Author Archives: Rick Bowes

Mr Brain and the Voting Machine from Outer Space

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Rick Bowes

This story by myself (Richard Bowes) and Ezra Pines (Mark Rich) originally appeared in TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED in the Aug 2004/July 2005 issue - the “Strange Romance Issue”. It was subsequently reprinted in “The Sense of Falling” a chapbook of Ezra’s stories … Continue reading →

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The Complete Fairy Tales of Barbara Leonie Picard

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Rick Bowes

Selected Fairy Tales At the very start of a long, successful career (more than thirty books published, three times on the UK’s Carnegie Awards short list) as an author of children and young adult books, Barbara Leonie Picard wrote and … Continue reading →

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JUST KIDS – PATTI SMITH OUTSIDER/INSIDER

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Rick Bowes

  JUST KIDS is an enormously resonant Outsider/Insider evocation of youth on the fringes/at the center of the New York art and music scene in the late 1960′s and 1970′s. Smith’s book centers on the relationship bond/friendship of herself and … Continue reading →

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Mr. Brain and the Island of Lost Socks

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Rick Bowes

 Electric Velocipede Issue #2  Spring 2002                                                 Mr. Brain and the Island of Lost Socks                           Richard Bowes & Ezra Pines    “I don’t understand,” said Mrs. Brain. “The scatter rug wasn’t yellow yesterday.”      Mrs. Brain had long, … Continue reading →

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Now the truth about my story “Reality Girl” can be told!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Rick Bowes

It will appear in  AFTER – A YA dystopian anthology from Hyperion. Publication date TBD Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Some important authors  are still to be named. Here’s the lineup so far: Genvieve Valentine Susan Beth Pfeffer … Continue reading →

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Martin Lewis (1881-1962) New York Noir Prints

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Rick Bowes

Martin Lewis was born on June 7, 1881 in Castlemaine, Australia. He had a passion for drawing. In 1900 he left for the United States. By 1909 he was living and working in New York City. With the exception of … Continue reading →

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Stories Upcoming in 2011

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Rick Bowes

 Publishing Date Set “A Song to the Moon” Bewere the Night (E. Sedia ed) Prime (April 2011)                                                                                “I Needs Must Part the Policeman said”  (reprint)  Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (Anderson ed) Tor (May 2011) “Mortal Bait” Supernatural Noir  (Datlow ed) Dark Horse Books (June 2011) … Continue reading →

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Standing on my Corner

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rick Bowes

Fred Neil – Bleecker & MacDougal  “Standing on the corner of Bleecker & MacDougal Wondering which way to go…”  In the early ’60′s the corner where I live was THE epicenter of the folk music scene. And Fred Neil was … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia is a Savage Beast

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rick Bowes

   It’s easy to become nostalgic about past scenes – especially art scenes that fascinate us. Part of the power of the Mark Morrisroe  exhibition is the strength of the art combined with the bleak downtown Manhattan scene. Mark Morrisroe: … Continue reading →

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Don’t Make Me Have to Go to Your House and Drag You to Greenpoint…

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Rick Bowes

…Because it’s going to be a big enough pain finding my own way to Brooklyn (directions below) where I will be reading with the lovely and talented Matt Kressel with music by Toby Goodshank Sunday at 6:30 at the…     … Continue reading →

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