Christmas 2019
I will share my thoughts on Star Wars and The Rise of Skywalker soon, but first here is the obligatory Christmas post for 2019. Else, my department store mannequin is looking out of the window, waiting...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2020
First of all, a happy new year to everybody who reads my blog! May 2020 bring you health, happiness and success! A potted four-leaf clover and a selection of good luck charm figurines wish you a happy,...
View ArticleStar Trek Picard visits “Nepenthe” and catches up with some old friends
Yes, I know this is late, but I wanted to review as many 1945 Retro Hugo eligible stories as possible before the Hugo and Retro Hugo nominations close on Friday. But welcome anyway to my latest episode...
View ArticleSchrödinger’s Hugo Finalist – and Some Birthday Stuff
Hugo finalists are not exactly common in Germany (I think there are only three German Hugo finalists altogether and none of them live in North Germany). And so, I was interviewed/profiled by both local...
View ArticleFirst Monday Free Fiction: Kitchen Witch
Welcome to the May 2020 edition of First Monday Free Fiction. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on every first...
View ArticleThe 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. Also Camestros Felapton is currently...
View ArticleThe Obligatory Christmas Post 2020
Yes, I know that Christmas has been over for four days now, but I was pretty busy with a large translation job, so here is the somewhat belated obligatory 2020 Christmas post. In spite of the pandemic,...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2021
First of all, a happy new year to everybody who reads my blog! May 2021 be better than 2020 and bring you health, happiness and success! If you want to know what I’ve been up to in 2020, here is a...
View ArticleCora Goes to Flights of Foundry
I promise you that the detailed analysis of the 2021 Hugo finalists is coming, but for now I want to focus on a completely different convention. Because this weekend, April 17 and 18, 2021, I will be...
View ArticleCora’s Adventures at Flights of Foundry, the Obligatory 2021 Birthday Post...
Life has been busy this last week, so here is an overview post about several of the things that happened in the meantime. As you may recall, I took part in the virtual 2021 Flights of Foundry...
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