I am going to be interviewing Tim Powers

I have been asked to be the interviewer of Guest of Honor Tim Powers at Arcana 34 the first weekend of October.

If you could ask Tim a question, what would it be?

Disturbing dream

I dreamed that there was a waterleak inside the walls of the house, and that torrential rains had worsened the problem. Rot was starting to spread, and a support beam was sagging. The whole dream had a sense of creeping dread.

It feels like a lot of worries sort of jumbled together: the upcoming election and the state of the nation. The rain feels like something insiduous that can't be stopped: again, terrorism, the cancer in American society due to fear.

It puts my state of mind into a metaphor. How do I deal with these fears? How to stop the waterleak, get rid of the rot, repair the house and make it sound again?

Nice shooting, Rex!

Dog shoots man, saves litter mates. No, really.