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JAWS Comes for the Irish
A Great White Shark was spotted off the coast of Galway, prompting global news headlines. Apparently this is as rare as seeing a leprechaun. But I think the Irish need not worry. They swim only in Guinness, with the occasional…
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Something to Warm the Heart of Book-Lovers
File this story under LAUDABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP. —————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for speed. Stay tuned for more.…
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Shark Week Looms
I don’t know about Forbes’s reasons to watch, but here they are. And isn’t EVERY week becoming “shark week” around the world, lately? Just watch the news. They’re hungry and waiting for you … and your little dogs, too. ———————…
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Sex Dragons
The latest craze of the Affirmed and Empowered. Literature, au re-feckin’-voir. ———————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for…
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Uptick in Indie Press Hopes
… after the SPD failure three months ago. Has it really been three months? Already? Wow. I guess time flies when one is whirling like a dervish to finish work intended for a small press whose distribution infrastructure has collapsed…
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Too Difficult for the Mainstream?
That’s thrilling news for the mavericks at Fitzcarraldo press—the determination to focus upon publishing works deemed “too difficult for the mainstream”—but I hate to break it to them. These days, the mainstream hits the Wall of Difficulty with anything above…
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Good Luck When the Asteroid Hits …
… or more likely one hell of an EMP. Books will always survive, even if there’s no one to read them. ———————— [ Delightful new work by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in the near future so brace…
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Publishers Explore AI Possibilities
Yes, because less craftsmanship, adherence to standards, genuine human talent, and human “talent” faked by the use of technology are JUST what our superficial, deceptive, illusory, disconnected-from-reality world needs right now! Do piss off. ——————— [ Delightful new work by…
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They Were Basking Sharks, Folks
That many large great white sharks would not be gathered in the same spot unless there was a whale carcass in the water. (Was someone on the boat taking a brief swim?) Moreover, the gill pattern on one of these…
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Do I Move to the Pyrenees Now or Later?
A crumbling old farmhouse in the deep woods of Basque country. I could swing that, I think. My French is impeccable and the dialect is not outrageous (I’ve been there quite a lot). Then there is Germany. Lower Saxony is…
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