Blindsided

Fortunately, the rains have abated and the floodwaters downtown have receded for the most part, though I expect there are some people still mopping up and drying out. The ground is saturated, so any more water was just going to sit on the surface and flow, so it’s a good thing that we don’t seem inclined to get much more for now.

Horror Fiction News named this Live Journal feed of the week! You just never know who’s out there paying attention. Even more of a surprise, and a highly flattering one at that, Steve Vernon interviewed Tom Monteleone (Borderlands) for Hellnotes, and in answer to the question “What horror writers should hungry readers be looking for over the next five years?” Il Padrone (as we know him) said, “Tim Waggoner. Scott Nicholson. Harry Shannon. Brian Keene. Geoff Cooper. Joe Hill. Bell Wilson. Holly Newstein. Kealan Burke. Mike Canfield. Bill Gauthier. Bev Vincent.” Wow. Didn’t see that coming. Simply wow. That’s a mighty fine lineup to be mentioned with.

I’m still waiting for my last Doctor Who episodes to arrive, so I decided to pop in the tape of The Five Doctors that came as a companion to The King’s Demons. This is the refurbished, cleaned-up, spiffy reissue of the episode—I’ve only watched the original incarnation in the past. The time scoop special effects are nicer than the original rotating triangle in the sky. I’ve only watched the first half so far, but it’s definitely a cleaner, crisper presentation. Course, that could be because our other tape is 15 years old!