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World Fantasy Award Nominations Now Open

John R. Fultz — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:44:34 +0000

World Fantasy Award Nominations are open until May 31st.

YOU can vote if you attended WFC in 2011, 2012,
or are registered for WFC 2013.

SEVEN PRINCES is eligible for nomination in the Novel category.

Please vote!!! The ballot is right here:
http://www.wfc2013.org/wfballot01.html

Vireon vs. the Sea Serpent

John R. Fultz — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:51:43 +0000

Click for much larger version

This is soooo cool…

Back when the great Richard Anderson was submitting ideas to Orbit for the cover of SEVEN PRINCES, he did an illustration inspired by a specific scene from the book. It’s from Chapter 23: On the Cryptic Sea, wherein Prince Vireon battles a colossal Sea Serpent, a deed that earns him the title “Vireon the Slayer.”

Until now I had only seen the rough “thumbnail” of this piece, but Rich recently posted the finished version on his flaptraps art blog. I couldn’t resist posting it here as well. Rich’s covers have received universal praise, and his SEVEN PRINCES cover even made the most recent edition of SPECTRUM.

“Assassins of Youth”

John R. Fultz — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:18 +0000

This bone-crushing tune from Wayne Static is my latest obsession.

Play it LOUD, or skip it altogether.

We Miss You, Frank

John R. Fultz — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:44:57 +0000

Essential Truths V

John R. Fultz — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:32:07 +0000

“The brain is an observation deck for the universe to look at itself.”
–Deepak Chopra

Essential Truths IV

John R. Fultz — Sat, 04 May 2013 02:37:23 +0000

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
–Buddha

Essential Truths III

John R. Fultz — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:19:41 +0000

“Mastery of the world is achieved by letting things take their natural course.
If you interfere with the way of Nature, you can never master the world.”
— Lao Tzu

Essential Truths II

John R. Fultz — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:00:05 +0000

“Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.”
— Blackfoot Proverb

Essential Truths I

John R. Fultz — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:59:41 +0000

“All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration…we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively…there is no such thing as death…
life is only a dream…and we are the imagination of ourselves.”
–Bill Hicks

New BLACK SABBATH – “God Is Dead?”

John R. Fultz — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:08:11 +0000

The original lineup of the mighty BLACK SABBATH has recorded a new album (well, all except the original drummer who has been replaced by Brad Wilk from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!) with one of rocks’ greatest producers, Rick Rubin.

Today the revitalized Sabbath released their first new single “God is Dead?” — and Holy Thor is it EPIC! Nearly nine minutes of dark doom and soul-searching phantasmagoria, with all the sludgy brilliance you’d except from the Grandfathers of Heavy Metal.

Crank it up.