In November I attended the Phoenix Fan Fest with my friend Ashley, who is a big fan of author Drew Hayes. He, like a lot of the new wave of writers, has built his audience through his online presence ...

Consider the blacksmith. Whether it’s Hephaestus, who forged the weapons of the gods in a volcano, or the soot-faced, pre-Industrial Revolution chap who fashioned wagon wheels and horseshoes, or the ...

DETROIT — The forging company planning to buy most of Delphi Corp.'s bearing assets says the acquisition will give it new design capabilities and assembly know-how. Hephaestus Holdings Inc., of ...