"Trahimur omnes studio laudis."
("We are all attracted by the desire for praise.")
- Cicero, Pro Archia poeta XI.26
BASTINADOES
Bastinadoes was a group of "damn fine fugging people" who met through what started out as an MMORPG fan-fiction web site, FanStory.com. FanStory blossomed into something much bigger, and more prosperous for its creator. As part of its growing pains however, several of the "Old Guard" -- fanfic writers and readers who had been with the site nearly from its inception -- left the site (and in some cases were asked to leave) under less than happy circumstances. Bastinadoes evolved from this split, and was even aptly referred to as the "FanStory Recovery Clinic" at one time.
Over time, Bastinadoes disbanded. But they are still some damn fine fugging people, some of the best authors and creative minds I've had the pleasure of knowing. You can find what remains of the Bastinadoes message board here. While the board is pretty much dead, the authors are still alive and kicking. You can find them below.
SOME DAMN FINE FUGGING PEOPLE
This list is incomplete, both in members and in information. I'll be updating it as time permits. If you are one of these people and want to have information changed, added, or deleted, use the form provided below. If you are a Bastinado and don't find your informaiton on this list, beat me with a wet noodle -- but first send me your info.
The FanStory Recovery Clinic Bastinadoes |
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ANDREA L. BOYD aka Claira Keirlan |
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ARTIGO |
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BRYN SPARKS aka Grimm aka at least a dozen other aliases Ph3@R hM 4 h3 iz l33t! |
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CHRISTINE SPARKS aka Aelinara |
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CHRIS TOLIAN aka
scruff, scruffers, espirito rebelde WEB SITES: livejournal - myspace PUBLICATIONS: [NOTE: Life is rated R. Some material unsuitable for those under 18.] Mocha Jazz (Clean Sheets) - Healing (Sex Magic) (Clean Sheets) - Dancar Tempestuoso (Slow Trains) - sweetwater's godrush (The Divine Animal) - Featured Writer (The Divine Animal) - Haunt You Like Music (The Divine Animal) - Kissing Rayne (The Divine Animal) - Break the Sun (The Divine Animal) - Essay: whiskey comps (The Divine Animal) - Gasoline and Perfume (Slow Trains) - River Candles (Slow Trains) - Cut Me Honey Red (Scorched Earth) BIO: lives where chicago meets the corn fields. writes and plays music in an big old house with his muse and their six daughters. |
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JADE WEEDOP aka NiteSkie |
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JONATHAN MOELLER aka Kadorlaomar WEB SITES: jonathanmoeller.com - livejournal PUBLICATIONS: Bugs in the Wall (Apex Digest) - Demonsouled (Five Star) |
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JON CHRISTIAN ALLISON aka Mog WEB SITES: blogspot PUBLICATIONS: Camera Eye (Apex Digest) - Ruby and Jade (Apex Digest) BIO: Jon Christian Allison was born and raised on a farm in Western Nebraska and now lives in a dingy apartment in Western Montana. He writes; he avoids real work at all costs. His summers are spent attending music festivals across the country (and figuring out how to pay for them). Jon's work has been published in the online version of Apex Digest, and he plans to attend the Clarion West workshop next year, if they're silly enough to let him in. You can check out his nearly defunct blog at: dldw.blogspot.com |
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KATE SOLOMON aka rhiannonDS WEB SITES: myspace PUBLICATIONS: "Some silly stuff through my college" |
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KIM GONZALEZ aka Sing Lung |
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M E SAUCEDO aka Dragon en Morta [Editor's note: Sauce's statement that he "ain't done shit" isn't exactly true. He's been busy with these.] |
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MICHAEL PACK aka Ariq |
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RYAN MCGEE aka Kromag PUBLICATIONS: Hamlet's Denmark, Poisoned Ears and Capricious Toungues (Writing in the Margins) BIO: Having migrated from Boston to the yet colder climes of Minnesota, Ryan is finishing up college and is working temporarily as an assistant editor for the small publishing firm Meadowbrook Press. Ryan is planning to go postgraduate to concentrate on the works of Shakespeare. He is grateful to the Bastinadoes for encouraging him to submit writing for criticism by peers during his early years of writing. He is always up for a beer and a chat if anybody wishes to look him up in the frozen North. |
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STRANGE LOOPS aka Gawyn Damodred WEB SITES: myspace - strangeloops.com |
Newer Bastinadoes |
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JASON SIZEMORE WEB SITES: iglou - livejournal - myspace PUBLICATIONS: apex digest |
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JODI LEE WEB SITES: more than one me |
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MARI ADKINS aka Mari WEB SITES: blue moon journal LINKS: mari's midnight garden BIO: Mari Susan Adkins is an American dark fiction author from southeastern Kentucky. Her poetry and other writing has appeared in the e-zines associated with the 3Sides Literary Agency, the Stories from the Red Light District anthology of short stories, and in various projects associated with Apex Publications. Midnight, Heir, and Elders are the first novels in the Harlan Vampires series; Mari is hard at work on the fourth book, Daybreak. Mari is a member of the Toasted Cheese online writing community and is an editor for Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest. |
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THE URBAN INDEX
Bryn Sparks started a fantastic project, called Urb, which many Bastinadoes participated in. One of the Bastinadoes collected many of our posts about Urb and put them together into "The Urban Index." Hopefully, you will be able to read some of the stories written under this project in the near future, until then (and quite possibly even afterwards), the Urban Index is closed to non-Bastinadoes for copyright protection. If you are a Bastinado and want access to the Urban Index but forgot your password, drop me a line at kimgonzo at hotmail dot com.
BASTINADOES CLASSICS
You'll find some classic Bastinadoes threads below. If you don't see one of your favorites here, send me the link and I'll add it.
Gene Wolf-o-philes: Mythogensis vs. Science Fiction
Heslops (a brief history)
Tom's email (more history)
Unfortunately, with multiple EZBoard crashes and for other reasons, we've lost a few fantastic old threads. These are a few good ones I found while skimming through what's left of the archive.