Christopher Rowe
@christopherrowe.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cyclist, cook, traveller. THE NAVIGATING FOX, starred review in Publishers Weekly, out now from Tordotcom Publishing.
I am now old, impoverished and ill. But my shadow can shoot lightning from its eyes.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am now old, impoverished and ill. But my shadow can shoot lightning from its eyes.
Make of this what you will. I hate to be pessimistic; perhaps it simply indicates that the new owners are going to handle their own electronic subscriptions. From Weightless Books:
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Make of this what you will. I hate to be pessimistic; perhaps it simply indicates that the new owners are going to handle their own electronic subscriptions. From Weightless Books:
A title, byline, and editorial blurb for a story in the November 1934 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. Sure, time and Freud’s cigar must be taken into account but it makes me wonder about editor Farnsworth Wright’s sense of humor. And of self-awareness.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A title, byline, and editorial blurb for a story in the November 1934 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. Sure, time and Freud’s cigar must be taken into account but it makes me wonder about editor Farnsworth Wright’s sense of humor. And of self-awareness.
I must admit that the practice illustrated in the attached images both irritates and concerns me. The pictures are the cover and first page of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars as it first appeared in book form in 1917, and then the cover and first page of the same book as published in 2024.
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I must admit that the practice illustrated in the attached images both irritates and concerns me. The pictures are the cover and first page of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars as it first appeared in book form in 1917, and then the cover and first page of the same book as published in 2024.
Robert E. Howard fans be advised.
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Robert E. Howard fans be advised.
Who knows what this is? Don’t be tacky and no fun by looking this up with a search engine or whatever.
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Who knows what this is? Don’t be tacky and no fun by looking this up with a search engine or whatever.
I am really digging the outfits, wizards! Especially the hats!
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am really digging the outfits, wizards! Especially the hats!
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
This photograph of Reagan-era Marine veteran Curtis Evans exercising his constitutional right to protest in Broadview, Illinois, yesterday was taken for the Chicago Tribune by Stacey Wescott. I know Curtis Evans is a hero, and I'm betting Stacey Wescott is a future Pulitzer winner.
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This photograph of Reagan-era Marine veteran Curtis Evans exercising his constitutional right to protest in Broadview, Illinois, yesterday was taken for the Chicago Tribune by Stacey Wescott. I know Curtis Evans is a hero, and I'm betting Stacey Wescott is a future Pulitzer winner.
I posted this image last week,but am reposting as I can now prove this is my 5-times-great-grandfather. As a member of Gabriel Long's Company of Morgan's Rifles, he crossed the Delaware with George Washington. Shortly thereafter, he was wounded at Princeton, then fought at Brunswick and elsewhere.
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I posted this image last week,but am reposting as I can now prove this is my 5-times-great-grandfather. As a member of Gabriel Long's Company of Morgan's Rifles, he crossed the Delaware with George Washington. Shortly thereafter, he was wounded at Princeton, then fought at Brunswick and elsewhere.
A rare long-distance action shot of me at work. My brother snapped me checking to see if #13 had calved—you can see she had—and “sexing” the baby. Little girl.
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A rare long-distance action shot of me at work. My brother snapped me checking to see if #13 had calved—you can see she had—and “sexing” the baby. Little girl.
I'm not sure if this is a William Rowe in my family. There are a LOT of William Rowes in my family. Heck, I see at least two every day, and on some days three! I should look into it more deeply at some point. It would be cool to have a Revolutionary War Veteran ancestor.
September 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm not sure if this is a William Rowe in my family. There are a LOT of William Rowes in my family. Heck, I see at least two every day, and on some days three! I should look into it more deeply at some point. It would be cool to have a Revolutionary War Veteran ancestor.
I acknowledge the smugness of this letter I've just typed up. I will also be smug when I walk down to the post box on the public square after breakfast in the morning to mail it. If you're gonna be performative, try to make someone else's day with it while you're making your own, that's what I say!
September 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I acknowledge the smugness of this letter I've just typed up. I will also be smug when I walk down to the post box on the public square after breakfast in the morning to mail it. If you're gonna be performative, try to make someone else's day with it while you're making your own, that's what I say!
