilgrim's Yoke”

Bards and Sages Quarterly, October 2018

A Bactrian bodhisattva's head

“In the Ruins of Shambhala”

600 Second Saga, September 2017

Poems

“Sir Arthur Evans”

Lantern Magazine, May 4th, 2021

Photo by Egor Myznik on Unsplash

"Dream: If you feed the banana to the computer, a hitman receives his orders”

Lantern Magazine, December 29th, 2020

Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash

"Horologium”

Lantern Magazine, December 20th, 2020

Photo by Rhii Photography on Unsplash

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