Nathan E. Lilly is the editor-in-chief of I’m very pleased to announce that for a second month in a row SpaceWesterns.com has had high traffic. Personally I was expecting a big dip in the month of May, but the traffic didn’t fall-off nearly as much as I had anticipated. April: 20,279 page views/15,415 visits/13,529 unique visitors May: 17,012 page views/13,811 visits/12,023 unique […]
SpaceWesterns.com Traffic Report
Jun 3rd, 2008
Space Western Senryu Contest
Jun 16th, 2008
SpaceWesterns.com is holding another poetry contest. This time we’re looking for your Space Western SenryÅ«! All submissions must be sent electronically via our contest form by July 15th, 2008. The winners will be published on August 6th, 2008. This time the three celebrity judges are: Alana Joli Abbott is the author of two fantasy novels, […]
AMC’s SciFi Scanner “Site of the Week”
Jun 23rd, 2008
I’m pleased to announce that SpaceWesterns.com was recently featured in AMC’s SciFi Scanner Site of the Week.
This time last year… Sundown on Venus
Jun 26th, 2008
The first “Space Western” album that I was introduced to was Sundown on Venus by the Jet Black Berries. Sundown on Venus, a Jet Black Berries retrospective by Eric Reanimator was the first non-fiction article by an outside writer that was published on SpaceWesterns.com.
SpaceWesterns.com First Year Writer’s Interviews
Jun 29th, 2008 (29 minute read)
SpaceWesterns.com invited the writers who submitted original fiction in our first year to answer these 5 questions. — ed, N.E. Lilly
This time last year… The Preacher
Jul 9th, 2008
The Preacher was submitted by David Riley, who is also the editor of Science Fiction Trails, an annual magazine of Science Fiction set in the Wild West.
Interview with “Mojo”
Jul 13th, 2008 (11 minute read)
Interview with “Mojo,” a Visual Effects Supervisor and artist who has worked on projects such as Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Voyager, and Babylon 5 — ed, N.E. Lilly
This time last year… The Green Hills of Earth
Aug 5th, 2008
The Green Hills of Earth, performed by X Minus One is based on a story by Robert Heinlein. I’ve been told that it’s a steamer tramp story, but it reminds me much more of Gene Autry vehicle (a saddle tramp in Spaaaaace).
Space Western Senryu Contest Winners
Aug 6th, 2008 (5 minute read)
Judges’ dilemma: good Space Western Senryū—don’t require a bribe. — ed, N.E. Lilly
Life on the Frontier
Aug 8th, 2008
Two recent news stories have garnered my attention: The confirmation of of the hypothesis that there is water on Mars (and hence the potential for life) The report that Earth like planets should be quite common in the universe All I can say about that is: YeeHa!