I knew this was coming at the end of April, but – like the tax deadline – it crept up on me. Pseudopod, that weekly horror podcast of which we’ve heard so much, has, while I wasn’t looking, uploaded a most excellent podcast of my story “The Radejastians” – introduced suavely as ever by Alasdair …
… with the same equanimity I brought to what seemed like the total collapse of my car’s suspension as we drove back from Port Huron (don’t worry – part of the plastic on the wheel-well had come loose, and we were able to fix it handily, thanks to the terrifying and barely-legal pocket knife loaned …
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We got back into Toronto last night at around 9:30, from the sentencing hearing that saw our friend Peter Watts avoid jail time. The crossing back from Port Huron was happily uneventful – particularly as we passed the spot on the bridge where, in December, U.S. Customs and Border official Andrew Beaudry beat and pepper-sprayed …
I type this from the basement of the Quay Street Brewing Company, where manager Mike Ziegler has kindly let me post this. Sentencing is finished. Judge Adair dismissed any thoughts of jail time, made Peter pay a fine, and shared wisdom about the respect we must afford police. But never mind that. No jail time. …
Tomorrow (Monday April 26) Peter Watts will be in a Port Huron courtroom to learn what the spring and summer have in store for him. It is his sentencing date. As discussed on this blog and elsewhere, Peter was convicted of resisting and obstructing border guards, stemming from an incident late last year at the …
A brief note, to let those of you who’ve shelled out for a Kindle and have come to mistrust paper, that Monstrous Affections (and other great ChiZine titles) are now available for Amazon’s Kindle. I think, actually, that you could read digital versions through the Kindle before. But now you can buy one through Amazon. …
Well that was some Goddamn fun I had, spending the weekend at Ad Astra as I did, staying up too late and doing a stink of a lot of panels and flashing the cover of Monstrous Affections in front of very many people who had no idea what was coming. Ad Astra is the local …
Back from one convention, off to another: Ad Astra, in Toronto this time. It is at the Toronto Don Valley Hotel and Suites – a venue remarkably similar to the Toronto Crown Plaza Hotel, where it was held last year. Both hotels are located in the same physical space, at 1250 Eglinton Avenue East. The …