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Michael Livingston

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Interviews and Interviews

As noted here before, this is a busy month, what with my being a student and all. But a few other things have been going on, including two interviews, both quite surprising. The first surprise interview involved a writing class in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of all things. J. Boone Dryden contacted …

Me, Writing Student Again

For the past week, and for the rest of the month, I’m a student again. It’s a strange sequence of events that has put me in the place of taking a class with the Lowcountry Writing Project, the local chapter of the National Writing Project — an organization for whom …

“Purging Cocytus” Reviewed

Lois Tilton has just published a review of Black Gate 15 for Locus Online. Included is a nice little review of my latest short story, “Purging Cocytus”: Horror, in a setting that is more SF than fantasy. Danny’s grandfather has been in cryonic suspension but is now revived and has …

Black Gate 15 Is Awesome

I was quite pleased today to find my copy of Black Gate 15 in my mailbox. The magazine is gorgeous, of course, and it’s filled with terrific writing and artwork. I’ve only read about a quarter of it so far — the issue is nearly 400 pages thick! — but …