Adam-Troy Castro

Writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Stories About Yams.

 

GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1969)

Posted on May 20th, 2016 by Adam-Troy Castro

Tonight’s film from the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN COLLECTION, of which I’ve said before it is likely best to consider to consider all the films but the first DVD extras in support of the splendid John Sturges original, was GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1969), which wisely makes no attempt to torture all possible plausibility by again […]

Writing Advice: When A Learned Eminence is Wrong

Posted on May 17th, 2016 by Adam-Troy Castro

The name of the story is “The Last Straw.” It is not one of my more famous stories. It is certainly not one of the more successful. I wrote it twenty years ago, spent ten years trying to sell it, and ultimately sold it to the Tampa Tribune. You can find it it in my […]

Letter To A Child Whose First Book was GUSTAV GLOOM

Posted on May 4th, 2016 by Adam-Troy Castro

Letter enclosed with a signed copy of the first Gustav Gloom novel sent to a young fan who had a slow start reading but was able to claim that book as the first… novel she had ever finished and loved. Dear ___________: Your teacher has told me that you loved the first Gustav Gloom book […]

 
 
 

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