Pretty nifty art, eh? Find out more about it at Wired. I think I liked it better when I thought it was a drive-in screen, but maybe I was just ….
projecting.
Oh, if only my old computer George were still with us! Truly should George’s passage be mourned throughout the interwebs, for upon George is the only copy I have of one of my best short stories, one that would be a perfect addendum to this post, about a middling hypnotist who gets to do his routine in front of a very posh crowd for once in his life, slightly overreaches, and accidentally drives the entire group of Bilderbergers irrevocably insane.
Oopsie.
As a replacement, please enjoy listening to this audiorecording of the somewhat absurd and extremely creepy Sticks, the only short story of Karl Edward Wagner‘s that I ever really liked (nice guy, but better editor than writer). Best listened to by candlelight, in a remote cabin in the woods.
Audio via RadioDramaRevival.com

Sounds like an ominously awesome little tale, Rain. Too bad it’s etched in ones and zeros on some microchip buried in a dump outside of Shanghai…Or Surrey.
It’s actually still in my living room. The problem is, my living room does not currently have electricity, and George is ancient and crochety about starting up.
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