Award-winning writer Jeff VanderMeer will spend the summer visiting Romania and the Czech Republic, teaching at Shared Worlds (Wofford College), and finishing his novel Finch. He writes nonfiction for The Washington Post Book World, Amazon's book blog, and many others. He also co-edits fiction anthos with his wife, Ann VanderMeer (fiction editor of Weird Tales), and The Church recently completed a song cycle based on his last novel, Shriek: An Afterword. Through mid-October, a diverse group of guest bloggers will be posting here. If you like the blog, please consider buying one of Jeff's books as he is a full-time writer. More...