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Posted on 2010-08-06 at 02:47 by montsamu

I already mentioned that David Halperin is stopping by; if you missed him today there's still Friday (11a-1p, 2-3p) and Saturday (2-4p) to chat about Journal of a UFO Investigator. Well, though I still don't know when a few other folks will be coming by in concrete terms, I'm really pleased to invite folks to come by Saturday from 1-3p to talk with local author Clay Griffith, whose book (along with wife Susan) The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire Book 1 is forthcoming from Pyr (November):

In the year 1870, a

Posted in nasfic

Treats. Let me tempt you with them.

Posted on 2010-08-04 at 14:41 by montsamu

So: if a panel of John Kessel, Natania Barron, Gwendolyn Clare, and Paul Celmer can't tempt you to come out to the Bull Spec #2 launch party at Quail Ridge Books tonight, maybe these will. Mrs. Bull Spec has once again brought out the big guns:

Three (count 'em, three!) varietals of rice crispy treats. Sure, there's your standard (in this case, a little more on the gooey side) 'plain':

And then it gets a little more interesting, with M&Ms and Reese's Pieces:

And then something really cool, coconut raisin

Posted in events

Scheduled and scheduling.

Posted on 2010-08-03 at 01:57 by montsamu

First, some upcoming things which didn't make Issue #2's "Happenings" which I've recently learned about:

I had local author John Claude Bemis' The Wolf Tree in Happenings, but not the book's launch party at Purple Crow Books in Hillsborough on August 28
Brandon Sanderson is reading and signing from Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive, Vol. 1 at Quail Ridge Books on September 7 at 7:30 PM
William Gibson (!!!) is bringing his Zero History tour to Duke University on September 21 at 7:00 PM

Second, and on the

Posted in announcements, happenings, reconstruction

Two days until the issue #2 party at Quail Ridge Books! (New Flyer.)

Posted on 2010-08-02 at 16:03 by montsamu

There's a new new flyer to post around if folks are up for it. Just two days until the issue #2 party at Quail Ridge Books on Wednesday and there's a few places I haven't been able to get to:

Raleigh:

NCSU campus
Hillsborough Street (done: Nice Price Books to Schoolkids Records) (need: Schoolkids down to the Morgan split)
Glenwood South
Moore Square
City Market
Cameron Village
Five Points
Downtown

Durham:

Downtown
Brightleaf Square
Done: Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd (Guglhupf to University Drive)
Duke East Campus
Done: 9th

Posted in help

The ReConStruction/NASFiC programming schedule is out!

Posted on 2010-07-30 at 01:09 by montsamu

There is some great programming, from steampunk to podcasting and all manner of things between. Behold! The ReConStruction/NASFiC program schedule is out! And paired with the daily membership rates, those folks who have waited to get their plans (and memberships) together can start to figure things out.

(And don't forget, if you're either already in town or coming into town a day early, Wednesday August 4th, come to the 7:30 Bull Spec #2 party at Quail Ridge Books!)

And there's some fun things to talk about

Posted in announcements

Expanding the territory.

Posted on 2010-07-28 at 14:40 by montsamu

Well, issue #2 has a new store carrying Bull Spec, Barnes & Noble's Durham "New Hope Commons" location. (For all locations, click here!) It's way back and the bottom in the newsstand, to the left of "The Paris Review" and to the right of "F&SF". And I'm making another pitch to Greenville and Burlington this week. Wish me luck!

Posted in store-announcements

Another UK shipping sale!

Posted on 2010-07-27 at 21:05 by montsamu

Well, putting together a UK shipment with a local reshipper, and this time I'm going to give folks a bit more time to get in on things. Until Monday morning EST (Update: extended to Wednesday, August 4th!), UK folks can order Bull Spec #1 and/or Bull Spec #2 and select "US Shipping". I'm not ready to commit to better subscription shipping rates yet, but I think I'm getting closer. (Sorry Australia, I haven't strong armed a friend/acquaintance into being a reshipper there, yet.)

Also: shipping is marginally

Posted in announcements

Truth in submissions; getting help; making progress; more stores.

Posted on 2010-07-27 at 00:34 by montsamu

OK. I do have some stories as old as November that I've been holding onto; I'm going to grow up "real soon now" and let those folks know one way or the other. Back when I opened, I expected a few submissions, and to publish one story a quarter, and threw out a guesstimate of responding within 30 days. I'm far, far from doing that; 60 days is probably closer to the median, 90 days not incredibly uncommon before I drop all the other things I need to do and keep things from rolling over to 100 for too many

Posted in announcements, job-postings

Issue #3 original fiction is set.

Posted on 2010-07-25 at 12:00 by montsamu

Though it's still 2 months away, issue #3's original fiction is set: 5 stories, from Katherine Sparrow, David Steffen, Lavie Tidhar, Melinda Dansky, and Denali Hyatt.

Again hearkening back to "the kind of story I opened Bull Spec to publish" (a happy, lucky theme for me) is Katherine Sparrow's 4600-word "Like Parchment in the Fire." A very hard to categorize story, the author offered that it "has a radical alternative history vibe." Definitely. A story which brings 17th century Britain's "True Levelers" to

Posted in announcements

Another round of fun things.

Posted on 2010-07-22 at 23:37 by montsamu

First off: I know I have some queries to answer and stories to read. (I also have some stores to invoice and need to figure out how to deposit checks made out to "Bull Spec." Those are good problems to have, though!) But here's a quick 3-step of fun:

The audio download for the WUNC "The State of Things" show on Bull Spec and local speculative fiction is available here. So if you missed it, check it out! It was fun, John Kessel was amazing, Richard Dansky had some great answers, and contributors Natania

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