Author Archives: Kelly
Remember How We Used to Feel These Days Would Never End
Friday night the transformer connected to my apartment complex exploded. Not just through half-hearted puffs of smoke, but in a literal ball of flames. I was standing outside in my pajamas, watching the doomed transformer with my neighbors when it … Continue reading
Originally posted on FRAN WILDE:
10 am Thursday – we hit the road. For the record, should you have a chance to roadtrip with either Kelly Lagor or A.C. Wise, do it. Great fun. We have discovered that Boston is…
Schrodinger’s Slush
A little while back, two of my VP classmates blogged about different aspects of short story submissions: Nicole wrote about when you should trunk a story following a few rounds of submissions and rejections, and Fran wrote about how a … Continue reading
A diagnosis and a diatribe
That earworm has been persistent and I’ve been preoccupied with trying to figure out why this, and why now. And I think I figured it out. It’s because I think i saw something important in that song. It’s still pretty … Continue reading
Analysis of an Earworm*
I’ve got an earworm. (now and then I think of when we were together) I should start off by saying that there are always these fugue-like periods I go through when I’m in the initial stages of obsession over something. … Continue reading
On Pre-Existing Conditions and the Zombie Apocalypse
I’ve been working from home the past two days, lying on the living room floor because of a lower back injury I got when I was sixteen. I was at crew practice when it happened. I was on a rowing … Continue reading
How to Make How to Make a Triffid
For those of you following me on Twitter, this is old news, but on Thursday afternoon the artwork for my upcoming Tor.com story went live on Facebook, and I’m totally and completely in love with it. The illustration is by … Continue reading
Solarbabies Don’t Sparkle When the Sun Comes Out
Holy crap, I just finished watching Solarbabies. If you’re not familiar with the movie, it’s a post-apocalyptic Mad Max-type world where water is scarce and orphans get around on rollerskates. One day, after a particularly brutal skateball game against the … Continue reading
The difference between shooting stars and satellites
What a strange week. It’s hard to put into words what all of the strange parallels and bursts of nostalgia did to me in the half-fevered state I was in between Thursday and Thursday. It was Los Angeles that did … Continue reading
Closedown
Today was a complete bust. I’ll start off saying this week destroyed me, and I feel a bit befuddled because I walked into it completely unaware. I KNEW this week was gonna be hard just with the sheer amount of … Continue reading
Kelly Lagor's Lagoraphobia 