. . . is like a day without being bitten on the hand by a chihuahua. In other words, a day without something that is vaguely painful and annoying but not in any way harmful or dangerous. For some technical reason, never quite deciphered, I couldn’t log onto the Internet from my Atlanta hotel, […]

  Via Ian McDowell, this juicy trailer from Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Directed by my onetime creative associate Tsui Hark, with fight chorography by Sammo Hung, and starring Andy Lau, Carina Lau, and Tony Leung (Ka-fai).  The movie was nominated for thirteen Hong Kong Film Awards and won six. I’m […]

  I’ve updated my ebook list to a nearly-complete status!  So if you’re looking for my work in e-formats, check there. Because some of my stories are available in anthologies that have been e-formatted, new stuff is popping up all the time, so the list can’t possibly be complete.  But in the meantime, feel free […]

  So here’s my schedule for Bubonicon, Albuquerque’s finest convention.   For a gathering named after the Black Death, it’s had a surprisingly long life span, and is currently in its 43rd year. I’ve been to most of them, God help me. This convention will have more writers than you can shake a stick at, and […]