Monstrous Affections

Oh, what a misleading header that is, to lead into a report that Monstrous Affections has sold out its first print-run and is going into the second one now. That is what this post is about, though; just three months after the collection hit the bookstore/online retailer/book launch circuit, ChiZine tells me that the last […]

People came by during the day, different people came by at night, and at the end of it, nobody could accuse ChiZine Publications, me, Robert J. Wiersema or Claude Lalumiere of failing to launch our books in Toronto on Saturday. I don’t know about anybody else, but I had a fantastic time, reading and signing

I figured that periodical was done with Monstrous Affections, but apparently… not quite. Rose Fox, the author of Publisher’s Weekly’s Genreville blog (and PW’s editor for science fiction, fantasy and horror reviews), has put out her Top Books of 2009 list for fantasy, science fiction and horror. And while Monstrous Affections didn’t make the top

There’s a new edition of Monstrous Affections out, and this one utterly dispenses with that paper and glue and ink that have come to define all previous editions. This one’s all digital, from digital cover to digital cover, and suitable for reading on your i-phone, e-book reader and laptop computer. Dedicated yard-apes may have already

I actually do not know if William Lyon MacKenzie C.I. has a team called the Lyons. But I do know that the North York collegiate has a weblog called The Lyon. I spent some time on it this morning, reading and reflecting on how much more intelligent and insightful todays teens are, as compared, say,

… a lot of launching in Toronto on November 14. ChiZine Publications is going all-out on their fall lineup, which includes my collection Monstrous Affections, for what amounts to a day-long festival of signing and sipping and chatting, in two very cool locations. The day starts at Bakka-Phoenix, Toronto’s venerable sf bookstore, at 2 p.m.

Okay, back to the stupid collection. Quill & Quire’s November edition features a fantastic review of Monstrous Affections (which was starred) in the midst of an also-fantastic piece about ChiZine Publications and its fall releases, Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumière, and The World More Full of Weeping, by Robert Wiersema. I cannot link to

And so the Yard returns the favour, and links back to the Globe!John Barber, the Globe’s publishing reporter, did a little piece on Monstrous Affections’ good reception at Publisher’s Weekly, and put it up on the Globe’s In Other Words books blog. Apparently, this is John’s first blog posting in his capacity as publishing reporter,

My publisher, Brett Savory, sent me a clipping this afternoon. It’s from a rag called Publisher’s Weekly. Apparently they publish book reviews. They published a review of my book. With a star next to it. Here is what it said: Monstrous Affections David Nickle. ChiZine (LPG of Canada, dist.), $18.95 paper (292p) ISBN 978-0-9812978-3-5 Bleak,