Attack of the Killer Sock Puppets
This month’s issue of the Internet Review of Science Fiction includes my article about Clarion South. Attack of the Killer Sock Puppets: Six Weeks at Clarion South http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10551
Who Would Have Thought Collecting Severed Heads Would Be So Difficult?
From Warriors of Medieval Japan by Stephen Turnbull Head collecting is a tradition found throughout samurai history… When a battle was won, the taking, recording and presentation of these ghastly trophies was as systematic and as thorough as the battlefield …
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Hidden Statues
From Lost Japan by Alex Kerr. Japan is fascinated by secrets. They are the defining feature of the way traditional arts are taught and preserved. They cause problems for governments and business, since different departments of the same organization …