Category: They Named Us Lancelot and Tara
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LIVE NOW with John Wiswell, Nebula Award Winner
John Wiswell is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose short fiction has won the Locus and Nebula Awards and been a finalist for the Hugo, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. His debut fantasy novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, was released in April 2024 by DAW Books and Quercus. Wiswell’s…
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Of the Making of Books there Is No End?
I grew up in a fairly conservative religious community that abhorred study and praised ignorance, in a way. From this assumption folks would often quote in my general direction of the making of books there is no end. They believed along what Asimov said of many Americans: that my ignorance is as good as anyone…
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Homeless Assistance — How to solve the housing crisis
I seldom write about our nonprofit work on here for various reasons, but I want to talk about homeless assistance and how to solve the homeless crisis with faithful love. For eight years or so, we’ve hosted monthly salons at our house as a maker’s day. We’ve done it every Third Saturday. If you’re in…
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Polar Post — Send Santa Email
Hey everyone, your friendly neighborhood Lancelot the Elf here letting you know that Santa accepts email now here at the Polar Post. If you’d like to send Santa a message, feel free to drop him a line: Parents: please make sure to fill this form to the Polar Post for your kids:
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Pier 11 where Hornblower Waits — a response to Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman
Pier 11 where Hornblower Waits — a response to Crossing Brooklyn Ferry — comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the…
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Anti Rebellion
Anti Rebellion comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and after…
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Rewards for Tap and Die + Harry Rides Preorders
Seconds Left for Preorder Rewards! It’s launch month for BOTH Tap and Die and Harry Rides the Danger. Both come out on Halloween and they’re both excellent presents for fall birthdays, Halloween fanatics, fall festival presents (such as Jewish High Holidays), and early Christmas presents. We have exactly ONE MONTH to get in 100 preorders. The fabulous Daniel Dorse,…
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For Heart of Gold
For a Heart of Gold comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death,…
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Presence
Presence comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and after COVID…
