OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON CD-ROM, v.4.0 by James Lincoln Warren In “A Scandal in Bohemia”, Sherlock Holmes informs Watson that he would be “lost without his Boswell.” For my part, I would be lost without my dictionaries, thesauri, and style manuals. The Gentle Reader will appreciate that I have a particular affection for lexical software, […]

YOUthanasia by Leigh Lundin Two and a half weeks ago, famed British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not terminally ill, but his wife was diagnosed with rapidly developing cancer. Together, they decided they did not […]

DON’T READ PAGE 80 by John M. Floyd I’d like to open with a question (actually, several questions). Do you agree with the use of profanity in short stories and novels? Do you object to it? Do you find it distracting? Do you think it’s sometimes necessary, depending on the scene or situation? Does it […]