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News October 27, 2019

AMAZING NEWS: 10-27-19 : PRE-HALLOWEEN EDITION

Wow! weirdness and light this week in the news: plastic army women, Einstein up-ended, bra makers made spacesuits and if that isn’t weird enough, Cthulhu is picking a fight with Stephen King! Read on!

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Uncategorized September 5, 2019

Amazing Stories Fall 2019 Issue (the 1st Anniversary issue) Needs a Second Printing

We’re going into a second printing for our fifth issue!

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Review November 11, 2014

Review: The Memory Hunter by Jon Konrath

What brought me back to science fiction was the work of cyberpunk writers such as Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling and, yes, William Gibson.

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Uncategorized October 2, 2014

Entrevista con Scott Lynch, Autor Nominado al World Fantasy Award

An interview with World Fantasy Award nominee Scott Lynch

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Science Fiction March 20, 2014

Ciencia Ficción y Cultura Libre

Luis Cermeno examines the benefits and the conflicts that occur when science fiction publishing meets the creative commons.

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The Princess Bride: Is this a Kissing Book?
Fantasy February 28, 2013

Crossroads: Is this a Kissing Book? SFF’s Relationship with Romance

Whenever I think of speculative fiction’s relationship to romance, I am always reminded of that scene in The Princess Bride where Fred Savage’s character interrupts his grandpa and – voice dripping with scorn – asks: […]

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Chris Gerwel
Chris Gerwel

Chris Gerwel is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Raised in New Jersey, he spent ten years in Central & Eastern Europe in the market research industry, and today when he isn’t reading or writing speculative fiction, he works in the software industry. He lives in northern NJ, with a beautiful wife and a rambunctious puppy, and also writes the weekly blog The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin.

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