So we’ve been back from HF for a few hours now but we’ve still got that darkly luscious stink on us. Spent too much time trying to make the sales sheet match up with the copies we brought home and the cash we had. It’s been a bit like trying to force your own hand…

There’s a new issue of Steampunk Magazine available. You can download it for free here or, if you’re really cool, you’ll purchase a hardcopy. This issue has a fabulous interview with but the thing I love about it is that it is so well laid out. I am allergic to zines with horrible layout!

If you can judge from the pictures Larry Fondation’s book release party was a lot of fun. I love the huge pages they printed from the book and gave away.Photographs were take by Melissa Manning for the lookpartnership.com See all the pics here.

The Nab Gets Posthumously Bizarroized This is a great bizarro rant written by Tom Bradley about self-referential mania and bizarro. I love reading stuff like this that is truly creative and combines history, fiction and modern literary commentary in a fun way.

Whispers of the Muse recently did an author spotlight on Jeremy C. Shipp which includes an interview. Here’s an excerpt: "I live in the part of the world where yard gnomes put on musical productions based on television shows from the 80s; where demonic clowns sneak out of your mirrors at night and battle ninja…