Forbidden Dragon: The BlogGall of Marlo Dianne


"Bagels and Blood", short story, in Big Pulp (February 2010)


'Clockwork Dragon' by Marlo Dianne


"Clockwork Dragon", cover art, in Tales of Moreauvia (December 2009)


"Damp", flash, in Outshine (November 2009)


"Trenchcoats or Atomic Insects?", flash, in Outshine (October 2009)


"The Wedding Feast", short story, in Big Pulp (September 2009)


"Cooville", flash, in Sonar 4 (September 2009)


"Chiaroscuro", short story, in Cinema Spec(May 2009)


"Thou Shall Not, flash, in Everyday Weirdness (April 2009)


"Board Now", flash, in Dog Oil Press (March 2009)


"Whale Bone", flash, in Necrography (March 2009)


"Beneath the Crook", poem, in Goblin Fruit (October 2008)


'Fate Machine


"Fate Machine", story illustration, for 'A Test of Fate', in Strange, Weird, and Wonderful (October 2008)


'Hands Free


"Hands Free", story illustration, for 'It's Just a Child's Toy', in Strange, Weird, and Wonderful (October 2008)


'A Delicacy' by Marlo Dianne


"A Delicacy", story illustration, for 'Eating Bugs', in Strange, Weird, and Wonderful (October 2008)


'Tasty Treat Revue' by Marlo Dianne


"Tasty Treat Revue", story illustration, for 'Wicked Wire', in Strange, Weird, and Wonderful (October 2008)


'Teef' by Marlo Dianne


"Teef", cover art, in Big Pulp (June 2008) (reprint)


"Change", short story, in Written Word (April 2008)


"Hunted", short story, in Big Pulp (April 2008)


"Very Tale", poem, in Tales of the Talisman (March 2008)


'Follow' by Marlo Dianne


"Follow", story illustration, for 'Graduation', in All Possible Worlds (October 2007)


'Pillows' by Marlo Dianne


"Pillows", story illustration, for 'Day Off', in All Possible Worlds (October 2007)


"The Monkey's Eye", poem, in Goblin Fruit (October 2007)


"Flesh", short story, in Down in the Cellar (June 2007)


"Bard's Bones", short story, in Fusion Fragment (March 2007)


'Fantastique' by Marlo Dianne


"Fantastique", story illustration, for 'High Concept', in All Possible Worlds (March 2007)


'Robo Rampage' by Marlo Dianne


"Robo Rampage", story illustration, for 'Iron Man', in All Possible Worlds (March 2007)


'Teef' by Marlo Dianne


"Teef", story illustration, for 'Whitening', in All Possible Worlds (March 2007)


"One", flash, in Tales of the Talisman (December 2006)


"Courting Hell", short story, in Forgotten Worlds (October 2006)


"Id", flash, in Raven Electrick (June 2006)


"A Breath of Power", short story, in AlienSkin (February / March 2006)


Amityville House of Pancakes


"Ahop 2 Cover", cover art, for Amityville House of Pancakes Vol.2 (September 2005)


"Gella Murphy: Public Dick", novella, in Amityville House of Pancakes Vol.2 (September 2005)


"Prick", flash, in From the Asylum (August 2005)


"Inticingly entitled, "Prick" builds more suspense and atmosphere in 200 words than some authors manage in 200 pages. The reader truely does justice to the material, using her intensely erotic voice to give the piece the ... umm... climax it so richly deserves..."
--Decker_Angelis on the audio version of "Prick"


"Another marvelous thoughtful story."
--Abyss & Apex, on "Chiaroscuro"


"...an appealing magazine to look at, with the bright, childlike simplicity and intricate detail of the cover art catching, and holding, the eye."
--Eneit on "Clockwork Dragon"


"If you couldn't tell out there, Marlo Dianne does not write formulaic crap."
--Jack Mangan, author of Spherical Tomi and host of the Deadpan


"...a good bit of fun..."
--Tangent Online, on "Courting Hell"


"...funny, superbly written and engaging... tongue-in-cheek murder mystery...The story twists and turns harder than a high Alpine road, and Gella's resolution of the mystery came out in a way I did not at all expect. Dianne's pungent writing style complements Gella's gritty narration perfectly."
--SFReader, on "Gella Murphy: Public Dick"


"I can't think of another bunch of authors I'd rather be published with. No, really; all my favorites are long dead."
--Sally Kuntz, author of "Froggie"


"Really original."
--Adrienne Jones, author of Temple of Cod and The Hoax



Saturday, May 13, 2006

Scan This

Listening to: James Blunt - Wisemen

I estimate it took me about 30 hrs, but I got both books scanned before I had to return them.

