Volume 15, Issue 1 February/March ConNotations 2005 The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society A Conversation with Featured Inside SF Tube Talk Special Features Quinn Yarbro & Suzy McKee Charnas All the latest news about A Conversation with By Catherine Book Scienc Fiction TV shows Quinn Yarbo & Suzy McKee Charnas I had the rare opportunity to chat with on the dominant male. Quinn laughingly 24 Frames by Catherine Book both Quinn Yarbro and Suzy Charnas ventured that she’d love to see a romance All the latest Movie News during the last World Fantasy convention where the male and female stop and look When Worlds Collide: in October 2004. I asked them to interview at one another and say “This is a bad Pro Notes The G4TechTV Channel with an emphasis on their vampire idea. I’ll see you later,” and walk away. By Shane Shellenbarger characters and stories. 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