Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Tin Men
My newest book, SF & fantasy poetry with Kendall Evans http://sdpbookstore.com/poetrybooks.htm#tinmen
the red queen wins by a day
I'll b out of town
4 a week
if u think I'm a slacker now
b-b-b-baby
well you have, actually
4 a week
if u think I'm a slacker now
b-b-b-baby
well you have, actually
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
bath time
Fossil sponge, about half a billion years old. See the little white spicules?
I tell you it's a sponge, but you don't believe me. WHY don't you believe me!!!
six word poem
this form is dead
what point
in a six-word biography?
concision in poetry
is a challenge well met
and if not
it's the poet's loss
in a book review, eh,
read the book
a person, a life
doesn't fit in six words
is that all you want to know?
oh, by the way,
killed you in four words
what point
in a six-word biography?
concision in poetry
is a challenge well met
and if not
it's the poet's loss
in a book review, eh,
read the book
a person, a life
doesn't fit in six words
is that all you want to know?
oh, by the way,
killed you in four words
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Dreams and Nightmares 89 in the mail
Every subscriber copy has now been mailed, except those going to Canada.
I will mail those as soon as I hear that the strike has been lifted.
Single copies are $5; six-issue subscriptions are $21. Order either from me using PayPal (jopnquog at gmail.com) or send me a check at 1300 Kicker road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
By the way, I could use a little more topical filler artwork for the next issue, which is the end of the world issue. Payment is $12 a piece.
I will mail those as soon as I hear that the strike has been lifted.
Single copies are $5; six-issue subscriptions are $21. Order either from me using PayPal (jopnquog at gmail.com) or send me a check at 1300 Kicker road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
By the way, I could use a little more topical filler artwork for the next issue, which is the end of the world issue. Payment is $12 a piece.
one moar fossil
This 0.4 millimeter diameter sphere is all that's left of some ancient critter. 500 million years, Conasauga, Alabama subsurface.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Review of new issue
http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/2011/06/dreams-and-nightmares-89-may-2011.html
Most subscribers have not yet received this. Mailing some copies today.
Most subscribers have not yet received this. Mailing some copies today.
It's not cannibalism, is it?
Yes, I eat Martian. It's not like they're human. But I would never eat my son-in-law. I love my grandchildren too much for that.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
nanofic, nanopome
The latched hatch, one of many in that place, opened easily with some
WD-40. It was hard to close on a scaly green arm, tho.
--
I lurched into the splitting board
wheels aspinning
someone had moved my warning box
WD-40. It was hard to close on a scaly green arm, tho.
--
I lurched into the splitting board
wheels aspinning
someone had moved my warning box
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Making Divinity
It was this story that was so well received the other night.
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/the-cabbage-patch-god/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/the-dolls-crusade/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/a-natural-attraction/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/03/a-remarkable-reaction/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/the-cabbage-patch-god/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/the-dolls-crusade/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/02/a-natural-attraction/
http://www.dailycabal.com/2010/03/a-remarkable-reaction/
On "Brushfires"
"I particularly liked "Recipe for Science Fiction," and "Salad Days." The underlying concepts and the imagery in both are terrific." -M. Ganzglass
http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/04/brushfires-on-smashwords.html
http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/04/brushfires-on-smashwords.html
Sunday, June 19, 2011
New Issue out
Dreams & Nightmares 89
World's 2nd oldest SF & fantasy poetry magazine
PDFs available now to reviewers of issue 89
$5 a copy or $21/6-issue subscription
Current subscriber copies to be mailed this week.
World's 2nd oldest SF & fantasy poetry magazine
PDFs available now to reviewers of issue 89
$5 a copy or $21/6-issue subscription
Current subscriber copies to be mailed this week.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
the sounds of saws/the guns of nails
Fourth blog post on the aftereffects of the April 27, 2011 tornado
Written June 18, 2011
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Upstairs I hear a thump every time one of the contractors drops a piece of wood on the floor of the attic. So far, nothing has come through. This is, I think, the third day they have been working up there. They would have made more progress, but one of their closest friends was shot in a fight over a woman last week. He is recovering. The incident sounds odd. People probably do this kind of thing more often now than they did when I was young, but I'm not in the game of fighting over mates. Never was really. It never seemed like a good idea. But anyway, when you come to Tuscaloosa, stay away from the gangster molls. If you can tell who they are before it is too late.
