Category: Interviews
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FC Shultz Interview
Lancelot Schaubert — When’s the first time you played pretend, FC Shultz? FC Shultz — I don’t remember the first time, but I remember the first time I almost stopped playing pretend. This was the mid-90s and I had an awesome metallic blue power ranger where the head flipped to helmet/no helmet. A few bricks in…
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Anthony Cirilla Interview
A Dialog Between Editor Lancelot Schaubert and Three-Time Contributor to OF GODS AND GLOBES, Dr. Anthony Cirilla : * * * Ed. Lancelot Schaubert: So this Of Gods and Globes series isn’t astrology, or isn’t supposed to be, so what the heck are we doing here — enough for a third volume? Dr. Anthony Cirilla: As…
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T.J. Glenn Interview — Teel James Glenn
Lancelot Schaubert — Thanks for joining us, T.J. Glenn. When was the first time you imagined yourself in a fantasy or pretended you were someone else? T.J. Glenn — Oh, easily when I was 8 or 9 years old, creating stories with my GI Joe action figures etc. LS — Who was your favorite? T.J.…
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Sitting at the Feet of a First Time Jewish Novelist
Recently sat down with friend of the site and first time Jewish novelist, Alexander Sirkman on his work-in-progress. We talked about our weltanschauungs and how they interplay, particularly with novel writing and creativity.
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Science Fiction Fantasy Alliance AMA
The delightful mods of the Science Fiction Fantasy Alliance (SFFA) hosted their first AMA and invited me to come and talk. Here’s the recording of what went down:
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Experimental Fiction Experiment
Dave King takes carpeted stairs into the basement of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts thinking of experimental fiction. A remnant of variegated clay chips hint that Donald Maass, John Vorhaus, Jo Eberhardt, Sean Walsh, and Mike Swift had been playing poker. An oversized Jack of clubs (big enough to be a placemat) and a…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Good Neighbor
Dean and Tammy Balu lived in their house starting in 1986 and for five to ten years, Dean took care of his own yard and cut his grass — the line between his yard and his neighbor’s yard, even though there was only four feet between that line and his driveway. Two extra laps of…
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Brooklyn Candle Studio Breathes New Life into Candles
Rows of pure white candles, embossed with a clean glass sheen, line the sleek minimalist shelves of Brooklyn Candle Studio. The compact workshop does not use childishly gaudy coloring or flashy labels, instead offering simplistic designs to appeal to the younger generation. There is a logistical aspect to this design too: eco-consciousness. The company has…
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Sitting at the Feet of the Hogwarts Headmaster
Sgt. John Granger of the United States Marine Corps (stationed in Japan) was proud to say that he was perfectly normal, thank you very much. He was the last person you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious — especially invocational magic — and the last person you would expect to become a Hogwarts headmaster…
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Sitting at the Feet of Something Big Calling Us Forth
At the start of spring, I met an attorney whose story calls to mind that old Chesterton and Lewis thinking: What are we progressing towards? Truth, beauty, and goodness? Or the edge of a cliff? His name’s Bobby Constantino, and as I dig into his life’s particulars, I keep learning disturbing lessons about myself and…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Stone Sculptor
Abraham Mohler has now spent over 15 years in the business as a stone sculptor. With a studio in downtown St. Louis and gallery representation, he has broken rank and garnered the kind of exponential conservation of momentum you expect from objects in motion. I sat at his feet over the course of several days at a…
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Sitting at the Feet of Diabetic Art
Right now, as you read this, a black market thrives and it’s not a black market of diabetic art. They don’t trade guns or bombs or sex slaves or heroin. The Type One DiabetesBlack Market vs. Diabetic Art They trade one another test strips for insulin, sensors for infusion sets, diabetic to diabetic. They do…