Loose Links (8#) -

Florida author Jeff VanderMeer from Tallahassee has a new novel out called Finch. It's a combination of Noir and the New Weird. Its protagonist is trying to solve a double murder, but in a rather strange world. Rick Klaw writes about it.

# Josh Marshall has rolled
out Talking Points Newsstream.

# A new Pop Culture Blog, which is
sometimes entertaining, is called The Awl.

# Kyle Pope is the new editor of the
NY Observer; to debut with the December 9th edition.

# Dark Net: Trolling the Vast Underbelly by
Andy Beckett. Ian Clarke responds.

# Shadow Unit - writers' experiment.

# Solsbury Hill - I guess it's been on my mind.

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