Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

Here’s my latest book purge: three hardcovers and nine paperbacks. These just didn’t turn out to be as interesting as I thought they would....

In my dream, I was looking around in my parents’ living room for an issue of MAD Magazine that had something important in it. This was the ...

So there’s this story out there called Pride and Prejudice . It has four acts: Mrs. Bennet tries to foist one of her daughters on a rich gu...

The Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t like large amounts of lithium batteries in cargo holds of airplanes. Watch what happens at 1:03...

A handbell choir played at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue today. [picture] They showed incredible skill. This picture isn’t as...

The trailer for Alita: Battle Angel is out. I can't remember if I saw the anime. It looks intriguing. 

In rather gonzo news, I had to have a toilet replaced because a chunk broke off of it. And I didn’t do anything to abuse it. I replaced...

Some agents and editors want the first five, ten, or fifty pages of an aspiring author’s manuscript. And they usually want that as part of ...

The first page of the original synopsis of  Harry Potter that J.K. Rowling sent to publishers is now online. For those of you fortunat...