Author Archives: JE

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.

This Is It!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by JE

The last tractor has been pulled (no, that’s not a euphemism), temperatures in the Great Black Swamp are slated to peak below 80º F today and it’s the first day of classes. On with the show! P.S. I said it … Continue reading →

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Last Night at the Movies…

Posted on July 29, 2011 by JE

… or really “this morning at the movies” since I was up until 7 AM or so. Anyway, after my first substantial blog post all summer, I fell into bed and had crazy intense chase dreams, set to the music … Continue reading →

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Other People’s Morlocks: K.W. Jeter, Morlock Night

Posted on July 29, 2011 by JE

When people ask me questions–well, they’re usually saying “WTF is wrong with you!?!”, or other stuff that’s hard to answer without graphs and complex math. But they sometimes ask me where I got the idea for my character Morlock Ambrosius. … Continue reading →

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Just to Prove I’m Still Here…

Posted on July 20, 2011 by JE
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Go Fourth!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by JE

A happy Independence Day to my compatriots; a happy Monday to all.

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I Didn’t Know It Until Yesterday…

Posted on May 25, 2011 by JE

… but it’s been me and Paranà Coffee all along. Proof beyond the jump.

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The Sting of Truth (or, Shanks for All the Fish)

Posted on May 23, 2011 by JE

Despite appearances from this blog, I’m not over in Rome by myself; I’m with a group of students on my university’s ASA Italy program. I won’t usually be blogging about them, because they or their lawyers might not like it. … Continue reading →

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Roming

Posted on May 18, 2011 by JE

It struck me yesterday that I’ve been in Rome for a week without posting anything. A lot of bloggable things have been seen and done, but most will be lost to history, I’m afraid.

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Thinging

Posted on May 8, 2011 by JE

These things are guaranteed thinglike, or your money back, provided you paid none.

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Looking into the Abyss

Posted on May 2, 2011 by JE

I shed no tears for Osama bin Laden. If this gives the US government a reason to get out of Afghanistan (where no one wants us and where we don’t want to be) and Iraq (where major combat operations ended … Continue reading →

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