chuck wendig. freelance penmonkey. blog: www.terribleminds.com/rambleTumblr (3.0; @terribleminds)http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3auhbZTqn1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/22125766468/blackbirds-now-available">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. Now Available!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/22125959582http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/22125959582Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:50:58 -0400<a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/04/short-sharp-awesome-blackbirds-by-chuck-wendig">TOR.COM: Short, Sharp, Awesome: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/22125844551/tor-com-short-sharp-awesome-blackbirds-by-chuck">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<span>It’s a short, sharp tale that’s consistently captivating and a pure, dark delight from start to finish.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/22125951097http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/22125951097Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:50:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ofv7cheg1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/21322865657/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21322885605http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21322885605Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:24:21 -0400<a href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/15673855485/how-will-you-die">This Is How You Die: How Will You Die?</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/15673855485/how-will-you-die">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is what I want from you:</p> <p>I want to know how you’re going to die.</p> <p>This can be fantasy. This can be parody. This can be a meditation on the fear or power of death.</p> <p>Maybe it’s how you want to die. Or are afraid to die. Or how you’ve always <em>expected</em> to die.</p> <p>You can send it to me at…</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21214266258http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21214266258Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:18:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ey1aOu6e1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/21018025168/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21019243964http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21019243964Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:23:13 -0400<a href="http://scifibulletin.com/books/horror/review-blackbirds/">Review: Blackbirds (Sci-Fi Bulletin)</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/21019156330/review-blackbirds-sci-fi-bulletin">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<span>It’s a cliché in reviewing to say that you couldn’t put a book down, that you ended up reading all night because you couldn’t bear to leave the story. In reality there haven’t been that many books written – ever – that have that indefinable quality that demands your full attention. </span><em>Blackbirds</em><span> is one of the few I’ve come across in recent years.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21019236329http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/21019236329Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:22:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2d4z3jw6Q1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20958839281/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20958859497http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20958859497Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:55:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2bapz8geA1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20898476609/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20902481021http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20902481021Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:46:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m29jg5n5Bc1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20838589987/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20838592836http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20838592836Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:17:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27ipscsSZ1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20771700423/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20778569216http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20778569216Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:23:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2269jYC1K1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20584794735/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20584951743http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20584951743Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:54:38 -0400<a href="http://www.mybookishways.com/2012/04/early-review-blackbirds-by-chuck-wendig.html">Blackbirds Review: My Bookish Ways</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20584943424/blackbirds-review-my-bookish-ways">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<strong>Chuck Wendig has managed to take the best of urban fantasy and crime noir, twist ‘em together like barbed wire, and drag you right over the barbs.</strong><span> </span><strong>Blackbirds is gritty and violent, yet never loses sight of the light that might be at the end of the tunnel. It’s there, I promise. You may have to squint a little, but Miriam’s humanity always shines through, even when things look pretty grim. Chuck Wendig hasn’t disappointed me yet, and I suspect he’s got quite a lot more in his arsenal. Don’t miss this one!”</strong></p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20584949077http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20584949077Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:54:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20ionQZhW1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20528842527/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20528850025http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20528850025Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:22:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltvsijR5r71qajm9oo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alightinthefire.tumblr.com/post/20427206612/posiebones-carelessmonday-awesome">alightinthefire</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://posiebones.tumblr.com/post/12307212292/carelessmonday-awesome-illustration-work-by">posiebones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://carelessmonday.tumblr.com/post/12114000447/awesome-illustration-work-by-fictionist">carelessmonday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Awesome illustration work by fictionist.</p> <p><a href="http://fictionist.deviantart.com/"><a href="http://fictionist.deviantart.com/">http://fictionist.deviantart.com/</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>Cred replenished, look at this fucking picture. Awesome. </p> </blockquote> <p>—-</p> <p>Loverly.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20464944570http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20464944570Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:19:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ygw076yE1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20464091864/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20464899689http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20464899689Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:18:15 -0400<iframe frameborder="0" height="360px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/spirit-of-the-century-presents-the-dinocalypse-tri/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hey, look!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kickstarter.tumblr.com/post/20122127778/loving-the-project-video-for-sci-fi-adventure">kickstarter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Loving the project video for sci-fi adventure series <em><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/spirit-of-the-century-presents-the-dinocalypse-tri?ref=discover_pop">Dinocalypse Now</a></em>. It’s like what would happen if you added <em>Dune</em> to <em>Jurassic Park</em>, put it all in a time machine with James Bond, and sent it back to 1922. What?! You’ll just have to watch/read to find out: score the e-versions for a ten buck pledge!</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20173636498http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20173636498Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:17:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1p2nlQbSR1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20165630272/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20165696954http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20165696954Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:06:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1n67tOnGF1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20111378612/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20165693414http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20165693414Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:05:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jhpbtMmc1r80j18o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://how-you-die.tumblr.com/post/20004049223/blackbirds-april-24th-amazon-b-n-indiebound">how-you-die</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>BLACKBIRDS. April 24th.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackbirds-Chuck-Wendig/dp/0857662309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331808924&sr=8-1" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>. <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blackbirds-chuck-wendig/1107036474?ean=9780857662309&itm=2&usri=blackbirds" title="B&N">B&N</a>. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857662309" title="Indiebound">Indiebound</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20008253616http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/20008253616Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:12:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1hszduWWj1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lickystickypickywe.tumblr.com/post/19951309409/stare-and-go-crazy">lickystickypickywe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Stare and go crazy.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/19952496140http://terribleminds.tumblr.com/post/19952496140Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:46:27 -0400