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In the April-May, 2008, issue of Armageddon Buffet, Tyrone Nagai performs a cinematic autopsy in "Lola and Jean."

Our editorial comments on Scott McClellan's kiss-off-and-tell-off book in "What the %$#@ Happened?"

On the (now-blogged!) Road to Armageddon, read about Armageddon Buffet's tragic adventures in MySpace Land in Signs and Portents of Armageddon!

Wars, Famines and Pestilences looks at Ralph Nader's war with his inner Alpha female!

In Preparing for Armageddon, find out when you are scheduled to die.

Finally, in The Cassandra Report, see how reality imitates fiction!

Next issue: June 2008!!

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Armageddon Buffet is looking for speculative fiction, social satire, and cyberpunk; future fantasies, alternate histories, and apocalyptic visions; surrealism, naturalism, and literotica; well-researched and considered political, philosophical, and cultural commentary; true tales of successful activism, rebellion, and opposition; positive alternatives and survival strategies. We will also consider pithy verse and original artwork, especially if dada or satirical. We are particularly interested in good hypertext material -- stories, verse, and artworks that creatively explore and exploit the new medium.

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Editorial Staff

Editor Stephen W. Potts received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and spent the next year in Würzburg, Germany, as a Fulbright Lecturer. He returned to teaching at San Diego State University until invited to the University of California at San Diego by the Department of Literature. Since the mid-1980s he has taught courses on science fiction, fantasy, film, and other popular genres, on creative writing, and on youth culture for both the Literature and Communication departments. As an affiliate of the Human Development Program, he also offers courses in children's and adolescent literature. In addition, he periodically teaches children's literature and science fiction at San Diego State.
     He has been in print for over twenty years. His publications span literary and cultural critique, political commentary, literary parody, and science fiction. Representative titles include the book Catch-22: Antiheroic Anti-novel (G. K. Hall), the article "IBMortality: Putting the Ghost in the Machine" (Immortal Engines, U. of Georgia Press), and the story "Mare Somniorum" (New Dimensions 10, Harper & Row). Work in progress includes both fiction and nonfiction. As a specialist in popular culture and social issues, he has appeared often in the local media -- newspapers, radio, and TV -- and as a speaker at public events and conferences.

Online Editor Beverly F. Price received her Masters of Fine Arts from San Diego State University in San Diego. Her fiction has appeared in Fiction International, where she is Associate Editor. She has taught creative writing at SDSU. She is a web designer for authors David Brin and Harold Jaffe.

Armageddon Buffet is looking for speculative fiction, social satire, and cyberpunk; future fantasies, alternate histories, and apocalyptic visions; surrealism, naturalism, and literotica; well-researched and considered political, philosophical, and cultural commentary; true tales of successful activism, rebellion, and opposition; positive alternatives and survival strategies. More