by Greg Bossert Illustration by Nel Pace āHeās in,ā Tess said, with a nod towards the end of the bar. āYa think?ā Nate drawled. We all leaned forward to look.Ā The guy in question was hunched over his phone, scruffy beard and dreads black in the cold light, a glass of water unnoticed on the
Year: 2014
by Nathan Ballingrud Illustration by Sam Sultana In the morning before going to work, Nick found his mother and gave her a kiss. He used the flashlight to locate her, careful as always to keep the beam from touching her. This time she was in the kitchen, her wheelchair backed into a small alcove between
Journal Entry 1: The Man Across the Way this little stick of nicotine popped in his mouth. sagging between his lips.Ā the newspaper is folded under his arm. at least heās holding a newspaper.Ā keeping up some appearances ā at least.Ā by the look of his clothes andĀ his hair he doesnāt really seem to
It is with great pride and cheer that we welcome readers to the very first issue of Schlock Magazine released under our brand new redesign. But far from being just a cosmetic change, we also hope that the improvement is reflected in the content. Thanks to new features like Schlock Talks, the magazine has broadened
Jack sits in a dusty room in a corner of the museum, close to the basement and far from its visitors.Ā The room is the museumās stack, the last place an artefact is stored until it is catalogued and put away forever. He sits in the cavernous room, among cracked brown skulls and moth eaten
Rage and bad life choices appear to have fuelled Nathan Ballingrudās critically acclaimed short story collection North American Lake Monsters, but he assures us that heās not all about horror and despair as he looks forward to experimenting with various genres now that he has emerged as writer to watch out for with the field
Greg Bossert. Photo: Francesca Myman. He may have won the World Fantasy Award for his short story The Telling late last year, but fiction writing is just the tip of the creative iceberg for Gregory Norman Bossert āĀ an animation artist, sound designer and researcher currently employed in that vaunted castle of geekdom, Industrial Light and
He may have won theĀ World Fantasy Award for his short story The TellingĀ late last year, but fiction writing is just the tip of the creative iceberg for Gregory Norman Bossert āĀ an animation artist, sound designer and researcher currently employed in that vaunted castle of geekdom, Industrial Light and Magic (from whence the special effects for
Working among Pacific Island communities might be many peopleās dream job but D. Thomas Minton recently traded a tropical Pacific Island for the cold, rainy Pacific Northwest of the continental United States, and while others may disagree, he thinks he got the better end of the deal. His fiction has appeared in Asimovās Science Fiction,
Hi, and welcome to Schlockās podcast. Yes,Ā thatĀ podcast. Or rather,Ā this one.Ā The one youāll be listening right now! Yes, its schedule has been erratic ā to say the least ā but on the last day of 2013 the Schlock hivemind gathered around and solemnly swore that podcasts will be at leastĀ a bitĀ more regular. How about that, huh?