Swedish writer Karin Tidbeck āĀ whose collection of weird and wonderful fiction, Jagannath, received considerable critical praise ā speaks to us about writing in English as a second language, the dangers of treating a literary genre as the āredheaded stepchildā and the benefits a writer could reap from Live Action Roleplayingā¦ You delve into being a
Author: DennisCarter
Alright, as far as excuses for this first POP CULTURE DESTRUCTION for 2014 being late go this oneās pretty terrible, but itās also kind of true. I jetted to London for a week, before getting jetted near immediately after that to Amsterdam. And the Schlock hivemind didnāt even seem to care! In fact the one
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
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
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,