Tag: Ray Bradbury
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How Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles” Changed Science Fiction (and Literature)
What has this man from Illinois done, I ask myself when closing the pages of his book, that episodes from the conquest of another planet fill me with horror and loneliness? ~ Argentinean author Jorge Luis Borges in the introduction to the Spanish-language translation of The Martian Chronicles. In 1950, precisely halfway through a century…
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Bradbury Essay Takes Runner-Up in International Essay Competition
Thresholds, home of the international short story forum, has announced that my essay “The Radical Horror and Loneliness of The Martian Chronicles” has taken runner-up in the Thresholds International Short Fiction Feature Writing Competition! The judges noted that the essay was: “A lucid and fresh discussion of the groundbreaking work of Ray Bradbury. It’s reminder of a story’s…
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The October Country: Oct. 28th: “The Man Upstairs” by Ray Bradbury
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. The October Country …that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country…
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The October Country: Oct. 1st: “The Jar” by Ray Bradbury
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. There is no criteria other than my own humble opinion of which stories belong in what…
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All In a Name: Best Short Story Titles
When I was teaching 6th grade, we used to have a weekly Top 10 List. The list could be anything: Top 10 Movies, Top 10 Hairdos From the 60’s, Top 10 Tricks to Play on Your Sister. One week I put together a list of the Top 10 Titles From Ray Bradbury Short Stories. We’d…
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