I've done my first read of "Randoms Thoughts Before a Fatal Crash." Still going over it in my head, so no deep thoughts yet. Reminds me a bit of your writing style from about a decade ago, like maybe Albert Perrault kept being just on the verge of combining words the way you used to. (Perrault probably read at least some Faulkner, too...) Haven't read "Rat's Star" yet; I'll pace myself.

Meanwhile, I wish I remembered enough about the Eighties Beauty and the Beast to know if it got significantly better. Likely someone will chime in to defend it (though no fans are likely to applaud how the show wrote out Linda Hamilton's character; that made a lot of people mad).

Looking forward to seeing more of kylecassidy's photos of you guys...