Monthly Archives: April 2013
Review of Nightmare Issue 7
Over at Fantasy Literature, Terry Weyma reviews Nightmare seventh issue, which includes “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter”, Elizabeth Hand’s “The Bacchae”, Marc Laidlaw’s “Bonfires”, and “Gravitas” by Weston Ocshe.
Go here to read.
In which I sneak into Harry’s place, steal the cupcakes and drink all the coffee …
From the exquisite Kirsty Mitchell
The lovely Harry has included me in his series on Women in Genre.
I don’t know why, but I have a thing for fairy tales. Despite most female characters in
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Meanwhile, over at Harry’s place
‘The Journey Home” (2013) © Kirsty Mitchell Photography
… the delightful and talented Haralambi Markov is devoting this month at his blog to posting about the female writers in speculative fiction
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Shared Worlds
Over at Shared Worlds a bunch of us were asked for the best writing advice we could write on our hands.
So, 27 hands, including those of Neil Gaiman, Karen Lord, Joe Haldeman, Nnedi Okorafor, Gene Wolfe, Ekaterina Sedia, Patrick
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Batter up
Over at Al’s place I’ve taken over the fainting couch and answered some questions about writerly angst and how to cope.
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Canterbury 2100
So, back in 2008 the inimitable Dirk Flinthart edited a tome called Canterbury 2100, which essentially walked in the footsteps of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, only with more science fictiony bits and better, more comfortable shoes.
The blurb? So
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Free Nightmares
Today you can read “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter” for free over at Nightmare Magazine, and the interview with me about the story. Y’know, if you’re bored.
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Maltese Folktales
The Green Woman by Ellen Pace
Thanks to Teodor Reljic, I now know about this.
The artwork is by Ellen Pace and is utterly glorious!
And my mind is a little bit blown
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Jo Anderton on Angst
Alan Baxter’s series continues today with Jo Anderton talking about the stuff that makes her angsty and how she beats it up and kicks it to the kerb.
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2013 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Short story writers, please consider entering the 2013 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize.
The entry fee is $20.00 but the prize money is very, very good.
Go here for details.