Few posts back, you may recall me shouting-out Sticky Wonder Tales, a story by Hugh A.D. Spencer published some time ago and read by he and me on the internet more recently. Well, that reading’s got some attention. Cory Doctorow boingboinged it earlier this week, and before that the Internet Archive posted it, along with […]
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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
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… 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
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(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)
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… 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
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… here’s a shout-out for Hugh A.D. Spencer (and me!), whose story, “Sticky Wonder Tales,” is up at On Spec’s site as a dramatic reading, here. Why mention it in the yard? Couple reasons, thanks for asking. First reason: it’s a kickass story – funny and sad and just a little bit gross – and
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Well, it’s Christmas Eve. Just a few more shopping hours, and that’s it. So, Yard-apes, I admonish you once more: Go to the World’s Biggest Bookstore. Bring $10. Buy my and Karl Schroeder’s novel The Claus Effect. What’s that, you say? Don’t want to? May I suggest you check out this sample, and then read
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New Coke turned the world of sugary beverages on its ear. A joint French-American expedition located the wreck of the RMS Titanic, giving Terminator director James Cameron all the pretext he needed. Bill Gates and Microsoft released Windows 1.1. And for one, glorious – ahem – shining Wednesday evening, Jonathan Coulton’s Monkey Shines made television
1985 was a cruel, cruel year… Read More »
Yesterday (Saturday November 29, ’08) at Bakka-Phoenix is when it happened, just as I predicted here, for Tesseracts Twelve. As promised, there were cookies, and books, and readings, and after that signings. Jill and Michael did not do a Sonny-and-Cher style duet, but no one seriously expected it. Right? Here are some pictures, courtesy of
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