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Beyond the Woods: Retold Fairy Tales
Beyond the Woods: Retold Fairy Tales is a new reprint anthology from the lovely Paula Guran and Night Shade Books.
It will be out in July 2016, and I’m delighted to say that my story “The Bone Mother” is contained therein, along with
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The Sourdough Posts: Under the Mountain
Image taken from page 78 of “Songs for Little People,” published in 1896. (The British Library)
The Sourdough Posts: Under the Mountain
Ah, and the last Sourdough
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In which the Dance of Happiness is Done
Lisa’s photo
So I woke to a text from my dearest Brain, Lisa L. Hannett, sent while she was exploring far-flung Lindisfarne on her Great Viking Adventure Time, saying “WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP, MY BRAIN, YOU’RE ON THE WFA SHORTLIST!”
And
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Archivist Wasp: Nicole Kornher-Stace
The first thing I read by Nicole Kornher-Stace was The Winter Triptych from Papaveria Press … which utterly stunned me. Winter. Queens. Ghosts. Roses. Castles. And that cover, oh that cover. Stunning writing, visceral imagery, a story that disturbed
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The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2015 Edition
Utterly delighted to have my fourth outing in Paula Guran’s The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, this time in the 2015 Edition (Prime Books) – and to share it with Lisa Hannett in her first appearance there makes it even more
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Midnight and Moonshine: new in eBook form!
At last, it’s here: Midnight and Moonshine is up at Amazon, ready for downloading to your Kindle’ish devices, people!
The gods are dead, but will not be forgotten.
When Mymnir flees the devastation of Ragnarok, she hopes to escape all
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: John Llewellyn Probert’s The Life Inspector
Grand Master of Melodramatic Horror Mayhem, John Llewellyn Probert, (The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine is well worth the read) is one of the Spectral Book of Horror Stories authors and kindly answers some questions for us.
1. Can you
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Area X Marks the Spot: Welcome to the Southern Reach
Annihilation, the first book of the Southern Reach trilogy and Jeff VanderMeer’s first novel in four years, is in barnstorming mode to say the least. You can purchase it here (you know you want to).
The story so far:
Annihilation is set
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Exegesis, Part the Third: Mosaic
Kay Nielsen
Continuing the posts of the exegetical component of my PhD – no criticism intended, merely analysis. This section looks at mosaic novels and other forms of fragmented storytelling.
Part Three: Mosaic
‘My lies and the fragments of truth I remember
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Sandpaper & Salt
So, Tessa Kum is available to edit your work and her flensing services are second to none. That is all you really need to know. Go here. 
Not quite convinced? How about listening to Jeff VanderMeer?
“I highly recommend
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