SCHRODINGER’S CUP by Steven Steinbock Twenty-five years ago or so, my sister was spending a year in Denmark as part of a college exchange program. During that year she took a trip through several European countries. One of the first stops was Venice, where she saw a cute Venetian glass Kiddush cup that she bought […]

READ MY LIPS by Steven Steinbock My lips don’t move when I read. But if you watch carefully, you might catch a slight movement of the mouth muscles. People often bandy that about as an insult. “His lips move when he reads” is another way of saying that someone is uneducated or a poor reader. […]

REFLECTIONS FROM THE LOOKING-GLASS by Steven Steinbock Rather than subjecting you to lexical leanings and morphological meanderings, I’m giving the dictionary a rest for the week. Instead, I here are few links, photos, and videos to share with you. Signing in the Walden Books Last month while I was at Malice Domestic, Parnell Hall took […]

BONEY PETE by Steven Steinbock This Bandersnatch dispatch is coming to you from downtown Toronto, Ontario, where your humble servant is attending Bloody Words . Saturday afternoon I’ll be moderating a panel entitled “Short & Sweet, Fast & Deadly.” My co-panelists will be Jane Burfield, Melodie Campbell, Michael McPherson, and Sue Pike. All are accomplished […]

TEMPUS FUGIT by Steven Steinbock Your mirthful missivist is feeling languid after a long, busy week. Tempus tends to fugare, as the face of my clock reminds me. And it’s already time for further adventures in word play. Are there any words that you never seem to remember? The kinds of words that you feel […]

THE SHADOW KNOWS by Steven Steinbock There is hope for the future. As part of the Career Exploration Program (CEP) of my local school disctrict, all high school Sophomores and Juniors take part in a three-day job-shadowing. A month or so back, I was contacted by a tenth grader. He is interested in writing, and […]

YOUR INTREPID TRAVELLER by Steven Steinbock Colleen Spall, Doug Greene, Laurie Culligan, Janet Hutchings, Steven Steinbock. Colleen and Laurie are Ed Hoch’s nieces. I’m back from my adventures at the Edgars and Malice, and I’ll use this brief lull in my wordy discussions1 to tell you of some of my encounters. I arrived in New […]