#interzone
#liminalspace #connecticut #ct #interzone Just a day in the #writerslife
Breakfast in #interzone - eating "shark cooties" with Vivian and The Krampus while listening to New Wave. #writerslife (Vivian derped once and pronounced "charcuterie" as "shark cooties.")
Burroughs 101
This American Life host Ira Glass was never into William Burroughs. Didn't get why people love his writing so much. Then he heard this radio story that changed all that, partly because it wasn't very reverential about Burroughs. For Burroughs 101st birthday, we hear that story.
Iggy Pop, the documentary's narrator, begins by listing some of the artists and artistic movements influenced by Burroughs: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Kurt Cobain, Lou Reed; punk, heavy metal. We hear from director John Waters on the impact on him of Burroughs' open homosexuality and frankness about sex. Others talk about Burroughs' heroin addiction and obsession with guns and weapons. Burroughs shot his wife to death in what he said was a terrible accident.
I’m very behind reading fiction magazines, about a year behind in fact. Interzone 297 was up to its usual exacting standards, with some excellent non-fiction (although, am I alone in NOT wanting book reviews to include a detailed synopsis?) Fav story: ‘Lights of the New World’ by Paul E. Franz
#sf #sff #sffh #sffh+ #sciencefiction #fantasy #fantasyfiction #horror #horrorfiction #shortstories #shortfiction #interzone #bookstodon @bookstodon @InterzoneMag
I now have every print issue of #Interzone - I lost some over the years, and some looked like they went mouldy. The last missing one, which arrived recently, was issue 210 (June 2007), still celebrating the 25th anniversary. Bruce Sterling wrote in that issue:-
"25 years ago, the idea of writing Texan cyberpunk manifestos for a British post-new-wave radical-hard-sf mag with a circulation of dozens in glorious black and white..."
How things have changed
After over 3 decades (including two lifetime subs), my #Interzone subscription has ended, and I don't see the point in renewing. I managed to finish two stories in about the last 10 issues, and I didn't find those 2 all that interesting. I don't think I ever got over the departure of #DavidPringle
At the same time, I'm re-reading the first "Dangerous Visions" anthology by #HarlanEllison . I still remember some of the stories, decades after I last read it.
“…frozen forever in a final meaningless posture.” #interzone #williamsburroughs
August saw me dipping back into the work of a number of authors whose work I've loved for decades; and one of those was William S. Burroughs. Although it's a looong time since I read his best-known works, he's actually appeared on the blog more times than you might think as I've dipped into some of his tangential writings on several occasions.
I hate to leave you,
Without any hope,
But the pimps and the pushers,
Have paid off the Pope.
#interzone #amWriting #dystopia
Did you learn anything in particular collaborating with William Burroughs?
The most important thing I learned from him was second person. I did some tours with him, and he was always going [adopts austere Burroughs voice]: “You people. You think that …” He wasn’t talking like a writer does about “I” or an essay about himself. He was talking about “you”, which was very challenging and interesting. He came to clubs because he loved reading and the audience became “you”. It was a fabulous device which I’d never really thought about, but he taught me how to do it.
Stopped my therapy sessions with #doctequila and wound up feeling like a Bangkok boytoy on manlove Thursday. The concerning part is that today is Wednesday. #amWriting #interzone #writerslife
Land of Doom (1987)
I thoroughly enjoy the goofy nonsense that Land of Doom presents and there is one particular reason for this.
https://garethmyles.com/land-of-doom-1987/
#MovieStuffs #Reviews #1987 #DanielRadell #DeborahRennard #ExterminatorsOfTheYear3000 #FrankGarret #GarrickDowhen #Interzone #JaredSyn #LandOfDoom #MadMax #MarkGovernor #metalstorm #PeterMaris #RoadWarrior #Spacehunter
‘Sometimes you gotta break out of your usual reading habits and try something new.’
Stoked to see R.T. Ester’s latest (& a Dante Luiz shout-out) alongside stories by Mia Xuan, Nadine Aurora Tabing, Ellis Nye, Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta, Malik Berry, Sara Chisolm, Eric Smith, Christine Hanolsy, Ann LeBlancin Alex Brown’s latest short fic column!
Check it out
https://reactormag.com/must-read-short-speculative-fiction-april-2024/
I think I'm too old for modern #ScienceFiction - I haven't managed to finish any of the stories in #Interzone magazine for a long time now, so I probably won't renew my subscription.
24 #otatv channels coming in from the #aether to #Interzone with only the most basic #antenna - #tlalclatlan - Every agent should have an aether feed.
#writerslife Don't get too much into personal stuff outside of #interzone , but Vivian and yours truly stopped by a Popeyes while on a run to get a load of shithouse fixtures, and shared a shrimp combo. It was good and we are happy. The midget was with us, but she had already scammed a corn dog and consequently was not hungry. Now back to our regularly scheduled polemic and insanity.
INTERZONE #299 is out!
In this issue: stories by Seán Padraic Birnie, E.G. Condé, Rachael Cupp, Roby Davies, Matt Hollingsworth, Prashanth Srivatsa, and R. Wren; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; and book reviews by Gautam Bhatia, Zachary Gillan, Kelly Jennings, Paul Kincaid, Giselle Leeb, and Val Nolan. The cover art, SIBILANCE, is by Carly A-F.
#typosphere #newyork #hudsonvalley #interzone #typein
Check out this post… "Dutchess County, NY Type-In".
http://agent-twlee.blogspot.com/2024/04/dutchess-county-ny-type-in.html
Uncompromising, hard, rich, and sweet: R. T. Ester's "Sleeping Arrangements, in IZ DIGITAL (@IZDigital)"
"‘Heaven’s timing can’t always be known,’ I tell her.
There’s artifice in my voice I have not heard in a long time. I am virtue laid to rest with shame."
--truly powerful story
Where the fuck is my Lovecraftian hybrid of Stargate, and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, run by a reincarnated Ayn Rand high on tequila and DMT?! #eclipse2024 #interzone #writerslife