The Christmas Story…late

This was to be my Superversive post last week, but I never got it posted. This what John Scalzi's imaginary intern Chad would have called Christ: Origins   The Birth of Jesus Christ As told by Luke and Matthew and the good scribes of King James   Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this…

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Signal Boost — Author Mary Catelli

Signal Boost for fellow author, Mary Catelli. A short stories, a novelette, and a collection: Widowed, caught between two feuds, Katie was desperate enough that the Witch Prince witched her wits away, so that she let him steal her baby. Then there was no reason for him to not let the bewitchment fail, then.  What, after all,…

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Superversive Blog: Why “Realism” Isn’t

Today's post is a polished reprint of a post I did several years ago. This subject came up in the comments of my last post, so it seemed topical. Moments of Grace or  Why "Realism" Isn't I have never liked dark, gritty, ‘realistic’ stories—the kind that are unrelentingly grim. The kind where there’s no hope,…

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Another Snippet of Operation Renfield!

From Operation Renfield  by Steven Johnson, Chapter One: King In the Morning A different book by Steven G. Johnson here. “You are Sergeant First Class Murphy?” said a healthy specimen in spatter-camouflaged overalls. He carried a machine rifle and had a bunch of little boxes slung over his back – tin can, leather box, some…

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