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Fighting Sexism With Sexism in the Horror Genre?
The British Fantasy Society has recently taken criticism because their new collection of 16 interviews with horror authors failed to include any women. It’s pointed out that there are “a lot” of women who write horror, and of course, Mary Shelley’s name comes up. On the surface it does appear to be blatant sexism. But…
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Better To Burn Out…
Man, all these celebrities are dying lately. I wonder why it seems like there really are a bunch of high-profile deaths lately. I suppose one explanation is that the celebrities that most people currently care about were born approximately one lifetime ago. Or maybe it’s just that other celebrity deaths are being sucked into the…
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The Will of Willow
There are people who say that creativity is an exclusively human trait. These people are wrong. Take my dog, Willow. In the morning, when she sees that I’m starting to wake up, she wants me to get out of bed as quickly as possible so she can go for her morning walk and pee. She…

I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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