This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: Mur Lafferty is a mom, a UNC grad, podcaster and inventor of “Sansaball.” Last month, the Durham denizen also earned recognition at Worldcon, a major speculative fiction convention, where she received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. “The Campbell Award is a bit odd,…
This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: The day after Mom became a cyborg, she apparently gained an obscure superpower. “I smell heat,” she said groggily as she reclined on her bed. Doctor’s orders: a full week of bed rest following surgery to install a defibrillator in her chest. “Is something burning?” I eyed…
This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: The economy really must be improving, because my weekend walks at The Streets at Southpoint mall have lost their intensity. I can’t speed along at a decent pace, what with having to slow down or stop for other people or, when possible, to swerve around them. Don’t…
This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: I have some great memories of my teenage years, when I worked in the tunnel stockrooms beneath the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The job itself was mundane: I stocked shelves with coon-skin caps and Mickey Mouse sweatshirts. On stormy days, we made emergency runs throughout…
