My week 3 Clarion story has just been published at Fantasy Magazine.
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/11/reading-by-numbers/
My first SFWA-level fiction sale. Very happy.
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Mussolini’s ‘brain and blood for sale on internet’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8371171.stm
Darwin photo competition winners
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8364761.stm
Heavy Metal Monk Quits Rocks
http://media.smh.com.au/world/world-news/the-metal-monk-quits-rock-860243.html
The Metal Monk at the height of his powers
Sounds like an urban legend, but the BBC thinks it’s true.
‘Fat for cosmetics’ murder suspects arrested in Peru
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8369674.stm
The Best Science Fiction Titles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/nov/19/best-science-fiction-titles
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Over 4 million dominos get knocked down.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/11/14/2742951.htm
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A fun chart of collective nouns for supernatural beasties.
A flurry of yeti, A lunacy of werewolves…
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A story I co-wrote many years ago with Colin Jacobs has now been turned into an audio version.
You can listen at
http://dunesteef.com/2009/11/08/page-40-working-holiday-by-aidan-doyle-and-colin-jacobs/
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Your chance to remake Star Wars (well, 15 seconds of it at least). 
Interview with the guy who set the project up.
http://biginterview.org/post/220835534/casey-pugh-may-the-crowd-force-be-with-you
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This week’s Oddbox from the BBC features a clip of David Tennant and Russell T. Davies.
Plus the world’s largest time warp.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_8345000/8345771.stm
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I miss living in Japan.
Via Gizmodo.com
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A couple of fun articles on the Guardian about how scary books and movies for children should be.
Maurice Sendak tells parents worried by Wild Things to 'go to hell'
Do you know what today's kids need? Thumb amputation, that's what
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A writer that got themselves banned by Fantasy Magazine.
http://oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com/281662.html
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No surprises. Japan is#1 and Australia doesn’t make the top 20.
http://www.joshuazimmerman.com/blog/?p=3674
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Amazing BBC footage of whales battling.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8318000/8318182.stm
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A useful roundup of the best online genre magazines.
http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2009/10/online-genre-magazines.html
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A look at how statistics can sometimes be misleading.
http://anilmenon.com/blog/2009/10/simpsons-paradox-in-the-slush-pile.html
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Microscopic Photographs
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/878275/insect-world-revealed-in-extreme-close-up
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Jeff VanderMeer’s Booklife is now on sale.
I’ve read lots of books about writing and this is one of the best I’ve read.
It has great tips and advice for the personal and professional sides of a writer’s life.
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A contest to design your own Simpsons character. (Only open to US residents. D’oh!)
Ends Oct 28 2009
http://thesimpsons.com/character/
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