Report from Albany Sunday, October 11, 2009

They call this The Egg. It stands in the center of a pedestrian mall, half moon cityscape, half Tativille.






Colie Collen, gracious host, and Jessica Fjeld, featured at the Yes! Reading the night of my arrival.






The talented Jono Tosch.






With the great Paul Park at Albacon. A high point.






I would not say this man was harassing people with his dragon puppet at Albacon. I would say he was the only person in costume at an otherwise fairly grey event and was, by necessity, overcompensating for his fellow Albanians's lack of enthusiasm with an application of felt.






Natalie Knight and Anne Eyre, my hosts: they lived with a beautiful sightless dog named Vinnie I regret not capturing in a picture.






With Adam Golaski and Josh Potter, at the reading. We read in front of a highly original painting featuring a lurid warrior with a slashed nose. Before, him the One Ring was presented by Lady Gaga, represented as a pixie.