Monthly Archives: February 2011

SF Signal Mind Meld

Books we love to read and re-read here!

Black Static #21 and now we shall snoopy dance

My excitement could only be greater if Christopher Lee had been on the cover. But Peter Cushing makes me *almost* as happy :-).

The delightful Peter Tennant interviewed me and reviewed Black-Winged Angels, The Girl with
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Crime Research

Meg Vann, who is the awesome author of the awesome Sue Hart mystery series, is teaching at QWC again this year. On 26th of Feb, it’s a brand new workshop Research for Crime Fiction.

Guided by the Steel
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Sisters +

And this just to hand: Sisters has been selected for the Athens Intl Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival. Why yes, there is Snoopy Dancing.

To make your ears happy …

… go here to hear the glorious Mary Robinette Kowal reading Elizabeth Bear’s The Tricks of London for Subterranean Press.

So much goodness in the foregoing sentence one’s head might just pop!

A film-related squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Remember when I posted this?

Remember when I said it was even better than bacon patches? Well, now it’s even better than Baconaise.

I just heard that Sisters has been accepted for the WOW Flim Festival
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Vote! Vote for Lisa L Hannett!

For the Campbell. Lisa’s in her second year of eligibility for the John W Campbell Award for best new writer. She needs your vote. This is her self-effacing post. Ignore the humble-osity: she is awesome. She
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Innsmouth Free Press February 2011 issue

The lovely, disturbing Innsmouth Free Press has released its new issue into the wild. #6 contains my story ‘Rising, Not Dreaming’, as well as fiction by Aaron Polson, Joshua M. Reynolds, Rebecca Rahne, Martin Hayes, Daniel
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Black Static, TTA and Women in Horror Recognition Month

Black Static #21? is all about the recognition of women in horror. Peter Tennant says:

February is Women in Horror Recognition Month, and as promised we have devoted the Case Notes section of Black Static #21 to work by women writers. Here’s what we have in store for you:-

A Midsummer Night’s Dreaming: Angela Slatter

An interview with the up and coming Australian
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Locus Online Recommended Reading List

Wooot! Lots of Aussies on the list, including Cat Sparks, Peter M. Ball, Elizabeth Carroll, Margo Lanagan and editor Alisa Krasnostein.

Also, I got two mentions: one for ‘Brisneyland by Night’ in TPP’s Sprawl and t’other for ‘Lost Things’
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