Short Fiction Dept.It’s been a couple of years since my last short story sale (to DoubleThink). And even longer since I sold a science fiction short story. This one is called Venus Theotókos.

Well, as Grace Kelly once said (in To Catch a Thief), “That’s Warm, Friendly France for you!“ Houellebecq, France’s most controversial modern writer, was hailed as the defining voice of nihilism after his novel Atomised 10 years ago. But he now compares the chattering classes’ hatred towards him to Nazism. He says his relationship with… Continue reading

Slightly new look to the web site and blog. In addition to an official Farrellmedia logo with which I can now brand the hell out of everything I post, I’m also shifting the delivery of all our online video segments to Brightcove’s CDN and Media Player, which I think is the best thing since sliced… Continue reading

Talk about a guy with a Napoleon complex. Sheesh.(Real Life: Better than any Parody.)

The Sox upend the Angels again. Here’s the LA Times: They are the Atlanta Braves for a new generation, an unhappy label not easily removed. This was their chance to stake their claim as an elite franchise, maybe their best chance, maybe the last chance before Teixeira and Francisco Rodriguez cash in this winter. “You… Continue reading