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Mlaz Corbier, well-read crazy man and all-around glorious inbastard, offered to translate my story, "The Camel of Morocco," into Dutch (mainly for a university class, but I like to pretend my work is so captivating that it demands translation). I don't read Dutch, so it is entirely possible that Mlaz may have turned this story into a space operatic porn, and if so, I would be equally as impressed and grateful. And considering Mr. Corbier's reputation, one of wise-crackery, I am actually certain of such. My hat is off to this good man. He took time out of his day to open one of my stories up to an entirely new audience. De Kameel uit Marokko door Caleb J Ross (en vertaald door Mlaz Corbier) Abel luistert. De wind blaast een echo van alleen klinkers door het gruis tot er een steen vanuit het gemankeerde trappenhuis valt en botst en…

Disclaimer: I've never read/seen any part of the Twilight franchise. The last vampire movie I saw was The Lost Boys. I'm not a fan of the vampire genre and probably never will be. So, why the hell did I write a vampire story for the new Eternal Night: a Vampire Anthology? Two reasons: 1) the concept of the anthology is to combat traditional vampire cliches, and 2) I was asked to by a friend to contribute, and it seemed like a fun challenge. To my surprise, my story "Born Again Michael," is probably one of the better things I have ever written (at least from what I remember of the story; I wrote in in the middle of 2009). I cannot downplay the level of talent included here: Axel Taiari, Chris Deal, Tony Schaab, Kelly M. Hudson, Simon West-Bulford, Jessy Marie Roberts, Christopher Dwyer, Anthony Giangregorio, Richard Thomas, Spencer Wendleton,…

I've been a fan of Tim Hall's since first coming on board with Outsider Writer's Collective over a year ago. His articles were always great (his Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey as part of his Naked Opinion column is especially good), the email and forum exchanges I had with him consistently proved his dedication to both his writing and the writing community at large. His four books, published through his own Undie Press label, are all quite good. So, of course I'm damn happy that his newest book, a fiction collection called One Damn Thing After Another, will be the next title released through OW Press. I urge everyone to preorder a copy. Preorders will be a specially designated, signed, limited edition which will include a corrected manuscript page tipped in, original artwork, and other goodies. Head over to the OW Press page for full information. Books will begin to…