# Jayme Lynn Blaschke

Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969) is an American journalist and author of science fiction, fantasy and related non-fiction. Primarily known for his genre-related interviews with authors and editors, he published a collected volume of 17 interviews, Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak, through the University of Nebraska Press in 2005. In 2016 he published an extensively-researched history of the infamous brothel that served as the inspiration behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas titled Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse. A revised, updated and expanded edition was published in 2023 to mark the 50th anniversary of the brothel's closure.
Blaschke earned his B.A. in journalism from Texas A&M University in 1992 and has worked as both a writer and editor in print journalism and media relations fields. From December 2002 through December 2005 he served as fiction editor for RevolutionSF. In 2006 he founded No Fear of the Future, a group blog featuring contributors such as Chris Nakashima-Brown, Stephen Dedman, Alexis Glynn Latner, Jess Nevins and Zoran Živković. He is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and served as that organization’s director of media relations 2006-2012. Blaschke resides in New Braunfels, Texas, and is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop.

## Partial bibliography

BOOKS
Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, The History Press, August 2016 Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak, University of Nebraska Press, April 2005
SHORT FICTION
"Bad Tamales," Southern Fried Cthulhu, Mechanoid Press, August 2024 "It Gazes Back," with Don Webb, Black Cat Weekly No. 32, April 2022
"Mother of Sprits," The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, HarperVoyager, July 2011 "Apostate Treasures, LTD.," No Fear of the Future, December 2009 "A Plague of Banjos," Electric Velocipede, No. 15-16, winter 2008 "The Whale Below," Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books, December 2008 "The Makeover Men," HelixSF, No. 6, October 2007 "Being an Account of the Final Voyage of La Riaza: A Circumstance in Eight Parts," Interzone No. 210, June 2007 "Coyote for President," RevolutionSF.com, November 2006 "Prince Koindrindra Escapes," Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard, F.A.C.T./MonkeyBrain, October 2006 "The Days of Rice and Assault," The World Wide Realm of Jayme Lynn Blaschke, July 2005 "Simultas," Kings of the Night III, Cyberpulp, August 2004 "Devil In a Tiny Little Ocean Bloc Container," The Leading Edge No. 42, October 2001 "Cyclops in B Minor," Writers of the Future vol. 14, Bridge Publications, 1998 "The Dust," Interzone No. 129, March 1998 "Project Timespan," Interzone No. 116, Feb 1997
INTERVIEWS
Wil McCarthy, The Brutarian No. 54, winter 2010 Allen Steele, The Brutarian No. 53, spring 2009 Joe Haldeman, The Brutarian No. 52, fall 2008 Peter S. Beagle, The Brutarian No. 48-49, winter 2007 Jacqueline Carey, The Brutarian No. 46, Spring 2006 Peter David, The Brutarian No. 44, Summer 2005 Lois McMaster Bujold, Postscripts No. 3, Spring 2005 Scott Edelman, Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak, University of Nebraska Press, April 2005 Paul Dini, RevolutionSF.com, Aug. 2004 Kage Baker, Postscripts No. 2, Summer 2004 Lucius Shepard, StrangeHorizons.com, Jan. 2004 David Drake, The Brutarian No. 40, Fall 2003 Rick Klaw, SFSite.com, Nov. Dec. 2003 Vernor Vinge, StrangeHorizons.com, Sept. 2003 Judd Winick, The Unofficial Green Arrow Fansite, May 2003 Martha Wells, Interzone No. 187, March 2003 Michael Moorcock, The Brutarian No. 38, Spring 2003 Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm, 3SF Magazine No. 2, Dec. 2002 Terry Brooks, The Science Fiction Chronicle No. 230, Nov. 2002 Frank Cho & Scott Kurtz, RevolutionSF.com, Nov. 2002 John Gregory Betancourt, SFSite.com, Oct. 2002 Bruce Sterling, Interzone No. 181, Aug. 2002 Neil Gaiman, RevolutionSF.com, May 2002 Stephen Dedman, The Brutarian No. 35, spring 2002 Brad Meltzer, The Unofficial Green Arrow Fansite, Feb. 2002 Elliot S! Maggin, The Unofficial Green Arrow Fansite, Nov. 2001 Joe R. Lansdale, The Brutarian No. 34, fall 2001 Gene Wolfe, Black Gate No. 2, summer 2001 Samuel R. Delany, SFSite.com, June 2001 Darren Vincenzo, The Unofficial Green Arrow Fansite, May 2001 Charles de Lint, Interzone No. 163, Jan. 2001 Walter Jon Williams, Interzone No. 162, Dec. 2000 Steven Gould & Laura Mixon, Interzone No. 160, Oct. 2000 Stanley Schmidt, SFSite.com, July 2000 Harlan Ellison, Interzone No. 156, June 2000 Elizabeth Moon, SFSite.com, Feb. March 2000 Patricia Anthony, Interzone No. 144, June 1999 Gordon Van Gelder, GreenManReview.com, April 1999 J.V. Jones, Interzone No. 142, April 1999 Jack Williamson, Interzone No. 139, Jan. 1999 Gardner Dozois, GreenManReview.com, Jan. 1999 Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Interzone No. 138, Dec. 1998