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by Greg Bossert Illustration by Nel Pace ā€œHeā€™s in,ā€ Tess said, with a nod towards the end of the bar. ā€œYa 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

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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

Schlock Talks | Nathan Ballingrud

Rage and bad life choices appear to have fuelled Nathan Ballingrudā€™s critically acclaimed short story collection North American Lake Monsters, but he assures us that heā€™s 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

Schlock Talks | Greg Bossert

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 ā€“Ā an animation artist, sound designer and researcher currently employed in that vaunted castle of geekdom, Industrial Light and

Schlockā€™s Podcast #19 ā€“ World Fantasy Convention, Consecration, Satin

Hi, and welcome to Schlockā€™s podcast. Yes,Ā thatĀ podcast. Or rather,Ā this one.Ā The one youā€™ll 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?