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September 15, 2025

The Card Sharks Are Back

The Wild Cards series goes back a ways.  All the way to 1987, when Bantam Spectra released WILD CARDS, volume one of our original triad, which introduced the world to Jetboy, Dr. Tachyon, Golden Boy, Mark Meadows, Gregg Hartmann, the Great and Powerful Turtle, Yeoman, Sewer Jack, Bagabond, and a host of other aces, jokers, deuces and nats.

There have been thirty-four volumes published to date — that’s not counting the various games, comic books, graphic novels, audiobooks, and similar spinoffs (...

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Published on September 15, 2025 10:31

September 14, 2025

The Chickens Win Again

Our adaptation of Howard Waldrop’s short story THE UGLY CHICKENS continues to kick ass and take names out on the film festival circuit.  Our latest win came back in March, at the Cinequest festival in San Jose.

We were not able to attend that one is person, but Cinequest was good enough to send us the award.

Howard wrote a helluva lot of great stories in his day — there was no one like him, and never will be — but “The Ugly Chickens” was probably the best known.   It won both the Nebula and the...

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Published on September 14, 2025 07:31

September 9, 2025

FootBall…

Hope springs eternal, they say… especially for football fans.

I have not been paying much attention to the NFL during the offseason.   Too many other things to do.   Both of my teams did pretty well in the draft, though, so surely they would do better than they did last season, which was dismal to say the least.   The Jets have a new coach in Aaron Glenn, the Giants have a couple of new quarterbacks (a couple old new quarterbacks and a new new one).   Opening day, the G-Men were playing the Comm...

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Published on September 09, 2025 02:19

September 8, 2025

A Busy Month

August was a busy month for me and mine, with two conventions on the schedule, a road trip in between, and a couple of guests afterward.

Worldcon was in Seattle this year.   The Brotherhood Without Banners were there in force, which I always like to see.  Caught up with some old fan friends, made some new ones.   I did two panels, both of them emjoyable, and the autographing was well run, drew about three hundred.   For me,  the highlight of the con was our screening of the three Howard Waldrop ...

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Published on September 08, 2025 19:20

August 14, 2025

NYC Comic Con here we come!

We’re excited to announce GRRM will be headed to New York Comic Con this October to introduce the new HBO series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

There will be a panel with Showrunner Ira Parker alongside Peter Claffey & Dexter Sol-Ansell who play Dunk & Egg. So keep your ears to the ground for more details on time and room information.

See you there on October 9th!

 

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Published on August 14, 2025 05:45

July 25, 2025

Good Stuff

It’s been months since Parris and I last went to the movies, but we finally got out of the house last week, and bopped down to the Violet Crown to catch SUPERMAN.   I’m glad we did.   Supes and I are old friends, and this is one of the best Superman movies in a long time… maybe ever.   This new Superman reminds me of the version I used to read about when I was a kid, the strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.   (And yes, an...

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Published on July 25, 2025 19:32

June 28, 2025

The Boys Are Growing

Romulus and Remus are growing up.  And their kid sister Khaleesi is only a few months behind.

Here’s the latest update from the good folks at Colossos.

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Published on June 28, 2025 09:41

May 30, 2025

Alex Garland to Direct Elden Ring Movie

Here’s the latest about the ELDER RING movie that was announced a few days ago.

A24 is a kickass studio, and Alex Garland is a first rate director.

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Published on May 30, 2025 09:54

May 28, 2025

Howard Meets Hercules

For all you Howard Waldrop fans out there… if you enjoyed our short films, the adaptations of MARY-MARGARET ROAD-GRADER, NIGHT OF THE COOTERS, and THE UGLY CHICKENS that we’ve been showing at film festivals over the past couple of years, we have big news a-coming.   A Waldrop feature is on the way.  All animated, from Lion Forge.

It’s an adaptation of Howard’s novella A DOZEN TOUGH JOBS, his  take on the Twelve Labors of Hercules.   Joe Lansdale, the Sage of Nacogdoches, father of Hap and Leonar...

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Published on May 28, 2025 07:14

May 26, 2025

Me and Joe Down at the Kimo

Joe Abercrombie has a new novel out: THE DEVILS, volume one in his latest fantasy trilogy.

Joe has crossed the pond to the US on a promotional tour, and one of his first stops was the historic Kimo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque, where I had the privilege of sitting down with him for an hour to talk writing, reading, fantasy, fandom, and all manner of other stuff.   We answered a few questions from the audience as well.

Joe is a terrific writer and an even better guest.

We had a lot of fun, an...

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Published on May 26, 2025 16:54

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