Waiting for Bilbo

Are you standing in line to be the first person in the world to see "The Hobbit?" If you want to connect with a very funny cartoonist with a SF/Fantasy Fan point of view, check out Waiting for Bilbo.

I'm forever grateful I lived long enough to see Lord of the Rings turned into Peter Jackson's trilogy. Along the way, I kept company with Debbie Ridpath Ohi through her strip Waiting for Frodo.

If you're a writer, check out Debbie's blog Inky Girl.

X-Men Quiz

Are you a sucker for online quizzes with ego-inflating results? I love the answer this one gave me.

You Are Storm

Exotic and powerful, Storm descended from a line of African priestesses. Emotions can effect your powers, but you are generally serene. Powers: controlling weather, creating winds that lift you into flight, generating lightning

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Darth Phones Home

Apparently Darth Vader is posting on Twitter. As a fan of Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Really Short Stories and other types of flash fiction, I'm fascinated by the collage of tiny stories that are being posted to the mini-blogs like Twitter and Tumblr. Can a story be told in six words? Try these. For short fiction, non-fiction and poetry read this online magazine: Flashquake.