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It's time I had some time alone
The best thing about today was that I arrived this morning at South Station with enough time to buy three books—T.A. Pratt's Blood Engines, John C. Wright's Fugitives of Chaos, and Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road—so that when the Acela had to backtrack and seek an alternate route due to a problem with the bridge between New London and New Haven, and therefore arrive in New Haven a good hour behind schedule, I was not stranded without words. The first of these is an impending Aztec apocalypse in not quite our San Francisco, with the kind of dialogue that mostly died out after the 1930's; the second continues to play with myth and quantum mechanics in ways that don't annoy me, although it could still all implode in the third volume; and the last is the best homage to Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser ever to feature tenth-century Jews: in general, awesome. Otherwise, today? Not so much.
My short story "The Sense of Spirals," originally published in Fantasy Magazine #1 in 2005, has been reprinted at the magazine's website. It has labyrinths and dead crows. Enjoy.
My short story "The Sense of Spirals," originally published in Fantasy Magazine #1 in 2005, has been reprinted at the magazine's website. It has labyrinths and dead crows. Enjoy.
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Nine
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I did have the fun of hearing a conductor say, in real life, "The bridge is out . . ."
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That made me laugh :-D (in a good way)
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On good days, a half-hour. The other ninety-nine percent of the time . . .
(And any train running to or from Boston is also at hazard. New Haven to Grand Central Station? Clockwork. New Haven to Boston? It's late by fifteen . . . thirty . . . fifty minutes, ladies and gentlemen, we have a record!)
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Congrats on the reprint--I'm off to have a look.
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Fugitives of Chaos is the second in a trilogy, and Blood Engines is the first novel in a series that has heretofore comprised some short stories and novellas, and I'd still recommend picking them up. I'm kind of hoping the main characters of Gentlemen of the Road recur sometime . . .
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So cool... I would take up smoking if I could get cigarettes like those. And fried slices of capybara? :-D the only fast food in town!
I want to visit there.
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Also: are you likely to have free time next Wednesday? Or are you going to be cooking all day?
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I was in New Haven for the day; I had a meeting. I am planning to visit again in the near future and actually see people this time.
Also: are you likely to have free time next Wednesday? Or are you going to be cooking all day?
I am unfortunately unlikely to have much free time next Wednesday: I have a doctor's appointment here and then I am attending a concert in the evening. Are you going to be around in the next week?
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Look—give me a call when you're in Boston. If I'm free, I would love to do something. If I'm either getting prodded or running around like a crazy person pre-Thanksgiving, I would still love to do something, but I'll wave sadly from the distance.
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I think that's the best compliment I've had on this story ever. Thank you!