- Greg Frost has launched a new blog that he claims will be more writing-focused (I’m all for that, but I like the rants too). If you haven’t read his novel Fitcher’s Brides, well, read it.
- Justine Musk learns firsthand the stocking whoopsies that can happen to books that have the same name coming out at the same time.
- Villagers in Peru get ill after meteorite strike.
- Jeff VanderMeer inaugurates a new series of interviews called "Conversations with the Bookless" that will focus on writers at the start of their careers who haven’t put out books yet with a conversation with writer-to-watch Rachel Swirsky.
- Jeff also has a fun little interview with Gavin about the LCRW anthology over at Amazon.
- Cabinet of Wonders on passenger pigeons; this is just lovely.