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BULL SPEC is available at two new places.
Posted on 2010-04-08 at 17:24 by montsamu
The first is at the Chapel Hill location of Ultimate Comics, where I finally met owner Alan Gill and learned about as much as I could have hoped about the local comics scene. (For example, did you know that Cowboy Ninja Viking features an Ultimate Comics cameo? I didn't.)
The second is at the Durham County Library's Main Branch. Don't look for it in the periodicals section, instead head upstairs to the North Carolina Collection and look for the periodicals section. As a kid who grew up loving books and my
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A truly "diabolical" contest.
Posted on 2010-04-08 at 11:00 by montsamu
The writing blog Diabolical Plots is having a little contest to celebrate its hit counter rolling into five digits, and what better way to celebrate fun base-10-centric milestones than with a giveaway? So I sent David Steffen an extra copy of Bull Spec #1 to give away.
But there's a catch. Both Diabolical Plots and Bull Spec like to do interviews, and are asking you to give an idea of somebody in speculative fiction to interview. For the full details check out the Diabolical Plots post on the contest, and
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Well, that's neat. BULL SPEC #1 is "very cool."
Posted on 2010-04-06 at 16:25 by montsamu
In "Bull Spec" On Target for Speculative Fiction, Suvudu blogger (among many other things) Matt Staggs says the magazine is "very cool." That's very cool of him. Not as cool as this picture of him:
But pretty darned cool. Also "sharp-looking and smart." That goes for Matt, too.
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More stores, nearer you. And starting to spill the beans on BULL SPEC #2 content. And other random assortments.
Posted on 2010-04-03 at 03:48 by montsamu
First, some store updates. BULL SPEC #1 found a home in two more area stores today, bringing the total to 10. Thanks to All Fun & Games in Apex and the wonderful, amazing, beautiful shrine to books that is Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. That place... well, I hadn't been there yet and they just jumped in line for where I'd like to do an event.
More store updates? Let's. Talks have been going very well with some very supportive folks: managers of the Raleigh-Durham area Barnes & Noble stores. Fingers crossed
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Mail troubles.
Posted on 2010-03-30 at 15:30 by montsamu
Due to ongoing issues receiving e-mail directed @bullspec.com addresses (including missed submissions without any failure message to the recipient!), I've changed to a new mail host. There will likely be some transition period while different DNS servers update, and I apologize to folks who have been impacted by this. Hopefully it will be sorted out for the better as soon as possible.
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There will be snacks!
Posted on 2010-03-23 at 14:55 by montsamu
As I mentioned over on BULL SPEC's Facebook page there will be a serious array of desserts at the launch party, thanks to the lovely and talented (and infinitely patient) Mrs. BULL SPEC. She saw a blog post on Will Gwaltny's Writing for Sanity which hoped "wishfully" that there would be food, and decided to make it so, to the tune of: brownies, lemon bars, rice krispy treats, cupcakes, sugar cookies, and, for the health-conscious among such a prodigious proliferation of pastries, a fruit salad.
So don't miss
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Some photos!
Posted on 2010-03-19 at 16:03 by montsamu
Over a hastily constructed and eaten sandwich for lunch, some photos posted onto the Bull Spec Facebook photo page:
Going from proofing the first issue:
To receiving the first shipment:
To finding it in the store:
I didn't take a single photo when delivering copies to stores or the large stack of outgoing mail... next time! And all current orders have either been mailed or delivered. Somebody fix that for me, eh?
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Available at a store near you: and getting nearer!
Posted on 2010-03-17 at 23:43 by montsamu
By Monday, Durham (The Regulator Bookshop, Sci-Fi Genre Comics & Games) and Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill Comics, Internationalist Books) had their first stack of copies in stock. Tuesday saw Raleigh get some BULL SPEC #1 love at Quail Ridge Books & Music.
If that wasn't close enough for your tastes, today, two more stores joined the BULL SPEC fold! Foundation's Edge on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh and Storytellers Book Store in Wake Forest both took their first shipment as well.
All pre-orders have been mailed
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Shipping. Blurbage. Submissions status. Or: "It's compressive, intelligent, and enlightening." And open!
Posted on 2010-03-15 at 16:35 by montsamu
Well, I've printed a holiday greeting cards list number of shipping labels... but no UPS truck in sight. So a quick update on two topics.
Blurbage! From Tim Deal of Shroud Publishing, on my interview of D. Harlan Wilson:
"It's compressive, intelligent, and enlightening."That's fun stuff right there. So, on to point number two:
Submissions status! I've been unofficially open since early February, and might as well just call it official. While the guidelines are a touch out of date (now that I'm printing Read more...
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BULL SPEC #1 Launch Party: Tuesday 23 March at 7 PM at The Regulator Bookshop
Posted on 2010-03-11 at 18:15 by montsamu
You are (well, everybody is!) cordially/enthusiastically invited to the BULL SPEC #1 launch party on Tuesday the 23rd of March at 7 PM! The host will be Durham's The Regulator Bookshop on 9th Street. (720 Ninth Street to be exact.) So come in, come downstairs, meet and greet some of the authors and other folks involved with not just the first issue but the rest of Bull Spec -- translators, narrators, editors, helpers, etc.
No cost to attend (of course! that would be weird...) though, also of course, there
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