http://darkenergysf.com/wp Sat, 31 May 2008 15:42:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We were going on hiatus until September, but alas, it's going to be much longer than that. To all the authors we published -- thank you! We were very happy to contribute a small part to your career, and wish you all the best with your creative endeavors in the ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/40 I just wanted to let everyone know I'm leaving Dark Energy SF. It's been fun!  I learned a lot from working on this publication, and I want to publically thank Jerry and Bill for letting me help. I would also like to thank all the authors for submitting. Love to you all! Wendy http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/39 Dark Energy SF will be closing for submission for the time period between May 1st through September 1st, 2008.  All stories currently in the queue will be read. All stories submitted between May 1st and September 1st 2008 will be deleted unread. We are behind in our reading, but are working to ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/38 It's funny how things work. Random action does not create uniform results.  I'm seeing that in our slush pile.  After a long drought of stories that just don't work for us, we got a big lump of stories all at once that are really intriguing, and which I'm passing on to ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/37 "After a prolific and esteemed career, Sir Arthur has passed away in Sri Lanka." Clarke's books were the first real SF I read. This is a sad day for our genre. - Jerry http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/36 I am honored to be one of the guest writers / publishers at ConDFW 2008 this weekend.  Anyone showing up can find me on the following panels:   Saturday 10 am    Panel Room 2 (Rose/Magnolia) Does Fantasy Mean Paranormal? Hosted ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/35 "The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives information of this external world or of "physical reality" indirectly, we can only grasp the latter by speculative means. It follows from this that our notions ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/34 While I'm on the subject of Internet sites I wish I'd discovered earlier, here's one that I also love: SF Gospel: Explorations of religion in science fiction and popular culture While some think that science fiction and religion shalt not mix, I completely disagree. Science fiction and fantasy is the perfect ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/33 Hello, my name is Jerry J. Davis, and I am a Dickhead. In fact, not only am I a Dickhead, but I'm proud of it. I'm such a Dickhead, in fact, that I mourn the idea it took me such a long time to discover this absolutely wonderful blog: http://totaldickhead.blogspot.com/ I have ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/32 Every once in a while I stumble upon a great Internet site I wish I'd known about earlier. This is one of them: http://www.novelandshortstory.com/blog/ It seems the Writer's Market of yore is reinventing itself online, and this is part of it. I remember in the pre-Internet days I used to ... http://darkenergysf.com/wp/archives/31