If you’re looking for an opportunity to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey, The New York Times has an excellent list of local and national charities:
“Where to Donate to Harvey Victims (and How to Avoid Scams)”
How about a free time travel horror story?
Hey, guys — if you liked my nanotechnology horror story that was published by The Bees Are Dead on Monday, then you might also enjoy my time-travel horror story, “Shine Now, Fiercely, Forever.”
It was featured by B.A.D. back in January, and it’s an important public service announcement about why you should never set foot inside a time machine.
You can find it at the link below:
“Shine Now, Fiercely, Forever”
Photo credit: By Bureau of Land Management – #conservationlands15 Social Media Takeover, June 15th, Top 15 Places to Stargaze on the #mypubliclandsroadtrip in BLM California, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42086907
Jon Snow
He’s got 99 problems, but a liche ain’t one.
“By the Window,” Konstantin Korovin, 1893
Check out R.J. Davey’s poetry at his website.
My good friend and colleague R.J. Davey has created a website over at Tumblr to showcase his poetry, and I recommend that you peruse it:
The two poems that you can find there that I particularly enjoy are “Pre-Dawn” and “The Poet.” I discovered them tonight, and I honestly think that they’re among Reg’s best.
The sun is setting in Southwest Virginia as I write this.
The lingering pinks are burning away before they recede into smoldering violets.
The clouds over them have grown implacably slate.
Fellow native New Yorkers, if you haven’t seen the mountains of Virginia, then you must do so at least once in this lifetime.
A few quick words on “Game of Thrones” Season 7 (2017)
After finishing its seventh season, I’ve reached the point where I’d name “Game of Thrones” as the best fantasy I’ve ever read or seen. It’s also among the best television I’ve ever seen, period. I’d cheerfully rate this penultimate season a perfect 10.
I do understand some of the criticisms I’ve read from other fans. Yes, this shorter, more eventful, seven-episode arc could seem a little rushed when compared with prior seasons. And certain plot points in the last several episodes here are easy to nitpick.
But I can’t give less than a perfect rating to a show that I enjoyed this much. Season 7 added great action and special effects, lots of momentum, frightening horror, and some long-awaited conclusions to story arcs that began back in Season 1. And the show still has the best dialogue of any current television show that I’m aware of, usually supported by terrific acting.
I won’t say more for fear of spoilers. But I obviously loved this season.
“Road to the Hills,” Julian Onderdonk, 1918
My thoughts are with the good people of Texas tonight.
The Bees Are Dead features my story, “At the End of the World, My Daughter Wept Metal”
I am quite grateful tonight to see The Bees Are Dead publish my apocalyptic science-fiction/horror story, “At the End of the World, My Daughter Wept Metal.” (You can find it at the link below.)
I hope you enjoy it. It’s definitely one of my darker tales, and I was fortunate to receive some terrific editorial guidance from Philippe Atherton-Blenkiron, which greatly improved my original text.
I’d like to thank both Philippe and Dennis Villelmi over at B.A.D. for granting me this wonderful opportunity to share my voice! Cheers, Mates!
“At the End of the World, My Daughter Wept Metal”
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 