Nursery rhymes describe crimes (3 blind mice, pussy in the well), but there is a solution. Hasp Deadbolt, P.I., finds it.
$11 from the publisher when it's released later this month; $14 postpaid from me, inscribed or signed, as soon as I get the copies.
Praise from satisfied customers:
"Oh my God, he's so handsome! And he convinced my sheep to come back."
--Bo Peep, independent business owner
And reviewers:
[Nursery Rhyme Noir] goes down smooth and fierce as a good whiskey, but if you check the bottom of your glass you’ll find more grit than a cup of Turkish coffee. This is Mother Goose by way of Dashiell Hammett, the Brothers Grimm as published in the pages of Black Mask.
--Lon Prater
When Humpty Dumpty is murdered, who you gonna call?
Update: Three copies left! $10 postpaid, paypal to jopnquog@gmail.com.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Forthcoming book: Nursery Rhyme Noir
Nursery rhymes describe crimes (3 blind mice, pussy in the well), but there is a solution. Hasp Deadbolt, P.I., finds it.
$11 from the publisher when it's released later this month; $14 postpaid from me, inscribed or signed, as soon as I get the copies.
Praise from satisfied customers:
"Oh my God, he's so handsome! And he convinced my sheep to come back."
--Bo Peep, independent business owner
And reviewers:
[Nursery Rhyme Noir] goes down smooth and fierce as a good whiskey, but if you check the bottom of your glass you’ll find more grit than a cup of Turkish coffee. This is Mother Goose by way of Dashiell Hammett, the Brothers Grimm as published in the pages of Black Mask.
--Lon Prater
When Humpty Dumpty is murdered, who you gonna call?
Update: Three copies left! $10 postpaid, paypal to jopnquog@gmail.com.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
activity on the dream front
I have considered submissions that came in to about four days ago. Many have been rejected. Three or four are being held for further consideration. Dreams and nightmares 83 is about half full.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Current activity
I have about a dozen submissions waiting for a decision. Most are e-subs, but I still get about one envelope a week with a few poems each inside. It's been a while since I got a hand-written one; those usually come from prisoners.
poem reprint
Sister sausage
behind the locked door
oozed another one of Bob's
"experiments"
The end
Reprinted from DN and a chapbook, "I don't know what you're having," 2005, Sams Dot Publishing, in print; available from The Genre Mall.
behind the locked door
oozed another one of Bob's
"experiments"
The end
Reprinted from DN and a chapbook, "I don't know what you're having," 2005, Sams Dot Publishing, in print; available from The Genre Mall.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Daily cabal on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/The-Daily-Cabal/40853555822?ref=ts
Includes recent stories
Includes recent stories
Monday, November 17, 2008
so what you want?
You know, when I first heard the beastie boys, I thought they really sucked. They have grown on me. I guess my favorite song of theirs is intergalactic, but I actually enjoy all the ones that get played on the radio. Don't know why that came into my head, but there is.
If you are here, and you haven't been to the main dreams and nightmares site, you might want to check it out. Among other things there are some audio files of me reading my poetry. I'm not a particularly good reader, but you might find it interesting. There are also lots of scanned covers and tables of contents of back issues.
At this point, dreams and nightmares 81 (September 2008) is out and issue 82 (January 2009) is full. I am reading for the May 2009 issue.
Last year I did a fundraiser for the East Tuscaloosa community soup bowl. That's my neighborhood soup kitchen. It isn't really quite in my neighborhood, but it's close. Anyway, I sold lifetime subscriptions to dreams and nightmares and donated some of the money to the soup bowl. I want to do a fundraiser for them this winter, and I've been mulling over a couple of ideas. One idea is to sell custom poems. You give me some money and tell me what you wanted and I would do my best to write it. You might want a science fiction poem for your cousins birthday. You might want something for your wedding anniversary. I don't know. You get to choose. You can even say that you wanted a Fibonacci-no ku or free verse or anything but free verse and I would do my best. Another idea is to donate part of the regular two-year dreams and nightmares subscription. I might sell more of them than of the more expensive lifetime one. I have a book coming out in December. Another possibility would be to sell inscribed copies of that with a portion of the money going to a fundraiser. So if anyone has any ideas about what might be the best way to raise more money for the soup kitchen, I would really appreciate your suggestions.
