Well, first the good news. Peter Straub has selected "The Long Hall on the Top Floor" for Fantastic Tales: American Stories of Terror and the Uncanny, which he's editing for the Library of America. The volume is due out in October 2009. I count this, with the reprint of "In the Water Works (1889)" i...

Due to a formatting error discovered at the last minute, and requiring production of a second PDF, Sirenia Digest #39 only just went out to subscribers, about five minutes ago (though, by the time I finish this entry, it'll be more like 45 minutes ago). Again, my apologies on the lateness of this is...

A rather remarkable 1,885 words yesterday on "The Bone's Prayer," for Sirenia Digest #39. Though, I will admit, a bit of that was me discovering that the "sea's daughter" fragment I posted here a couple of days back fit into a dream sequence. I'll finish the story today. Also, I have to reformat The...

get some sleep. This is gonna screw up my sleeping for work again, but I need to get a 10 hour nap. A long, 10 hour nap. A long sleep. I'm exhausted. I hate the convenience store job and want a different job as soon as possible. I'm applying to everything on line that I can find. I need to find some...

It may seem like the first day of the week, but really it is only another moment in time, and time is a man-made concept. I need a nap. I'm still bordering on the insane, but also so deeply bitter that any moments spent awake are emotionally painful. I've got to go to work at 10 PM tonight only unti...

Filed under: Aftermarket, Etc., Humor BRRRAAAAP! It's music to the ears of a subset of car nuts. Noisy exhaust setups are hardly a new phenomenon, but the fashion for mufflers that intentionally buzz as much as possible is a more recent development in the pantheon of annoying things others do. Exasp...

Mood swings are a part of life with some mood disorders like bipolar disorder and cyclothymia. Moods go to extremes, either really happy and energetic or really low and depressed. This is a tough way to live because it takes so much energy. Here’s one way to imagine what it’s like to phy...

As a drab-faced woman whose only job is to go and play music at sweaty bellends for two hours at a time, Samantha Ronson knows about graft. We know this because we once attended Samantha Ronson’s productivity seminar Shut Up Coal Miners: I Work Much Harder Than Any Of You Idiots. True, we only...

If an infant is having lower intestinal pains and possibly a bloated stomach causing continual crying then they could well have Intestinal colic. With intestinal colic, abdominal gas becomes trapped in the belly, causing severe irritation to the infant. The intensity can vary from baby to baby. Coli...

According to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, burnout is defined as “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration.” Many people experience burnout because of their careers. High stress positions, staff...