shaunduke
Dr. Shaun Duke is an instructor at DMACC and the Director of the Portolan Project at the Speculative Literature Foundation. He received his M.A. and Ph.D in English from the University of Florida and a B.A. in Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies science fiction, digital fan cultures, Caribbean literature, literary canons, postcolonialism, and digital rhetoric.
In addition to his academic work, he wears many hats. He is a writer of genre fiction and a freelance editor at
The Duke of Editing. His fiction has appeared in
Curiouser Magazine,
Stupefying Stories, and elsewhere. He also hosts and produces
The Skiffy and Fanty Show, a four-time Hugo Award finalist podcast dedicated to examining the literary, cinematic, and cultural world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His podcast work has sent him around the world to participate in conventions, conduct interviews, and more. When he's not podcasting, he can be found on his Twitch channel,
AlphabetStreams, or
Bluesky,
Threads,
Mastodon, and
other social media places.
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Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart.
Every. Single. Time.
I can cry just thinking about that book.
The 4th and the 7th book made me cry…
What about #4 made you cry about the 4th book?
When cedric died… he was lovable before he became edward cullen. LOL
Supposedly he hates being Edward Cullen. I don’t blame him…
Picture this: a large man–I’m talking 6’6″, 240 pounds kind of large–covered in tattoos, sobbing like he’d just skinned his knee after Dumbledore took an Avada Kadavra to the face.
Yep. That was me.
Something about this story did it for me, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Plus, those books are what set me back to writing.
Good post!
I must admit: that is a funny image, but totally understandable!