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Magick 4 Terri

December 4, 2011 | News | Leave a comment

Terri Windling is one of the most intuitive of editors, most talented of artists and a truly skilled writer. There is an auction happening here to help her out in a time of need. And Russ Farr of Ticonderoga Publications has added a limited
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Down the Rabbit Hole: WEIRDFICTIONREVIEW.COM

October 18, 2011 | News, On Publishing, On Writing: General | 6 Comments


Myrtle Von Damitz

I seem to have agreed to become the managing editor for Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s new weirdfictionreview.com site, which is launching the end of this month. The site is being created by Luís Rodrigues and the awesome art of the Myrtle Von Damitz (see? See?) is featured
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The Good Science Fiction Drive-by: Gardner Dozois

September 28, 2011 | Drive-by Interviews, News, On Publishing, On Writing: General, On Writing: Short Stories, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Seriously?

Do I really need to introduce Gardner Dozois? The Gardner Dozois? Really? The multi Hugo and Nebula winning science fiction editor and author? The frequently partnering Jack Dann in crime of some sort Gardner Dozois?

Really?

All I will say is that he prefers donuts, dunked.

1. What’s the best thing about
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The Ditch Drive-by: Lisa Tuttle

September 9, 2011 | Drive-by Interviews, News, On Publishing, On Writing: General, On Writing: Short Stories | Leave a comment

American-born, UK-based Lisa Tuttle is writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror as well as an editor and reviewer. She was the 1974 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, won the 1989 BSFA Award for Short Fiction for “In Translation”, and the 2007
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Major Squeeeeee

May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Just saw the galleys for The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2011, edited by Paula Guran and I couldn’t help but give a squeeeeee of excitement. Why, yes, it did scare some (okay, all) of my colleagues.

But it looks so awesome and I read over the beginnings of a few of the stories – Norman Partridge’s Lesser Demons OMG,
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Gaimany Goodness and a Bit of a Bollocking

May 13, 2009 | On Writing: General | Leave a comment

I quite like this from Neil Gaiman’s blog today. This is in regard to the legendary George R R Martin.

Sure there’s the argument that fans do keep the writer in a living – yes, writers certainly do depend on fans purchasing books to help feed and clothe themselves and pay their bills (literary cred being a notoriously difficult currency
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