The old poster, "Let's All Go to the Lobby and Get Ourselves a Snack." with popcorn, a hotdog, a popsicle and a drink marching from right to left.The Tony Awards included some speculative plays this year.

Last Thursday was the anniversary of the drive-in movie theater. Here is a nice article about the first drive-in.

Two small-press bankruptcies made the news this week—bad news for writers and readers. Unbound and Albert Whitman and Co have both had financial troubles in the past, and both leave many writers unpaid.

Thanks to File 770 for the link to this long article discussing 100 years of film “stunts.” Some are way more dangerous and convoluted than mere “stunts;” some are classics (Buster Keaton!); at least one is just a sad story about the industry’s indifference to human life.

Reactor shares the Jersey Devil’s moment in the sun, with a book of poetry, a stage play and a comic book all celebrating the New Jersey cryptid. (And also, not to be picky, isn’t the plural of medium, “media?”)

Last year NPR interviewed the two leads of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy. The show doesn’t impress me but these two actors, Olivia Williams and Emily Watson did—and the interview has some very funny moments!

Here is an interesting interview about the costume designer for the same show. The costumes also impress me.

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    Marion Deeds, with us since March, 2011, is the author of the fantasy novella ALUMINUM LEAVES. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies BEYOND THE STARS, THE WAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, STRANGE CALIFORNIA, and in Podcastle, The Noyo River Review, Daily Science Fiction and Flash Fiction Online. She’s retired from 35 years in county government, and spends some of her free time volunteering at a second-hand bookstore in her home town.

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