Monthly Archives: September 2010
Stone Flowers
Head over to Fantasy Magazine for Aidan Doyle’s new, poignant tale Stone Flowers.
Even though he was a god, Daisuke always removed his shoes before he went inside. It was the polite thing to do.
He knocked on the sliding screen door.
“Come in,” a woman’s voice called.
Daisuke slid
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Holy Stunning Review, Batman!
My lurgy-addled brain (which told me it was a good idea to do the 45 min walk to the shops this morning with only two coffees and a Haigh’s marshmallow square in my belly), has just meandered through this review from Beyond Fiction. It’s a very nice review indeed. Thanks to Mr Reviewer, Simon Marshall-Jones. And thanks to Mark Deniz who
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Comment
Awesome comment from Karen Miller last night at dinner: Every character lives somewhere inside you.
And so, no, I do not have a Ditmar :-D
Last night’s phone call from Pete, saying I had a Ditmar made my spidey senses tingle with wrongness and I thought ‘wind-up’.
In the end not quite, but rather drunken confusion from others that ‘nominated’ meant ‘won’. (Not Pete’s fault – he did indeed win a well-deserved Ditmar for Horn). So much laughter and derision this morn – and Cat Sparks
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Like Chicken Man
I am apparently everywhere, including Booklife.
The short story isn’t dead, it’s just _________?
Angela Slatter: Fighting a vigorous rearguard action against big publishers who don’t see any money in selling short story collections unless they’re attached to big name authors. I do think it’s a form that’s
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Interview from WorldCon with Gary Kemble
Gary Kemble asked me questions! I tried to answer sensibly. Jury is still out!
You can listen here if you so choose.