Mark Twain Fried Chicken

[snurri]

Mark Twain Fried Chicken
Originally uploaded by Snurri.

Chicago's been kind of a lonely place lately, so I decided to turn 36 in Hannibal, Missouri. I didn't meet any ghosts, but I saw a lot of statues and several young fellows who may or may not aspire to become Huck and/or Tom. (Apparently, there is a tradition in Hannibal where a boy and a girl of the appropriate age are chosen to be Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher for the year. Hm.) I did not spend $70 on a set of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn volumes illustrated by Norman Rockwell. I did go to the Mark Twain cave. I did not ride on a riverboat. I did eat a steak at a restaurant that was once a whorehouse. Also, I did take pictures, so my Flickr account actually has something on it now.

Also, ouch.

Comments

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

I was actually of two minds about sending the review out, but I figured y'all are tough, and the folks whose stories she did like deserved to hear that.

As one of the editors, I'm not allowed to have favorites, but I will say that it's always interesting to me which stories stand out for different readers. (Looking forward to those Locus reviews, Tim!)

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

P.S. Happy birthday, Dave!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Dude!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Sending it out? Did I miss something?

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

Ah! Sorry, my collection of "everybody epic" email addresses still had your old SBC address, it looks like. (But you found it about as soon I sent the notice out, I guess.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Ah. That was my guess as well.

Is there an ETA on Locus reviews? Or is that an annoying question?

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

According to Tim, October and November. (And no.)