The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, I learned a couple of days ago, here, is gone. According to co-editors Kelly Link, Gavin Grant and Ellen Datlow, St. Martin’s Press will not be publishing their massive year-end round-up of horror and the fantastic this year, or likely ever again. And we’re all poorer for it. For …
… this time from The Fix – an online short fiction review. Read it here. Reviewer Jason Sanford loved or liked every story in the book, writing of them: “… not a single one of which isn’t good or great.” If I parse his review-let of “Wylde’s Kingdom” correctly, I’m guessing it falls into the …
… and pals, Brett Savory and Sandra Kasturi at Chizine Press. We know the economy’s in the pot and you’re either afraid of being laid off or already laid off. You’ve blown all your money on that last, perfect Christmas where you can pretend nothing is wrong, and are starting to feel buyer’s-remorse about that …
(What?) My story “The Radejastians” will be in Tesseracts Thirteen, unless email lies. Found out last night from co-editor Nancy Kilpatrick, that the story’s been accepted for the 13th edition of the long-running Canadian anthology series. In honor of the number, this one’s all horror. Nancy and co-editor David Morrell (of the First Blood fame) …
… among other things, counting the days until we will no longer have to use the word Ought to describe the current decade. Then it’s the teens, I guess. But that’s all a matter of amateur speculation for now. In the meantime, there’s business for fanciers of professional speculation: the 2009 Aurora Award nominations are …