Another Metroplex Half Price Books find. Jones, Diana Wynne. Minor Arcana. Gollancz, 1996. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, signed by Jones, with sales slip laid in. Bought at a Half Price Books for $14.99 from a store that had a lot of Jones, some of which I picked up and… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed First of Diana Wynne Jones’ Minor Arcana
Author: Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
Library Addition: Signed James A. Michener First
I was in the DFW Metroplex over Thanksgiving week, and did a lot of book shopping at various Half Price Books. I found quite a few things, some for myself, some for the already-in-progress Lame Excuse Books catalog. Here’s one outside what I usually collect, but a cheap signed edition from a notable author is… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed James A. Michener First
Library Addition: Richard Middleton’s A Little Green Book of Ghastly Tales
Another Borderlands Little Book: Middleton, Richard. A Little Green Book of Ghastly Tales. Borderlands Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #462 of 350 numbered copies (Borderlands: “we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350, we make sure they continue to get it”) signed by editor Nicholas A. Psaltso, a Fine copy,… Continue reading Library Addition: Richard Middleton’s A Little Green Book of Ghastly Tales
Shoegazer Sunday: His Name is Alive’s “Blue Moon”
I’m not sure if this is technically Shoegaze or not, but it’s close enough. Here’s His Name Is Alive’s cover of Big Star’s “Blue Moon.”
Halloween Horrors: Making Fiends Halloween
Once upon a time, there was a great little web series called Making Fiends that turned into a swell TV series. Both versions told about the dynamic between Vendetta, an evil little girl that makes fiends, and Charlotte, who thinks Vendetta is her best friend despite the latter loathing her. Here’s a video of the… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Making Fiends Halloween
Halloween Horrors: The Most Cursed Videos on the Internet
Daily Dose of Internet does video compilations, and here are some of the most cursed. These are less straight horror than just weird, unsettling and creepy. Come for the electric guacamole, stay for the airport flooding with green slime. (You know, Electric Guacamole would be a good name for a rock band…)
Halloween Horrors: Joe Rogan Interviews A. J. Gentile
For those unfamiliar with A. J. Gentile, he’s the guy behind The Why Files, where he and sidekick Hecklefish examine various paranormal subjects, spooky stories, legends, fringe science theories, etc. A bunch of stuff that could have been covered by Art Bell or Fortean Times. I used him as fodder for previous Halloween posts here… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Joe Rogan Interviews A. J. Gentile
Library Addition: Signed, Limited Editions of Robert Silverberg’s Nightwings
I haven’t been buying too many signed/limited editions due to my current jobless state, but I decided I wanted this one. Silverberg, Robert. Nightwings. Centipede Press, 2025. First limited edition hardback, #338 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread, still in shrinkwrap. Somehow I never picked… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed, Limited Editions of Robert Silverberg’s Nightwings
Halloween Horrors: Google Earth Mysteries
People find all sorts of interesting things in Google Earth, some of which are more unsettling than others. These include: A glitch that made everything in New Baltimore, New York look weird, distorted and ghostly. A car that showed up submerged in a suburban Florida retention. Turned out there was dead guy in it that… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Google Earth Mysteries
Halloween Horrors: The Five Levels of Dreams
This video about the five levels of dreams shouldn’t be horror…except it is. Between the loud, jarring section starts to the disturbing visuals to the eerie use of liminal spaces, the video seems designed more to induce nightmares than explain them. Some of this jibes what what I experience when dreaming, and some of it… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: The Five Levels of Dreams