- You would not believe the heartache involved in obtaining new patio furniture. Target: I hate you.
- Vote for Chris Barzak in the NewNextNow Awards!
- Controversial fiction (check out the comments). See also.
- Carrie Jones begins a discussion on dialogue and class.
- Two ladies crack me up. Someone get started on the Iron Man/Spiderman/Wonder Boys mash-up stat.
- China’s Pop Fiction in the NYT. Between the lines, it sounds like YA’s big there too.
- The Million Writers Awards notable stories list 2007.
- Beautiful original jewelry inspired by the stories in the Interfictions anthology is being auctioned off.
- Mr. McLaren on the wonders of the hobo.
- Alan Cheuse recommends Ursula Le Guin’s Lavinia, Jeanette Winterson’s Stone Gods, and Joyce Carol Oates Wild Nights! (which sounds like sooo much fun) — I only wish Sarah Hall’s The Carhullan Army/Daughters of the North would have worked its way in there somehow. Speaking of which, it’s available in the U.S. now.
- For those times when only feeling ridiculous will do, the Nubrella.