• Guest Review: "Pop Art" by Joe Hill

    As some of you know, there are three major things happening right now, for me: I’m hosting my annual Art & Words Show on September 21st; I’m going to be a program participant at FenCon in Dallas the weekend of October 5th; and I’m getting married on October 12th. Those three producers of stress plus…

  • Anthology Review: Glitter & Mayhem

    Roller skating, roller derby, glitter, drugs, sex, disco, glam rockers, funk, nightclubs, nightlife; these are just a handful of subjects covered in Apex Publications’ anthology Glitter & Mayhem, edited by John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas, and Michael Damian Thomas. Add some aliens and very literal party monsters, along with an invitation-themed introduction by Amber Benson,…

  • Stonecoast Stories

    As some of you already know, mainly because I mentioned it in my last review, mid-July I graduated from University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing. Come next January, when it’s time for yet another Stonecoast residency up in Freeport, Maine, I won’t be there, and neither will the rest of my class,…

  • Novella Review: "The Ugly Tin Orrery" by Rachael Acks

    On July 20th, I graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program, one of the few MFA programs with a Popular Fiction focus. Being out of school is new for me; graduation has thus far been accompanied by a strange bittersweetness interspersed with a wash of relief with…

  • SF Signal Guest Post: Top 10 Fairy Tale Short Stories

    I’ve got a guest post up today over at SF Signal: my picks for the Top 10 Fairy Tale Short Stories. Includes stories by Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Hand, Neil Gaiman, Rachael Acks, Kelly Link, and more! http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/07/guest-post-bonnie-jo-stufflebeams-top-10-fairy-tale-short-stories/