Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:23:13 -0500
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From: Kathi Overton <kathi at fast-forward.tv>
Subject: [WSFA] Fast Forward, January 2005 Episode
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January 10, 2005
=46or Immediate Release

Contact:  Tom Schaad  703-892-4970
     tom at fast-forward.tv
                 Mike Zipser 703-757-7840
                 mike at fast-forward.tv

ELIZABETH MASSIE, AUTHOR OF THE FEAR REPORT, ON=20
JANUARY EPISODE OF FAST FORWARD.

Horror writer Elizabeth Massie is interviewed on=20
this month's episode of Fast Forward:=20
Contemporary Science Fiction. Massie talks about=20
her story collection, The Fear Report, as well as=20
her cartoon art.

In conversation with host Mike Zipser, Massie=20
discusses both light-hearted and dark, disturbing=20
aspects of her work. She also talks about how her=20
writing has changed over the past few years.=20
According to Massie, "I think my earlier work had=20
a lot more children and now it tends to be a lot=20
more adult main characters =8A It was like I had=20
all these stories that dealt with children=20
characters that I had to get out on paper."

The January episode of Fast Forward also features=20
Colleen Cahill's review of the graphic story=20
collection The Book of Ballads, illustrated by=20
Charles Vess, with story adaptations by several=20
writers, including Charles de Lint, Sharyn=20
McCrumb, Neil Gaiman, Lee Smith and Jane Yolen.

In addition, Marianne Petrino reviews the anime=20
feature film Millennium Actress, distributed by=20
Dreamworks.

=46ast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction is a=20
monthly half-hour television series about the=20
genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. =20
=46ast Forward is produced by D.G. Productions=20
through the facilities of Arlington Independent=20
Media in Arlington, Virginia.  The show has been=20
in production since 1989 and can be viewed on=20
cable systems in Arlington and Fairfax counties=20
in Virginia.  Recent interviews are also=20
available online at www.fast-forward.tv.

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