A bit of background.

There's not enough PD (public domain) Canadian works out there. I *know* we have more good classics than you can find, so...I started researching. Which eventually led to despair at my provincial library, but...as temperamental as it is, I did score at the university library. Sort of.

As an alumni, I have the right to access the library. In theory. In practice, the clerk at first gave me a blank look, and then told me I would have come back on a different day, and go to a different building to get a student ID. My alumni card apparently is only good for one blank look.

So, feeling like about ten ways a fool for the bother, I went back as prescribed, with another special trip to town to do it. I found the building and the desk I had to, and got my picture taken. It's a lovely picture, extra special because that day happened to have a wonderfully blistery rainstorm that was literally shoving me around angrily like a gothic heroine about to meet a bitter fate.

So, like every ID I've taken, I look angry. Of course, I *am* angry when I have to do stupid things for no reason, but only more like caustically annoyed. However, I get a huge laugh every time I see the pictures, because I look as if my stare caused the photographer to burst into flames. Ergo, this time I look like I'm roasting the photographer for trying to drown me.

But I got the dang ID, so I went back to the library, and now I could get my books. Except now I had to pay overdue fines. WTF? They wanted $4. For books they say were overdue back in 1998. Now, I remember the books, of course, and I know they were not late. I know that the system probably did not take a renewal, it was wonky like that, but at this point the spousal unit is becoming very anxious about the parking meter, and agrees to pay it. Argh! And then, before I can escape with any dignity, they want my email. I am not relishing the thought of library spam, especially library spam about overdue books that are not overdue, so I am trying to duck out of this, but the SU begins to pretty much agree to hand over my soul as long as we can get back to the meter RIGHT NOW. I did give over the email, but only because I figured if I didn't my flesh would be the next thing offered.

So I got my two books for three weeks, and got them G approved, and it was a near thing, but I got them scanned and checked on time. The first one was fairly easy, but the second was in much worse shape. Each page has to be scanned multiple times, and then have digital notes attached to patch up the bits that still were illegible. But I got it done! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Now I just have to proof and edit about 160,000 words into Gutenberg's plain ascii style text....And one html version, as one of the books has 100 illustrations. Then, I might record them. Or maybe only one of them. We'll see. But that's all.

Just. ;)

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They're Free. Take One. Or All:


"Despair" by H.P. Lovecraft (recorded live, 06/22/07)


Prick by Marlo Dianne (higher res single; posted 02/08/07)


Prick by Marlo Dianne (previously appeared in digital print; August 2005, From the Asylum; posted 02/08/07)


A Fruitless Assignment by Ambrose Bierce (posted 01/22/07)


Id by Marlo Dianne (higher res single; posted 01/13/07)


Star Wars in 230 Words by Byron Starr (posted 12/07/06)


Id by Marlo Dianne (previously appeared in digital print; June 2006, Raven Electrick; posted 11/30/06)


Seen by Marlo Dianne (previously unpublished; posted 10/04/06)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 1 - From the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft (04/04/06; posted 05/13)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 2 - The Plague-Daemon by H. P. Lovecraft (04/16/06; posted 05/18)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 3 - Six Shots By Moonlight by H. P. Lovecraft (05/17/06; posted 06/01)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 4 - The Scream of the Dead by H. P. Lovecraft (07/14/06; posted 07/17)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 5 - The Horror from the Shadows by H. P. Lovecraft (08/12/06; posted 08/14)


Herbert West: Reanimator - Part 6 - The Tomb-Legions by H. P. Lovecraft (10/18/06; posted 10/18)


The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (03/27/06; posted 05/02)


Books I've saved, forever free for everyone:


Mary Hartwell Catherwood - The Romance of Dollard (100%)


James De Mille - The Lily and the Cross (posted 01/27/10)


James De Mille - A Castle in Spain (posted 01/05/10)


Robert J. C. Stead - The Homesteaders (posted 04/20/09)


James De Mille - The Cryptogram (posted 03/29/09)


James De Mille - The Dodge Club (posted 10/29/08)


James De Mille - The Lady of the Ice: A Novel (posted 07/07/07)


(As a PP for DP):


Émile Faguet - Initiation into Literature (posted 07/27/03)


Stephen Hudson - War-time Silhouettes (posted 06/17/03)


Ezra Pound - Certain Noble Plays of Japan (posted 06/14/03)


Elias Johnson - Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians (posted 06/08/03)


Magnus Gustaf Mittag-Leffler - Niels Henrik Abel (posted 05/19/03)


+474 pages for DP (from April - July 2003)


September 22 2005 - September 14 2013


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