Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About 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.

“Shambleau” Read By C. L. Moore

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Was checking out something about C. L. Moore while preparing the latest Lame Excuse Books catalog (which should go out via email early next week) when I stumbled across a recording of Moore reading her own story “Shambleau”: And if … Continue reading →

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Halloween: 25 Urban Legends That Turned Out to be True

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Lawrence Person

A nice lazy disturbing video list to keep you nicely creeped out:

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Sunday Shoegazer: Air Formation’s “Low December Sun”

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Here’s Air Formation’s “Low December Sun.” I should probably save this for December, but I’m obviously an impatient sort…

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Halloween: Nurse Ghost Stories

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been busy, so I’ve been falling down on my Halloween link duties. But if you’re looking for some creepy October reading, these theoretically real nurse ghost stories from a nurse interest board should fit the bill. I arrived at … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Beach House’s “Wishes”

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Since this wonderfully choreographed and delightfully weird video for Beach House‘s “Wishes” (off their album Bloom) already has close to 2 million views, it looks like I might be a little late to this party. (Hat tip (indirectly): When the … Continue reading →

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Guillermo del Toro Has A Pretty Awesome Prop Collection

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Lawrence Person

The New York Times offers up a look at Guillermo del Toro’s collection of horror movie props, which is fairly impressive. Who else do you know has a lifesize figure of H.P. Lovecraft reading one of his own books? His … Continue reading →

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Random Creepy Image For Halloween

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Lawrence Person

No doubt the first in a series… (Source.

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Live Lost Genesis Song “The Light”

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Lawrence Person

There was a time many years ago when I fanatically collected Genesis bootlegs, but this early gem never showed up on any of them. “The Light” was reportedly a staple of the band’s live shows circa 1970-1971, but they evidently … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Winter’s “Crazy”

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Winter’s “Crazy” (off their Supreme Blue Dream album) is sort of Shoegaze crossed with catchy bubblegum pop, and a vaguely disturbing video perfect for the Halloween season…

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Living Door-Knocker Prank

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Lawrence Person

It’s an ad, but it’s pretty amusing, and a nice way to kick off Halloween season: “Remove yourself from my veranda!”

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