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



Friday, November 03, 2006

Reading: Dexter, Doggies, and the Penguin

Listening: Coldplay - "In My Place"
Reading: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Watching: The Daily Show
Writing: novel draft
Drinking: mint green tea


From my library--


Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay:

I absolutely love the premise of this, which I heard of from Bell Magazine, which was profiling the new tv series based on this book.

The idea of a brilliant blood spatter expert who everyone loves and who just happens, on his off hours, to be a serial killer...alright, little bit interesting. But it's all okay, because of Harry's Rules, the rules set up by his cop father, mean he can only kill--and very carefully--Very Bad Men, guys who ducked the system to, say, rape and kill children. Now, the premise is getting kind of awesome.

The prose of the book itself is not quite as solid, in some places it drags and drags, and overall, you have to rate it mediocre. However, the tone of Dexter is often fun when its really allowed to shine, both with his humour and his turns of phrase. It's at his best in those moments when Dexter cannot understand humans, which, really, none of us can, but Dexter thinks he *should* be able to and *wants* to be able to, and it's his unique voice that brings this above what could have been tossed as just another bland serial killer story.

I enjoyed being with Dexter enough that I went and looked for the second book at the bookstore--and I bought that mother in trade paperback.

Oh, and for the record, the tv series is a step down from the book. They changed a lot of things, for who knows what bizarre reasons, and made it even weaker. Although the guy who plays Dexter does it pretty good job.


Online Press:

I do a lot of my reading online. Almost all, honestly. Because I need to read, and online is current, free, interactive, and doesn't waste paper.

Over the years I've followed various forums and blogs, basically anything I stumbled across with information or an interesting voice. You can find the ones I have a longterm compulsive Feed for over on the Roll, at least the ones that have a useful RSS. Except for Ralan, who really needs a RSS (and also a search and sort)...

But I also read some magazines online, here and there, when a story catches me. It's a mixed bag, like all stories. Sometimes it's disappointing, sometimes revolting, and sometimes it's worth mentioning, so...

Little Doggies by Frank Minogue

Desert Penguin Blues by Laura Sanger Kelly

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Online Portfolio: Small samples of my art.


Forbidden Dragon: Very small online print gallery.



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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