Charles Ardai

Writer. Editor. More to come.

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Ex.: “The scene in the revue having been deemed excessively vaumile, the director undertook a bit of judicious coration to make it tighter and more focused.”

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A new coinage that occurred to me: ‘coration,’ ‘to corate’: to render plain and unembellished [ant., ‘decorate’].

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On in miserable, monotonic
Siege upon your tender organs sonic.

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My daughter, studying sonnets in her high school English class, asked whether they're all in iambic pentameter, and I said no -- most are, but not all. And all night as I tried to sleep the challenge of writing one in trochaic pentameter instead consumed my brain. Where to share?

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No: the trochee limps ungainly like a
Graceless plodder. Iambs shimmer, gorgeous,
Anapests and dactyls glint like mica,
But Hephaestos-like the trochee forges

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Pre-Order Gun Honey Slipcase Vols. 1-3 now!

@CharlesArdai's smash-hit Gun Honey returns in this epic collection of the first three volumes!

Order online at: https://t.co/ELHWcwdGAd or in your local comic book store!

#hardcasecrime #comicbooks #gunhoney

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Look what turned up while I was doing some spring cleaning, @jmechner — untouched for 28 years.

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@Acquistapa47465 Thanks very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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🎄 The season of giving has begun! 🎄

Pack a little action and adventure into your Christmas stockings with the third beloved Gun Honey instalment!

ON SALE JAN 14th
Gun Honey: Collision Course Vol. 3
(W) @CharlesArdai (A) Ang Hor Kheng

Pre-order here: https://t.co/kPhcGnjgok

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Going through some old photos, I found one of me with an albino rat on my shoulder. Decided it was worth preserving.

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@GT4VA @ComicsTitan There's a review that includes some plot description at https://t.co/nXSx0soVQ4

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@Downtowngoose @SD_Comic_Con @TheRodneyBarnes @danielclowes @gerryconway @naominovik @Julia_Wertz Very excited to be visiting SDCC this year, and to be in such great company!

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@RothSchilling @MidtownComics @ComicsTitan I think so; the last two times I signed for Midtown, I saw signed copies on sale in the store days later.

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It's been more than a year since I posted anything here, and might be another year before I do again. But today is publication day for my new book DEATH COMES TOO LATE, so: hello. Hope you enjoy it if you are kind enough to pick up a copy. https://t.co/Rr8FhpS2Uv

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@tripleindemnity @StephenKing It is indeed.

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@wallacestroby @EddieMuller @meganeabbott @Joe22415262 @JasonStarrBooks We were all so young.

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@jmechner At 14 this was the sort of thing I was writing for Enter magazine. Your understanding of code was a *tiny* bit more sophisticated!

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@jmechner Love it! (And feel free to repost any of my articles anytime. No worries.)