Another link masquerading as actual content

I'm still neck-deep in audio files, but fortunately I have another guest item on another blog, answering three questions for Maggie Slater about "The Afflicted," which is the first story in the upcoming anthology Zombies: More Recent Dead as well as being in Irregular Verbs. Maggie kindly says "There’s a definite reason Johnson’s story was chosen to kick off the collection."









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Guest blog up at Novelocity: What fictional creature would you most like as a pet?

 
 
 
 
No time for a Spoiler Space this week because I've been in the recording studio (don't worry, I'm not starting a singing career; I'm recording audio for an educational computer game we're doing at the day job.) Luckily, my guest blog at Novelocity has been posted: I'm in fine company among Leslie Williams, Lawrence M. Schoen, Beth Cato, Ken Liu, Steve Bein, Fran Wilde, Tina Connolly and Michael R. Underwood as we all talk about what fictional animal we'd most like to have as a pet (hint: I get to use the phrase "two tons of psychic warmoose.")






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Guest blogs roundup, with bonus icebergs

In case you missed them, here are the guest blogs I did this week about Irregular Verbs and Other Stories:

The Big Idea: Matthew Johnson, in which I talk about the big ideas behind the stories in the collection -- and all the little ideas too.

My Favorite Bit: Matthew Johnson Talks About Irregular Verbs and Other Stories, where I talk about how my favourite parts of the collection are those I didn't write, and also icebergs.

The Scariest Part: Matthew Johnson Talks About Irregular Verbs and Other Stories, in which I blame my son for making me write the scariest story in the book.

The Story Behind Irregular Verbs and Other Stories, in which I explain why I write spec fic and why writing is about finding out who hurts the most.


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Top Feast

Not actually a duck

This was actually published a little while ago, but I just found it the other day and thought I would share it at a time when my American friends are getting ready to stuff themselves silly: blogger Robin Shantz listed my story "Closing Time" as #2 in his "Top 5 Feasts of SF," just behind -- well, click the link to find out.

The image above, by the way, is the famous Pepper "Duck" from Chu Chai in Montreal, which inspired one of the recipes in "Closing Time." For another story of mine that was inspired by a visit to a restaurant, you can click here.