Issue of August 13, 2012
7 articles in this issue.
Chris Cleave brings his flawed and struggling characters together at the Olympics speed cycling event in his latest novel, "Gold."
Naomi the Cashier receives an introduction to the powers that be: Militant Shoppers!
Ron Singer (b. 1941) lives in New York with his wife, the painter, Elizabeth Yamin, After having taught for 44 years, in 2008 Singer became a full-time writer. He has written librettos for two operas and published three books and numerous poems, stories, and articles about Africa. Recently, he completed three trips to various corners of that continent to interview pro-democracy activists for a forthcoming book, Uhuru Revisited (Africa World Press/Red Sea Press, 2013).
Promising themselves a reward of ten pounds of popcorn, Sand and Bernie trundle off to see the remake of the Schwarzenegger film "Total Recall," this time starring Colin Farrell.
It was almost like a movie -- "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" would have made a great title, but the fact is, there just wasn't anything "Good" about it...
Aha, so there is something that the Vampire Council's toady actually does fear ...