So, Laurie’s been posting a lot of weird stuff this week: now that it’s Hallowe’en, is she going to get truly disgusting? Fear not, the creep factor in today’s post is along the theoretical and long-term lines. The story “Hellbender” contains elements of genetic manipulation, in which DNA of one species is blended with that…
Read MoreAs a crime writer, I entertain with the stuff of nightmares. Murder and mayhem, kidnapping and political manipulation, all the things nobody wants, but everyone secretly desires to have faced. But every so often, I’ll slip a real nightmare into my fictional creations. Just a handful of times, something personal make the trip from my…
Read More(Now! With fewer disgusting pictures!) So, you read yesterday’s post on taxidermy and you think you’d like to try it yourself? Great! You, too, can be a forensic anthropologist. All you need is something that’s died, and a handful of these: (From here.) (You can get a beetle kit, or other taxidermy supplies, online. Of…
Read MoreOne of the characters in The Bones of Paris is an artist whose work includes taxidermy. His is a somewhat kinkier version of the Victorian…artist?…Walter Potter, whose work includes scenes like this: (You can read more about him here.) But lest you think Paris is without its stuffed creatures, I bring to your attention Maison…
Read MoreHalloween is fast approaching, and since I’ve had both bones and weird stories on my mind of late, here’s a fun All Hallow’s video that Harris Stuyvesant might well have seen during his time in Paris: My own Paris Bones are here, with excerpts & extras. And the spooky urban-fantasy PI of “Hellbender” is here.
Read MoreMike Heller, a PI with some….extra skills, whose client is a blonde too gorgeous to be believed. She wants him to find her missing brother. He finds a whole lot more than that. LRK does urban fantasy. This appeared in the anthology Down These Strange Streets a few years ago, but now it stands on its own,…
Read MoreJust in time for your All Hallows reading pleasure: Mike Heller, a PI with some….extra skills, whose client is a blonde too gorgeous to be believed. She wants him to find her missing brother. He finds a whole lot more than that. LRK does urban fantasy. This appeared in the anthology Down These Strange Streets a…
Read MoreSan Francisco and books: can’t have one without the other, I’d say. And the annual SF book festival is about to explode all over the streets of The City. Including yours truly: Come and join us at the ever-fabulous Books Inc on Saturday afternoon. And it’s free! Details are here.
Read MorePortland was fabulous, and Seattle was gorgeous, in all ways: (Thanks to Meredith T for the photo.) But the Great Bones of Paris Tour isn’t over yet. Monday, I’m in Ohio’s capital. That’s right, Columbus Day in Columbus, Ohio. I’m speaking at Thurber House, which just tickles me. Long have I lived with the suspicion…
Read MoreTonight: Portland. Friday night: Seattle. And also all weekend, because I’m the Guest of Honor at Seattle Sherlock! This Con is going to be more fun than Holmes could imagine, and there are still a few daily passes available, here. For details of Portland, Seattle, and beyond (Columbus, Ohio! San Francisco!) check out the events…
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