Ballard on the Beam
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Our copyeditor was looking green about the gills the other day. At first we thought it was because he had inadvertently read something published af...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Correcting Proof
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Some of the meticulous work that has gone into SHAGDUK, by JB Jackson
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              The Wells of Ur, now available!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Looking at our ad, I realize that Chicago Inferior (our proofreading service) was so responsive and excellent we're able to bring out the second vo...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              They're coming back! Tomorrow!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Well, actually today. Right now. But if you want to save 30% on the pocket or e-book edition wait until tomorrow. (Check out using the code OPTIMOA...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Wells of Ur Press Proofs Arrive!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                You get a certain feeling going over a press proof. A kind of creeping feeling of things left undone. And then you push through and actually read, ...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
            
              Where do stories come from?
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Deep play. Shared culture. All of these are part of the answer. Deviation from tropes. Re-hearing. Misreading. Sheer invention. Pilum author Jon Mo...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Nick Cole to write the introduction to THE WELLS OF UR!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                Hell yes, we're going to stop the presses to tip in extra pages. Nick Cole, if you've been living under a rock, has done more for independent genre...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Alexander Palacio on THE WELLS OF UR!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                 
"Sublime! The Wells of Ur offers glimpses beyond the veils of time and sand into the heart of great mysteries. This playful collection reads easi...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Fenton Wood on THE WELLS OF UR!
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                "Another strange, cryptic, and  sometimes baffling anthology by Pilum Press. It will leave you  reeling, your head filled with baroque visions of the past and future." 
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              There's two kinds of people in this world...
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                
Those who can spell Schuyler Hernstrom and the rest of us. So, let's just put our shovels down and click here.
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
            
              Death, Tamed
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                
The May 7, 1967 crash of Lorenzo Bandini at the Monaco Grand Prix. The crash that led to his death on May 10,1967. Car passing driven by Chris Amo...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
            
              The Placenta of the Crisis
             
           
          
            
              by Neal Durando 
            
            
            
              
                
Chart from Geoffrey Parker’s Global Crisis: war, climate change, & catastrophe in the seventeenth century.
During the height of the Thirty Yea...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
     
   
 
     
    
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