Tag Archives: Tanith Lee

Happy New Year from the Lair of the Evil Drs Brain + Tanith Lee!

Happy 2013 from the Lair of the Evil Drs Brain.

Our plan for this year is for the Lair to be a periodic feature rather than a regular one because, as we discovered last year, life tends
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THE YEAR’S BEST DARK FANTASY & HORROR

And in the squeeee that was heard around the world, the lovely Paula Guran at Prime Books has picked up my short story “Sun Falls” (from Ticonderoga Publications’ Dead Red Heart).

Also on the list are Margo Lanagan, Tanith
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Major Squeeeeee

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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Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

Paula Guran has announced the ToC for the 2011 Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror … and Brisneyland by Night got a berth!!

Snoopy dancing? Who? Me? Maybe a little …

Look at those names on the cover
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And in the mail this morning …

… it was worth the indignity of answering the door in my PJs, because the below was the result – All Hail, Steampunk II!!

Meanwhile, over at SF Signal: The Dream Anthology

The delightful John DeNardo at SF Signal asked a few people to pick and choose for their dream anthology, citing what you’d choose and why. The answers were so big, they had to split the post in two.

Mine is here, as is that of Nancy Kress (hallowed be her
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Sometimes I forget I'm a writer

Life gets in the way, I forget that my prime directive is words on page.

Then something nice happens, like a good review. Ray from Tartarus Press pointed this one out to me, it’s in Supernatural Tales #17. A most kindly review of Sister, Sister:

I was also surprised to encounter `Sister, Sister’, Angela Slatter’s story of a rogue queen-prostitute in a
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Steampunk Reloaded

The word ‘compendium’ was developed by the Universe in the hope that people like Ann and Jeff VanderMeer would come along.

LL Hannett and I have scored a berth on the good ship Steampunk Reloaded, with a couple of literary artefacts :-), the main one being “The Curious Case of Physically-Manifested ‘Bed-Sheet Mania’”. Not as gross or wrong as it sounds! Really!
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Last Drink Bird Head – Promote Literacy

A very good book for a very good cause: promoting literacy.

Team VanderMeer have put together this anthology for ProLiteracy. So, you get to help out (thus increasing your karma-credits) and you get a fantastic read – look at those writers, look at those names! Nothing wrong with any of this.

What Is Last Drink Bird Head?

That’s the catalyst editors Ann and
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