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Three Messages and a Warning Nominated for 2013 World Fantasy Award 14 Aug 2013 | 08:51 am
Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic, the anthology I co-edited with Eduardo Jiménez Mayo that was published last year by Small Beer Press, has been nomina...
After NAFTA: The North American Surveillance Zone 20 Jul 2013 | 03:06 am
Over at my Tumblr, my translation of a fascinating news story from La Jornada of Mexico about the role of American drone and electronic surveillance support in the capture of Los Zetas leader Z-40.
Kaiju Theater: Pacific Rim 16 Jul 2013 | 03:04 am
I'm a fan of giant monster movies from way back. A number of writer-types I hang out with during science fiction conventions fell in love with the form having first seen King Kong, but for me, Godzill...
Ciencia Ficción y Literatura en Oaxaca 3 Jul 2013 | 04:06 pm
See you this Friday night in Oaxaca, where I have the good fortune to join my friends and colleagues the Mexican writers Bef (Bernardo Fernández), Gerardo Sifuentes and Pepe Rojo for a talk about SF a...
Welcome to the Electric Panopticon 6 Jun 2013 | 05:15 pm
Some thoughts and links regarding the revelations of domestic telephone surveillance here on my Tumblr.
The occult detective quilters of Gee's Bend. 29 May 2013 | 12:15 am
Like Jayme, I haven't contributed to No Fear of the Future lately. What can I say? I've been busy. Here's a sample of what I've been doing: Gee’s Bend. The fictional Gee’s Bend was created by “Elizab...
About that Chicken Ranch thing... 28 May 2013 | 08:19 pm
It's no secret that I haven't contributed a whole heck of a lot to No Fear of the Future lately. The reason, some of you may or may not know, is that I've been completely consumed by a non-fiction boo...
There’s a Zucker born every minute 25 May 2013 | 12:09 am
[Pic: $200 million Tumblr wundrboy David Karp] Tumblr Flickrs out just when it's getting good. Twitter evolves into a big media cacophony filled with commercial stalkers working it for an angle. Fac...
When the stop-motion stops 8 May 2013 | 08:33 pm
R.I.P.
Postcards from the Zeitgeist 6 May 2013 | 08:58 pm
In the decade just passed that we keep trying to forget, while the Iraq war was at its peak, an enterprising sleazeball from Florida stumbled his way into a perfect media platform for the spirit of th...