Category: News
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Stories in the Songs
This Saturday, October 20, I’ll be returning to Riley’s Pour House for another night of stories and songs. If you live around Pittsburgh and you haven’t discovered Riley’s, you’re missing out on the pub that Pittsburgh Magazine has identified as one of the best around. Great food, terrific people . . . and lots of music.…
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A Weekend of Fiction and Music
The latest installment of Context is shaping up to be one of the best ever. In addition to conducting two of my favorite writing workshops, I’ll be moderating music-and-fiction themed panels with Alex Bledsoe (Fantasy Guest of Honor), L. E. Modesitt (Con Guest of Honor) Bill and Brenda Sutton (Musical Guests of Honor), and Tom…
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Zombie Gumby Endorses Voices
It’s true. And if you were at Horror Realm this weekend, you can vouch for me. But the real highlight for me was the chance to get together with people like Chris Rickert of Eljay’s Books (the best bookstore in Pittsburgh), Paul Anderson and Eric Beebe of Post Mortem Press, and writers like the Rhysling-Award…
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Day of the Dancing Dead
Crowne Plaza, Pittsburgh South: 164 Fort Couch Road Pittsburgh, PA 15241 412-833-5300 – $15 single day (Friday or Saturday). Includes admission to after hour events on the day of the ticket purchase. Excludes VIP event. – $35 weekend pass. Includes admission all three days of the convention and after hour events. Excludes VIP event. –…
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Horror Songs @ Horror Realm
I saw Lawrence Connolly do a one-man performance called “Songs of the Horror Writer” equipped with nothing but a guitar and a microphone. He sang songs about Lizzie Borden and insects and crimes of passion…and everybody loved it. It was a hilarious subversion of the con’s filk programming. — Michael A. Arnzen Michael Arnzen made…
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Your Favorite Genre Song?
The forthcoming publication of Rock On: the Greatest Hits of Science Fiction and Fantasy has me contemplating some of the great rock ‘n roll genre songs. There certainly is a ton of them. Science fiction? How about David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Genesis’s “The Return of the Giant Hogweed,” or Mastadon’s album-length epic Crack the Skye? (Great…