Ted Snyder http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/ Writer, Educator, Entomologist Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:53:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.tedsnyderonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-pogo-medium.jpg?fit=32%2C32 Ted Snyder http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/ 32 32 78717872 New Story in Cosmic Crime Stories http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2022/09/new-story-in-cosmic-crime-stories/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:41:05 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=2271 A soldier returns home from Afghanistan with a strange, ancient box, completely sealed and covered in cuneiform.  He soon discovers that the box is far older than he realized, and he escapes to California’s high desert to protect his family.  However, his young brother is not so easily deterred and puts everyone at risk. My …

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]]> 2271 A City of Han reviewed by The Korea Times, Asian Review of Books, and LA Review of Books http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2021/12/a-city-of-han-reviewed-by-the-korea-times-asian-review-of-books-and-la-review-of-books/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=2026 I’m thrilled to see how much publicity A City of Han: stories by expat writers in South Korea, which features my story, “The Mosquito Hunters of Korea,” has received! When I wrote “The Mosquito Hunters of Korea,” I’d hoped it would find a publisher willing to include it in a magazine or an anthology, and …

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]]> 2026 New Erasure Poems in the Cincinnati Review http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2021/10/new-erasure-poems-in-the-cincinnati-review/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 16:20:36 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=2203 I’m so excited to announce that two of my erasure poems have just been published by The Cincinnati Review as a special online feature! This is part of a new series of erasures, where I examine ableism – how our society is built for and defaults to people who are able bodied – in texts.  …

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]]> 2203 New Erasure Poems in The Banyan Review http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2021/07/new-erasure-poems-in-the-banyan-review/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:49:35 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=2155 The Banyan Review has picked up a trove of my erasure poems!  These poems are similar, but different from my past erasures.  I’ve been working on a new style of erasure, where the original text is present and readable, and these are the first published in this new style.  What I like about these is …

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]]> 2155 Korea Herald reviews A City of Han http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2020/05/korea-herald-reviews-a-city-of-han/ Thu, 07 May 2020 21:15:56 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=1973 A City of Han, which includes my short story “The Mosquito Hunters of Korea,” has been reviewed by The Korea Herald. I am in disbelief that they said my story reminded them of Joseph Conrad.  In high school and for many years thereafter, Heart of Darkness was one of my favorite books. Read the review …

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]]> 1973 New Story: The Wolf Man’s Wife http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2020/05/new-story-the-wolf-mans-wife/ Sat, 02 May 2020 21:37:18 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=1983 Maureen and Bill had a good marriage, or so it seemed, until one full moon when he became a wolf man.  Their bonds of matrimony are put to the test by his newfound appetite for eating neighborhood cats and rolling in fresh poop. “The Wolf Man’s Wife” is available on Amazon in the Strange Stories …

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]]> 1983 New Erasure Poems in Inverted Syntax http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2020/05/new-erasure-poems-in-inverted-syntax/ Fri, 01 May 2020 21:36:18 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=1981 Three of my erasure poems, “Plate XVI. B. suturalis,” “Plate VI. L. fulvicauda,” and “No satisfactory explanation” are in the Februrary 2020 print issue of  Inverted Syntax.  These are erasures of classic entomological texts, revealing the hidden lives of insects and the people who study them. Pick up your copy today at Inverted Syntax!

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]]> 1981 New Story: The Mosquito Hunters of Korea http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2020/04/new-story-the-mosquito-hunters-of-korea/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:38:22 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=1985 A scientist with a US military preventive medicine unit in South Korea dies in a minefield while collecting mosquitoes in the DMZ.  His supervisor, the unit’s newly appointed executive officer, takes over the position, only to find out that this was not the first such death.  He will have to fight against his unit’s dark …

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]]> 1985 New Article: Ancestor Simulations: A Past, Revisited http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2020/04/new-article-ancestor-simulations-a-past-revisited/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:32:16 +0000 http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=1979 Ancestor simulations, such as the matrix simulation in the eponymous movie trilogy, are a recurring form of technology within speculative fiction; however, science fiction critics have largely overlooked their importance to the genre. This paper examines how ancestor simulations function as a plot device and how this changes over time from the 1980s to today.  …

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