Tuesday, November 02, 2010
La Ronde, part 5
The View from the Blue House: "Here is Part 5 of the La Ronde being run by Patti Abbott. We left Part 4 with India Hamilton, wife of James Preston, framing his PA, Jeanette Campbell, for his murder. Here, we find India contemplating her actions and future. Parts 1-4 can be accessed here."
No Comment Department
Caine, Winstone, Jones, Depardieu and Jacobi set for sci-fi Henry V | Hollywood News: "Production Weekly are reporting that Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Vinnie Jones, Gerard Depardieu and Derek Jacobi have been cast in HENRY5, a sci-fi thriller based on Shakespeare’s Henry V."
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Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Suit centers on silhouette cowboy: "BOERNE — A Comfort photographer is suing the state over roughly 4.5 million vehicle inspection stickers that appear to incorporate, without his authorization, an image of a saddle-toting cowboy he created in 1984.
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The stickers were produced by state prison inmates under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice contract with the DPS. Both agencies, which are named as defendants, declined comment Friday.
The suit says Langford's photo was illegally appropriated by an inmate who scanned it from a copy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine in 1998."
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The stickers were produced by state prison inmates under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice contract with the DPS. Both agencies, which are named as defendants, declined comment Friday.
The suit says Langford's photo was illegally appropriated by an inmate who scanned it from a copy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine in 1998."
And Stay off Her Damn Lawn!
Semenovich bought incinerator to burn husband: witness: "EDMONTON — A 74-year-old woman accused of killing her husband and disposing of his remains in an incinerator told a combustion expert months before the body was found that she wanted an incinerator in which to burn her husband."
Here's the Plot for Your Next Confusing Thriller
Cross-dress 'killer' having sex change | The Sun |News: "A PERSON accused of murdering a cross-dressing human rights lawyer is a man undergoing a sex change, it was revealed today."
Here's the Plot for Your Next Kidnap Thriller
Tortured Scot on the mend after having body parts severed during kidnap ordeal - The Daily Record: "TORTURED Scot James Ross has told pals he is on the mend and desperate for a pint after his 13-day ordeal in Portugal.
Ross, 26, is understood to have had a testicle, his wedding finger, an ear and two toes sliced off by his kidnappers."
Ross, 26, is understood to have had a testicle, his wedding finger, an ear and two toes sliced off by his kidnappers."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Texas Supreme Court Cites The Wisdom Of Spock On Star Trek | Techdirt: "NSILMike points us to an amusing bit of news concerning a recent ruling in the Texas Supreme Court, where the court cited Star Trek's Spock (though, it's mostly hidden in a footnote)."
For the footnote, click the link.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Unpublished Authors, Take Note
The kind of story you'd have to write is explained at the link.
Let me repeat, I'm looking for submissions from UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS. For my purposes here, I mean that you have not previously sold a short story (or novel) in a professional paying market, as defined by SFWA."
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