Still waiting for the check from the insurance company to be sent back to us, somewhat diminished, by the mortgage company. If we don't get it in a few days I'll have to call them, although I strongly suspect they are just being slow. No incentive for them to be prompt.
Today some people came by and tried to saw up what was left of the big oak tree. They would have had an easier time of it if they had had a longer chainsaw or a bigger truck. Still, the mighty beast is much diminished from its former state. Also, a gentleman came by a few days ago and asked if he could saw part of it off to make the top of a round table. He wanted to preserve something from the large trees in the city that were blown down by the tornado. Of course we said yes and he came back and cut himself at least one giant wooden disk. He left the results of two failed attempts and we squirreled them away. We might be able to use them, perhaps as tabletops.
As time goes by more and more of the roadside debris is removed. More and more unrepairable buildings are demolished and hauled away. The land looks more and more bare and the drought deepens. If we do get a torrential downpour the dry soil, unrestrained by the roots of trees, will head south in a brown slurry.
Written June 18, 2011
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Upstairs I hear a thump every time one of the contractors drops a piece of wood on the floor of the attic. So far, nothing has come through. This is, I think, the third day they have been working up there. They would have made more progress, but one of their closest friends was shot in a fight over a woman last week. He is recovering. The incident sounds odd. People probably do this kind of thing more often now than they did when I was young, but I'm not in the game of fighting over mates. Never was really. It never seemed like a good idea. But anyway, when you come to Tuscaloosa, stay away from the gangster molls. If you can tell who they are before it is too late.
Still waiting for the check from the insurance company to be sent back to us, somewhat diminished, by the mortgage company. If we don't get it in a few days I'll have to call them, although I strongly suspect they are just being slow. No incentive for them to be prompt.
Today some people came by and tried to saw up what was left of the big oak tree. They would have had an easier time of it if they had had a longer chainsaw or a bigger truck. Still, the mighty beast is much diminished from its former state. Also, a gentleman came by a few days ago and asked if he could saw part of it off to make the top of a round table. He wanted to preserve something from the large trees in the city that were blown down by the tornado. Of course we said yes and he came back and cut himself at least one giant wooden disk. He left the results of two failed attempts and we squirreled them away. We might be able to use them, perhaps as tabletops.
As time goes by more and more of the roadside debris is removed. More and more unrepairable buildings are demolished and hauled away. The land looks more and more bare and the drought deepens. If we do get a torrential downpour the dry soil, unrestrained by the roots of trees, will head south in a brown slurry.
day 52
If days were weeks, it would've been a year.
salvaged wood
rescued from a collapsed shed
more of the same
salvaged wood
rescued from a collapsed shed
more of the same
Friday, June 17, 2011
50/51
how can my email
still keep ahead of me
it's been 7 weeks
bare slabs like fungi
rise where rubble lately lay
will a new house grow
still keep ahead of me
it's been 7 weeks
bare slabs like fungi
rise where rubble lately lay
will a new house grow
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
DN 88 review
New review of Dreams & Nightmares 88 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/2011/06/dreams-and-nightmares-88-january-2011.html
Monday, June 6, 2011
tornado blog post number three
Day 40 tornado update
June 6, 2011
To recap, April 27, 2011 a tornado hit Tuscaloosa, including my house. You can find two previous blog posts on this subject here:
http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/05/to-extent-that-blessings-are-available.html
That is a link to the second post, which contains a link to the first post.
More recap. Since the tornado I have written a bunch of haiku in response. At first I numbered of them sequentially and lately I have been numbering them according to the number of days that have elapsed since the storm. They are not hard to find and they are all in this blog.
Things have been moving slowly but we have stayed busy. Just yesterday, the city center crew to pick up all the debris from our front yard. This included more bits of wood from the house and the stump of the little oak tree. This is the one that actually hit the house. Debris remains in the side yard, primarily the stump of the medium-sized oak tree, the stump of the big oak tree (8 foot diameter at the base; okay, maybe 7 feet), and a great deal of the big oak tree cut up into manageable portions of a few tons or less each. What's left of our backyard carport (actually used for storage of outdoor stuff), the root ball of a black walnut tree, and the sword of Damocles in the form of hanging branches of a neighbors pin oak remains in the backyard. The city will not remove stuff from the backyard.
