life goal: infamous recluse
Something different for me: I've coauthored a poster/presentation ("Faking and Re-Making: The Use of Emotional Responses and Creative Resonances in Communal Multimedia Storytelling") with Dr. Naomi Jacobs and Shivhan Szabo that'll be presented tomorrow, October 15, at Fan Studies Network North America 2023! It's connected to my overall recent move toward academic pursuits (that I... Continue Reading →
My schedule for Readercon 32 is ready to go! As mentioned in an earlier post, it's taking place July 13 – 16 at the Boston Quincy Marriott in Quincy, MA, with Guests of Honor Jeff VanderMeer and Justina Ireland. I absolutely recommend registering and attending if you can. Previous years’ schedules can be seen (and drooled over)... Continue Reading →
So in keeping to true ridiculous form, I have both a conference I *will* be at and one I *was* just at...
A new year, and here we are. Welcome. There's fresh bread from the oven, with which I have just eaten a slathering of local maple butter, and with which I will later make a deeply hedonistic grilled cheese.
So remember "DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS," my fantasy-horror short story set during a livestream? WELL OH DANG: In celebration of the Apex Magazine 2021 limited edition anthology -- coming out December 20th with all new afterwards for each story -- come listen to chief editors Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner talk to me and my fellow... Continue Reading →
I am, at this moment (but not, notably, this moment), writing from a small house in a small place in the middle of Vermont, a smallish state that borders my equally small commonwealth-- but has mountains that (unlike the hulking New Hampshire peaks that sneak up close behind and threaten you lightly for your loose change) stand distant across wide valleys, like kings and queens of wardrobe worlds with considerably more concerns than me, in this small house in this small place with worries much smaller than whatever makes these mountains look quite like *that.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDxNxcu2j9k (updated June 14, 2024, with a fixed link!) This is going to be very quick, because I can’t tell it slowly.Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right Back in October of 2021, I recorded a performance of my 2014 flash horror story "Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right" for Flash Fiction... Continue Reading →
It's an odd time of year, gentle readers, and an odd mood I find myself in. While the calendar in no way suggests it, the air seems set for turning from one year to the next-- a book closing, another opening. I feel like I'm reviewing the reference list of last year, paging through the index to see what, after all, warranted a listing.
At the time of writing this note, it was May, it was 77 degrees outside, there was a breeze, and I smelled budding lilac. It was so... much, in such a huge and beautiful way.
So as to take advantage of my own natural inclinations when it comes to composition, and to deter the dreaded destruction of my drafts by Patreon's whims, I will be starting to mirror the Minor Hours issues over on Tumblr, where they will come out at some point later than what appears here or in subscribers' emails.
Katherine Crighton 