Howdy, internets. Here's a few things that I've noted over the last week, and thought well worth sharing here.

• Nick Gevers interviews Lou Anders, mostly about Fast Forward 2 but also about sf and short fiction in general.

• Pyr Books is offering Sean Williams's The Crooked Letter as a free ebook. Check it out, already!

• Comic Book Resources has a preview of Jeff Parker's Agents of Atlas #2, which you need to own.

• Daryl Gregory has posted the first chapter of his forthcoming novel The Devil's Alphabet, due out in November. If you haven't read his Pandemonium yet, what the heck are you waiting for?