Congratulations to Voni Ryan and Bob Freeman, with their novels Absentminded and Descendant (respectively) placing in the top ten of their categories in the P&E Reader Poll!

Let me preface this by saying that I do know many in the industry take the P&E awards as a joke, but let’s face it – all polls and awards competitions are at their base a popularity contest.
That being said, every year I look forward to seeing the new P&E awards, as I’ve found several new web and print ‘zines I’ve begun reading, new authors, new books, new artwork to admire, new folks to follow… I was sadly disappointed when the website was inaccessible to cast my votes. Thanks to …