Another of my colleagues here at FtB has skidded off the smoothly paved road of life: Ashley Miller has been diagnosed with narcolepsy and lost her job. She’s set up a patreon account — you should go help her out. And don’t forget Dana, too.
Dana Hunter took a gamble and quit her job to dedicate herself to a writing career, and of course immediately got hit with small catastrophes that are screwing up her dreams, because America doesn’t believe in that social safety net stuff. She’s looking for donations, and also selling off precious stuff, so do help her get past this rough patch. You could also buy her first book on Amazon, Really Terrible Bible Stories vol. I: Genesis
I’ve been targeted by KotakuInAction, that wretched hive of gamergate villainy. My crime? I reviewed Greta Christina’s book, Bending, without declaring that she was a writer on “MY” network. It’s a silly complaint, but the funniest thing is how much the gamergaters get wrong.
I lost track of how many outright fabrications and errors there were in these comments…without even counting the fact that they spelled my name three different ways.
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Here’s an interview I did with Arturo Elosegi in Durango, Spain a few weeks ago — it’s in English with Basque subtitles, so we’ll all be able to understand it.
I’m still not entirely recovered from travel-induced chrono-sickness, but I’ve got a few more journeys to make in June. I’m going to Michigan!
This one is rather pedestrian, sorry to say — just another bible-thumper. I looked at some of his links, and he seems to be a bible-code-thumper, so even sillier. But his claim to have a scientific map of hell caught my attention.
“The Old Testament is a false history of the world. It should not be trusted” – Charles Darwin
Archaeology proves the man Jesus quoted on hell is 18 for 18 – http://www.bibleisaiah.com
“I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity” – Charles Darwin
“He who does not believe in the Son of God is condemned already” – John 3:18
“Hell from beneath. Everlasting burnings” – Isaiah
http://www.bibleisaiah.com/hell_testimonies.htmA Scientific Map of Hell:
http://www.formerthings.com/map_of_hell.htm“Go! and warn people so they do not come here. I am tormented in this flame!
Please! give me just one drop of water to cool my tongue” – Luke 16
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Sad news: Tanith Lee has died. I first discovered her when I was in college, and was a bit of a fanatic — tasty dark fantasy written in lovely prose. When I get home I’ll have to find my Lee collection and reread a few…unless my wicked daughter has stolen them all. She might have.
Dan Barker is here in Köln, too, and he told me about this strange statue of a 13th century archbishop on the Rathaus. He’s standing on a grotesque.
Closeup below the fold.
