Author Archives: Karen M. Vaughn

I’d like to share some excellent news! This winter, Brain Mill Press will be publishing a collection of my short stories. The centerpiece of the collection will be one of my very favorite stories, “Pavane for a Dead Film Star,” which is about Rudolph Valentino and dimensional shifts and all sorts of other fun stuff.Continue reading “Excellent News!”

(This piece aired on Kansas Public Radio in early August.) This year marks the 65th anniversary of film version of The Wizard of Oz, and I’d like to say once and for all–I hate this film. I’m done with it, and not just because of the saccharine sweet songs or the nightmarish set designs, whichContinue reading “Oz-sploitation Nation”