and a Happy New Year to anyone out there still following this train wreck.

God bless us, every one.

And therefore it is time to Release the Kraken!

And no, that is not a euphemism, though it will be next time I use it.

The Clash of the Titans remake has a longer trailer out now. This trailer shows use that much ass-kickery will be involved. This is a good thing. It also reminds us that Liam Neeson is a fucking god, and when he says “Release the Kraken,” you had better step back.

That could be taken so many ways . . .

Whatever, just go check out the trailer.

And now Rene Russo is on board as Odin’s wife Frigga.

Yes, because this movie was not awesome enough already.

I really don’t know what else to say, other than with the Iron Man 2 and Clash of the Titans trailer news coming yesterday and now this, I’m geekgasmed out.

And I am not about to pass up the opportunity to provide a reference for those who are claiming not to know whom Ms. Russo might be.

So looking around at possible markets for the writing I’m not doing, I found Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, subtitled “Prose. Poetry. Pulp.”

Promising.

I decided to check out a story, just to see in what they might be interested. The first story I came across was “the Hand of Afaz” by Euan Harvey. Rather than a quick sample, I read the whole thing at one sitting. It is one excellent yarn. It also presents a very high bar.

Remember when Sword’s Edge used to have free fiction. Yeah, me too. I’m overwhelmed by nostalgia. Thing is, those days won’t be coming back. But fear not, because Heroic Fantasy Quarterly is free, and it really delivers on its name. Sweet, sweet heroic fantasy.

I honestly haven’t read anything else at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, but I’m recommending it simply based on “the Hand of Afaz.”

Go check it out. I’m pretty darn certain you’ll thank me later.

Or actually at “Yes dear.”

The Iron Man 2 trailer is up. I’ve watched it three times already, and as you will have noted if you follow me on Twitter, I am rather excited. What a cast. And at the end of the trailer, we get to see Iron Man and War Machine mixing it up, back to back.

Remember the whole orgasm thing in When Harry Met Sally? That was me watching the trailer. Seriously. And I wasn’t faking it.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I need to go change my pants. There is simply no way this movie can suck.

Absolutely no way.