If you are here, and you haven't been to the main dreams and nightmares site, you might want to check it out. Among other things there are some audio files of me reading my poetry. I'm not a particularly good reader, but you might find it interesting. There are also lots of scanned covers and tables of contents of back issues.
At this point, dreams and nightmares 81 (September 2008) is out and issue 82 (January 2009) is full. I am reading for the May 2009 issue.
Last year I did a fundraiser for the East Tuscaloosa community soup bowl. That's my neighborhood soup kitchen. It isn't really quite in my neighborhood, but it's close. Anyway, I sold lifetime subscriptions to dreams and nightmares and donated some of the money to the soup bowl. I want to do a fundraiser for them this winter, and I've been mulling over a couple of ideas. One idea is to sell custom poems. You give me some money and tell me what you wanted and I would do my best to write it. You might want a science fiction poem for your cousins birthday. You might want something for your wedding anniversary. I don't know. You get to choose. You can even say that you wanted a Fibonacci-no ku or free verse or anything but free verse and I would do my best. Another idea is to donate part of the regular two-year dreams and nightmares subscription. I might sell more of them than of the more expensive lifetime one. I have a book coming out in December. Another possibility would be to sell inscribed copies of that with a portion of the money going to a fundraiser. So if anyone has any ideas about what might be the best way to raise more money for the soup kitchen, I would really appreciate your suggestions.
siphoning the good stuff
At work, writing an abstract about teaching petroleum geology to K-12 teachers. Trying to make it entertaining and factual. Tonight, after attending a cross country team banquet, I will try to find time to post some dreams and nightmares stuff here.
shy moon
by David Kopaska-Merkel
Why do you shrink my darling?
Know you not that in a
short month's time you will again
be gravid with my love?
The end
Previously published in two chapbooks.
Why do you shrink my darling?
Know you not that in a
short month's time you will again
be gravid with my love?
The end
Previously published in two chapbooks.
welcome to dreams & nightmares (again)
Oh goody, I get to go first! Well, second actually, but who's counting? I want to thank Joel Ward for creating this blog, and the whole website for that matter.
I hope to use this blog to keep readers up to date on what's happening with Dreams and Nightmares. For instance, issue 81 has been mailed and copies are available if you want them. I'm working on issue 82, for which I still need a few poems. I have very little for subsequent issues, so feel free to submit anything you think I might like.
You could visit the website to find out the details, but here are a few: a copy of the magazine is four dollars. I pay $10 plus two copies for poetry, and I prefer to pay by PayPal.
I hope to use this blog to keep readers up to date on what's happening with Dreams and Nightmares. For instance, issue 81 has been mailed and copies are available if you want them. I'm working on issue 82, for which I still need a few poems. I have very little for subsequent issues, so feel free to submit anything you think I might like.
You could visit the website to find out the details, but here are a few: a copy of the magazine is four dollars. I pay $10 plus two copies for poetry, and I prefer to pay by PayPal.
Friday, November 14, 2008
welcome to dreams & nightmares
From the Editor
Welcome to the website for Dreams & Nightmares magazine. DN is a print magazine of science fiction and fantasy poetry. DN was founded in January of 1986 and at the time of this writing in September of 2008 issue 81 is ready to be mailed. I have enjoyed doing this all these years. One of the best parts is picking out really wonderful poetry to send to subscribers.
A reminder to our readers that that poems in issues 79 through 81 are eligible for Rhysling nominations.
Welcome to the website for Dreams & Nightmares magazine. DN is a print magazine of science fiction and fantasy poetry. DN was founded in January of 1986 and at the time of this writing in September of 2008 issue 81 is ready to be mailed. I have enjoyed doing this all these years. One of the best parts is picking out really wonderful poetry to send to subscribers.
A reminder to our readers that that poems in issues 79 through 81 are eligible for Rhysling nominations.
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