Category: News

  • Get Ready for the Party of the Year!

    It starts Friday night at Riley’s when Duane Davis and I take the stage at 8:00, and it’ll continue Saturday when we open for the Wild Geese Band  at 6:00. Should be a rocking good time. The party continues on Tuesday (the official St. Patrick’s Day). Other musicians performing at the three-day event will include John Puckett , Mike Gallagher, and Mark Guiser. Seriously, you…

  • What Riley’s Scops Talk About . . .
    When They Talk About Love

    The polar vortex didn’t keep story lovers from turning out at this month’s storytelling night at Riley’s Pour House. If you were there, you know firsthand how thoroughly the act of storytelling can warm a frigid night. If you didn’t attend, and you live anywhere in the Pittsburgh area, you owe it to yourself to…

  • Binge Reading: The Veins-Cycle Challenge

    Last week, when Google Play announced that they were reducing the prices on all three Veins Cycle Books, I posted the following comment on the Fantasist Enterprises Facebook page: I’d love to hear from someone who dives in and reads (or re-reads) the entire cycle straight through, letting the central narrative unfold in real time. Well, yesterday…

  • Rocking the Pour House:
    A Great Way to Spend a Friday Night

    Riley’s Pour House just keeps getting better. Since Jim  and Cheryl Riley took over a few years back, the pub has become a mecca for people who love fun times and good music . . . and last night was no exception. My good friend Duane Davis joined me on bass and backing vocals. We’ve been…

  • Spotlight on All-Star Storytellers:
    Joe Coluccio

    The Twelve Days of Story Night continues with a spotlight on another one this year’s top storytellers: Joe Coluccio. Truly a man for all seasons, Joe is currently the President of Parsec, Pittsburgh’s premier science fiction organization, founded to promote awareness of all aspects of the speculative fiction genre. As part of its mission, Parsec annually…

  • Spotlight on All-Star Storytellers:
    Larry Ivkovich

    It’s almost here. Not Christmas. Not New Year’s Eve. I’m talking All-Start Storytelling, the event that will feature this year’s top storytellers from Story Night @ Riley’s Pour House. With fewer than two weeks to go to the event, I’d like to begin highlighting some of the storytellers who will be appearing at our year-end competition.…