Ambiguity of the day

Jul 16th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

From The Age:

One in 61 tested drivers on drugs
MARIS BECK
July 16, 2010
One can only hope these people were trained before making others undergo drug tests.



Glass Girl Looks Back in New Fairy Tales

Jun 1st, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

The UK Zine New Fairy Tales has launched its first issue. The issue contains my short story ‘The Glass Girl Looks Back’, which was first published in Shimmer a few years ago. It’s a beautiful looking little webzine, so go and have a look. An audio version is also forthcoming, so keep an eye (and [...]



Short and Scary now available

May 6th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

The Black Dog Books anthology Short and Scary is now available. It contains my short story ‘Ghost Writer’, as well as work by Shaun Tan, Andy Griffiths, Carole Wilkinson, Terry Denton, and many others.



Ambiguity of the day

May 6th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

Article
STRATEGIES FOR SOLVING THREE FRACTION-RELATED WORD PROBLEMS ON SPEED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CHINESE AND SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS
Chunlian Jiang and Boon Liang Chua



Ambiguous domain name of the day

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

http://www.marrymeabroad.com
Hmm.



Typo of the day

Mar 8th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

. . .Christian demoninations
Hmm.



Cod Philosophy live at Drabblecast

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

My silly short story ‘Cod Philosophy’ has gone up on great podcast zine Drabblecast. Drabblecast also featured my equally silly short story ‘Aqua Vita‘ last year.



A couple of ambiguities

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

The Age shows off its usual quality writing*:
Building unions fined $1.3m for legal breaches
But if they were legal. . .?
‘He jumped on his head with both feet’
How very agile of him.
*Yes, that’s a deliberate ambiguity.



Call for Polyphony 7 pre-orders

Feb 20th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

Taken from the Wheatland Press blog. Note that Polyphony 7 will contain my short story ‘The Possibility of Love’.
In 2002, the Polyphony anthology series debuted. Conceived as a short fiction venue for stories that would skate gracefully across the boundaries of science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, and literary fiction, it was quickly recognized as the standard [...]



Mondegreen of the day

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisi

Me: Hmm, my sister should think about becoming an informatics nurse.
Jono: A nymphomatics nurse?