Today I am going to call one contractor and tell him we have decided to accept his offer to repair the carport and the attached one-room office. He said he would clean up all the debris back there if we hired him to repair that stuff. Saturday we met with another contractor, who is going to repair the hole in the roof. He explained how to get a building permit and we plan to do that today. I have a lot of other things to do than do today, some connected with tornado repairs. I'll talk about that in my next blog post about this, after they have been successfully completed (I hope).
In the meantime family has visited, and more family visits this week so that we can hold a memorial service for my father (greatly delayed, but finally almost here). No time for more talk right now.
June 6, 2011
To recap, April 27, 2011 a tornado hit Tuscaloosa, including my house. You can find two previous blog posts on this subject here:
http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/05/to-extent-that-blessings-are-available.html
That is a link to the second post, which contains a link to the first post.
More recap. Since the tornado I have written a bunch of haiku in response. At first I numbered of them sequentially and lately I have been numbering them according to the number of days that have elapsed since the storm. They are not hard to find and they are all in this blog.
Things have been moving slowly but we have stayed busy. Just yesterday, the city center crew to pick up all the debris from our front yard. This included more bits of wood from the house and the stump of the little oak tree. This is the one that actually hit the house. Debris remains in the side yard, primarily the stump of the medium-sized oak tree, the stump of the big oak tree (8 foot diameter at the base; okay, maybe 7 feet), and a great deal of the big oak tree cut up into manageable portions of a few tons or less each. What's left of our backyard carport (actually used for storage of outdoor stuff), the root ball of a black walnut tree, and the sword of Damocles in the form of hanging branches of a neighbors pin oak remains in the backyard. The city will not remove stuff from the backyard.
Today I am going to call one contractor and tell him we have decided to accept his offer to repair the carport and the attached one-room office. He said he would clean up all the debris back there if we hired him to repair that stuff. Saturday we met with another contractor, who is going to repair the hole in the roof. He explained how to get a building permit and we plan to do that today. I have a lot of other things to do than do today, some connected with tornado repairs. I'll talk about that in my next blog post about this, after they have been successfully completed (I hope).
In the meantime family has visited, and more family visits this week so that we can hold a memorial service for my father (greatly delayed, but finally almost here). No time for more talk right now.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
DN 89 contents
Dreams & Nightmares 89
May 2011
CONTENTS
Randy Moore, cover
Teresa Tunaley, illo
Ann K. Schwader, Toward Sunset
Teresa Tunaley, illo
Bruce Boston, The Music of Falling Ships
Andy Boyan, Groggy Mountain
Denny Marshall, illo
Edward Mycue, Keith
Brock Moore, Oblivion Takes Out the Trash
Wade German, Return at Evening
Jamie Wasserman, The Dream King Steals God’s Watch
Kurt MacPhearson, Apollo’s Appetite
William John Watkins, The Werewolf’s Wife Stays
G. O. Clark & Kendall Evans, The 25 Cent Rocket: One Quarter
Of The Way To The Stars
Robert Borski, Tentacle
May 2011
CONTENTS
Randy Moore, cover
Teresa Tunaley, illo
Ann K. Schwader, Toward Sunset
Teresa Tunaley, illo
Bruce Boston, The Music of Falling Ships
Andy Boyan, Groggy Mountain
Denny Marshall, illo
Edward Mycue, Keith
Brock Moore, Oblivion Takes Out the Trash
Wade German, Return at Evening
Jamie Wasserman, The Dream King Steals God’s Watch
Kurt MacPhearson, Apollo’s Appetite
William John Watkins, The Werewolf’s Wife Stays
G. O. Clark & Kendall Evans, The 25 Cent Rocket: One Quarter
Of The Way To The Stars
Robert Borski, Tentacle
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Review of Nursery Rhyme Noir
New review of "Nursery Rhyme Noir," my book of detective stories with plots straight out of Mother Goose: http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/2011/06/nursery-rhyme-noir-hasp-deadbolt-files_03.html
day 38 of the late unpleasantness
or, the war between the spheres, or, the tornadic war
we fix u up
cheap with no need for permit
no stinkin permit
we fix u up
cheap with no need for permit
no stinkin permit
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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