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MICE 2014
The haulIn Boston, one must choose one's adventures wisely. This time around I only needed one great distraction: FREE COMIC CONVENTION.MICE tries very hard to be kid friendly, with half of the special...
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"If you’re ever interested in feeling as if you’re on the verge of losing your mind, you need complete only a two-step process:Find a way to give someone you love deeply a life-threatening disease,...
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Before I was a member of the Dead Dad Club, I opened a one-woman chapter of the Dead Brother Club in the city where he is always supposed to love you back. Now I got membership cards spilling from my...
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"In 12 Dates of Christmas, the protagonist has to go on a date with Zack Morris every day for 12 days because she is sprayed by a magical perfume, which I’m assuming is how Ayuhuasca works. She repeats...
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I made a resolution to read more this year. I want to dive in to your story and not come up for air until the next one is in my hand.In the meantime, I've been listening to stories. This one, Vacui...
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The podcasted fiction of Clarkesworld's issue 100 is a warm chunk of aural delight for these freezing days. I listened to the three below over the last few weeks and each has stayed with me. All are...
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In the month of February I am attempting to make some mail every day. So far two every two days is working much better than trying to write something each day. And, despite the hashtag, a letter is not...
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Like all sane people, I love the idea of beings that subsists on life force, that kiss with a price. It hangs around in the back, all in black, looking for you, just for you. Pretty cool. Yep.But...
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a valentine for mother
I like exactly two things about Valentine's Day: hearts and mail.Here is the mail art card I made my mom, my only valentine.
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lettermo update
Unsurprisingly I did not make 28 letters in February. I couldn't focus each day on a person, I took a trip, the winter, the winter, the winter, etc. I managed to make 17 pieces of mail, mostly...
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never 31
My brother and I reading what I fear is a Dilbert comic. We are suitably unimpressed.Dear Christian, I wanted to write this to you on your birthday, but my smartphone fucked me over. This year I spent...
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weird fucks in Portland
I went to Powell's and, a surprise to no one, the small press section got me.It started with the irresistible Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman. A few of the stories in Fast Machine were in the Before You...
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a thing for ghost ships
I've got a thing for ghost ships.Image IDG90F270_027F from the NYPLThere is something deliciously creepy about a floating reminder of the dangers of isolation in the wild world. The possibility of...
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Ley Lines: Thank God, I Am in Love by Cathy G. Johnson
Grindstone Comics and Czap Books' Ley Lines series collects work from exciting cartoonists about art. Sometimes the comics are about influences, sometimes about the art world, but Thank God, I Am in...
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keep out
It has been a long time now but I once had a terrible boyfriend that I loved. We bonded over books and writing, wrote long notes and letters, tried to figure things out with words. However, when it...
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The Oven by Sophie Goldstein
I must admit that I am a sucker for a scrappy utopia. I love hope expressed through investing in the land, having children and forming community around shared humanity. In Sophie Goldstein's The Oven,...
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Frontier #9: Becca Tobin
The story of a musician is a story that I'm inclined to dislike. However, the excellent thing about reading about creative frustration is that you don't have to hear the products of the struggle....
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How to Be Happy by Eleanor DavisFrontier #6: Emily CarrollQuantum Thief by Hannu RajaniemiExcavation by Wendy OrtizFrontier #5: Sam Alden Megahex by Simon Hanselmann We Are All COmpletely Beside...
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The best kiddo sent me some mail today. Being a weird aunt is cool. pic.twitter.com/DpNkLyRTtQ— Carrie (@carrietryharder) January 8, 2016As longtime readers know, I love mail. It is such a simple...
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Despite this being a horrible life year, it was a very wonderful reading year. Not included in my tally are the many books I started or collections I picked through over 2015, many of which were also...
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