Happy Labor Day weekend from the ‘ville.
August 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Labor Day weekend from the ‘ville.
Double dipping this morning.
August 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Double dipping this morning.
Perfection is unattainable by humans. But there are human things that, in my life’s experience thus far, have gone a long way towards it. Here are lucky thirteen of them. There are more.
Now you go.
Now you go.
![A list of fourteen things. They are:
- [ ] Buck Owens harmonizing with Dangerous Don Rich
- [ ] The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont
- [ ] Tim Minchin’s Judas in the 2012 productions of Jesus Christ Superstar
- [ ] The shifts of focus among characters in Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
- [ ] Patty Loveless’ cover of “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”
- [ ] “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota,” by James Wright
- [ ] The last paragraph of “The Dead,” by James Joyce
- [ ] “Jolene,” by Dolly Parton
- [ ] The Beatitudes
- [ ] “There Is A Time,” by the Dillards, performing as The Darlings on The Andy Griffith Show
- [ ] Lucy Lawless mocking Kevin Sorbo on social media
- [ ] The cover of The Flash #123, September 1961, drawn by Carmine Infantino and inked by Murphy Anderson
- [ ] “View of Delft,” by Johannes Vermeer
- [ ] “I’ll Fly Away” as performed by the Singing Riches (any iteration)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sidfnyux6ujzzkpxw5mxcog5/bafkreid6xn6pond57imwrzvs7nsuvbbh54ahgwpwsffluojjljcal5aeuy@jpeg)
August 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Perfection is unattainable by humans. But there are human things that, in my life’s experience thus far, have gone a long way towards it. Here are lucky thirteen of them. There are more.
Now you go.
Now you go.
My latest story, a sword & sorcery piece called "Savannah and the Apprentice," is now live at Lightspeed. It features my possible-series character Savannah the Librarian and companions of the road. There's an author interview & audio version at the story page, which is linked in the first comment.
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My latest story, a sword & sorcery piece called "Savannah and the Apprentice," is now live at Lightspeed. It features my possible-series character Savannah the Librarian and companions of the road. There's an author interview & audio version at the story page, which is linked in the first comment.
Taters turned one yesterday. As the first vet who saw him after I took him from the farm at around 13 weeks correctly predicted, he has turned out to be "irredeemably feral."
August 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Taters turned one yesterday. As the first vet who saw him after I took him from the farm at around 13 weeks correctly predicted, he has turned out to be "irredeemably feral."
I continue to tweak the covers, but am taking what's left of the weekend off to work on a revision. Here's where they stand.
(You can also see this stuff at falchionmag.blogspot.com)
(You can also see this stuff at falchionmag.blogspot.com)
August 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I continue to tweak the covers, but am taking what's left of the weekend off to work on a revision. Here's where they stand.
(You can also see this stuff at falchionmag.blogspot.com)
(You can also see this stuff at falchionmag.blogspot.com)
Falchion now has a blog, with information zine and contact information for queries and submissions.
falchionmag.blogspot.com
I've also one last time updated the cover. I'm very proud of the staples!
falchionmag.blogspot.com
I've also one last time updated the cover. I'm very proud of the staples!
August 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Falchion now has a blog, with information zine and contact information for queries and submissions.
falchionmag.blogspot.com
I've also one last time updated the cover. I'm very proud of the staples!
falchionmag.blogspot.com
I've also one last time updated the cover. I'm very proud of the staples!
My sword & sorcery fanzine Falchion will launch in October and Deadline of September 15th. Looking for reviews of any s&s media (short stories to video games, at least 1K words), memoirs, general overviews. Anything to do with s&s. No upper word limit. I reserve the right to reject any submission.
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My sword & sorcery fanzine Falchion will launch in October and Deadline of September 15th. Looking for reviews of any s&s media (short stories to video games, at least 1K words), memoirs, general overviews. Anything to do with s&s. No upper word limit. I reserve the right to reject any submission.
My sword & sorcery bookshelf.
August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My sword & sorcery bookshelf.
Inspector on site to check a Rowe Farms water tank.
August 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Inspector on site to check a Rowe Farms water tank.