You Know How Irregular My Life Is
Letter from Patrick to JP dated 27 April 1977 in which he described work on the Big Novel. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Letter from Patrick to JP dated 27 April 1977 in which he described work on the Big Novel. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
A long letter to Fred in which my father ruminates on his writing, his muses, his psyche, his hiding from feeling. I am basically a survivor with suicidal tendencies, he writes, that is, no one will be able to destroy me, except me myself. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Patrick sent me this post card in July 1975, trying to reach me in Phoenix. As a result, we reconnected in person after a decade’s absence. I was 19. That summer trip and the events that followed deserve several chapters in a book I’ll likely never write. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Another letter from Patrick, this one dated 17 March 1975. Those were desperate times for me, but how much they shaped my future I can’t say. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Here’s a letter from Patrick dated 24 January 1975, shortly after we’d resumed corresponding. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
A short story called Supernovas and Chrysanthemums, published in the December 1971 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction, about a County Health worker searching for a mysterious animal.
This short story was published in the August 1971 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Here it is for you as a collection of images of the pages. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
This short story was published in the April 1970 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine. Here it is for you as a collection of images of the pages. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Another one of Patrick’s short detective stories, published in the August 1969 of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. If you need to see the images in a larger size, click on them. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
This short story was published in the February 1969 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Here it is for you as a collection of images of the pages. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Here, as a collection of image files, is Patrick’s story as published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (April 1967 issue). Some of you may recognize a resemblance between this story and the recent film Arrival. I’m unaware of any official connection, however. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
This short story was published in the December 1965 issue of Analog, edited by John Campbell. It was subsequently selected as one of the best stories of the year and included in the annual collection Analog 5. When this book was released later in paperback it was retitled Countercommandment after Patrick’s story. Here it is […]
A quick note from Fred to Pat and Mari about their upcoming arrival on the SS Statendam. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Here’s a letter to Fred (written in France) that lists his itinerary for much of the rest of the year. In it Patrick refers to several short stories and potential publications. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
A Letter Home for Kenneth Palmer, organist Today dawn came over the French Baroque garden with the dreary birds’ Relentless chatter in the shrubs. They drenched the armless mermaid in their bathing, cracked The skin of ice that wrinkled fast the face Of water stealing stars from space, And stirred the pool into a thousand […]