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.

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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Minnestoicism

Posted on April 26, 2011 by JE

This weekend I fled the Great Black Swamp and visited the Old Country to celebrate Easter and my Dad’s 85th birthday. Apologies to my Minnesota friends: we flew in on Saturday night and out on Monday morning and there wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Shoes, Spring, Rome, Twittering

Posted on April 21, 2011 by JE

1. I released my dirty white canvas sneakers out from their winter storage facility (i.e. I excavated them out from under a pile of Walter Scott novels that had collapsed in a bookalanche) and wore them into work today. So … Continue reading →

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And Now… This!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by JE

The thing I couldn’t talk about here is this thing here. I’ve signed with Lou Anders at Pyr to do three more Morlock books. The contracts were dated March 25–Fall of Sauron Day! Coincidence, or destiny? This will actually be … Continue reading →

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Maybe This Speaks for Itself…

Posted on April 5, 2011 by JE

… but does it mean what it says? On my way out of my late class tonight, I saw this sign.

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Multiply Variety in a Wilderness of Custards?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by JE

Although, like the universal world, I am on Twitter, I don’t usually post my tweets here. For one thing, some of them are parts of particular conversations that don’t make much sense without a context (e.g. “BUT YOU SAID YOU … Continue reading →

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Should Have Been 4 Posts

Posted on March 28, 2011 by JE

1. Last Friday was the best Fall-of-Sauron Day ever. No, I can’t talk about it. But someday the world will know, and then it will say, “What is he talking about again?” 2. You know how it is when somebody … Continue reading →

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