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Over at Suvudu, Paul Tremblay shares five facts about his new collection of shorts, "In the Mean Time". http://suvudu.com/2010/11/take-five-with-paul-tremblay-author-in-the-mean-time.html If you enjoy podcasts, you can listen to some of the stories from this collection via the publisher. You will find all the details here http://chizinepublications.blogspot.com/2010/11/podcasts-for-in-mean-time.html

This link is for our Western writers primarily, but if you're having trouble with setting this is a great post full of helpful tips on getting the setting right in your story. http://booklifenow.com/2010/10/prairie-chickens-ghost-towns-and-writing-the-west-with-boggs-sweazy-and-van-pelt/

And don't forget that Spinetingler is continuing the short story reviews of "Best American Noir of the Century" today. http://www.spinetinglermag.com/tag/the-best-american-noir-of-the-century/

If you're looking for more noir novels, Keith Rawson has added his list of twenty to the ether. You can read it here to find out what you might have missed in your noir reading. http://psychonoir.blogspot.com/2010/11/keith-rawsons-essential-noir.html Oh yes, a hat tip to Ian Ayris for the link, and if you haven't stopped by his blog, The Voices in My Head, you're missing a great source for finding all sorts of surprises around the web. http://ianayris.blogspot.com/

For those of you looking to learn more about Steampunk, stop on over to Tor.com http://www.tor.com/ At the top of the page you'll find links to some great Steampunk stories, heck, they've got a wonderful collection of sci-fi stories on the site along with essays about steampunk and everything else. My find today at the site was a link to some essays about the work of Richard Matheson. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/09/richard-matheson-storyteller