Painting with Fire

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William Shunn
William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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Our Dependency on Foreign Keys, art by Hayrettin Karaerkek
Art

Part Two of My New Novelette Is Available Now

The second and concluding part of my new science fiction novelette, "Our Dependency on Foreign Keys," is available today at the online magazine Across the Margin. (Part One appeared yesterday.) When last we left our not-so-heroic hero Pell "Franny" Franziskaner, he was no closer than he

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Our Dependency on Foreign Keys, art by Hayrettin Karaerkek
Writing

Murder, Art and Infopocalypse in a Post-Deluge New York City

A brand-new story of mine, "Our Dependency on Foreign Keys," is available today at the online magazine Across the Margin. Or actually, the first half of this 11,000-word story is available today. The second half will go live tomorrow morning. And to be honest, it's

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Writing

Just Starting to Get Traction

In his recent New York Times interview, Louis C.K. offers a good reminder of what it takes to build a career, for those who've been toiling away for decades: NYT: You have the platform. You have the level of recognition. LCK: So why do I have the

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Reception for "8 x 8": May 18th, 2012

A few weeks ago, Andrew Huff of Gapers Block issued me a fascinating challenge: to take a piece of original poster art by Chad Kouri and produce a piece of writing of between 1,500 and 2,500 words to accompany it. The resulting art/writing combo, along with seven

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