Baron Samedi watches as I pour out the wine and measure the grain. He makes sure I don’t have a chance to steal some for my poor, shrunken belly; to sift through in search of something special. It’s not fair, but he knows me too well; isn’t prepared to risk the loss.
Erzulie is different, sweeter, [...]
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Cover-related Squeeeeeee!
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged liz grzyb, Scary Kisses, swancon, ticonderoga publications on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Scary Kisses anthology has its cover – and it’s gorgeous . LL Hannett and I are most pleased
Table of contents:
The Anstruther Woman, Nicole R. Murphy
Fade Away, Ian Nichols
Bread and Circuses, Felicity Dowker
Black Widow, Shona Husk
The February Dragon, Angela Slatter and L.L. Hannett
Growing Silence, Matt Tighe
The Hidden One, Astrid Cooper
A Darker Shade [...]
Filled with Awe
Posted in News, tagged Weightless Books on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Weightless Books: Books that Don’t Weight You Down.
Cool name.
http://weightlessbooks.com/about/
Steampunk Reloaded
Posted in News, tagged ann and jeff vandermeer, felix gilman, Jeffrey Ford, steampunk reloaded, Tanith Lee, the secret history of steampunk on March 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
New Story at The Daily Cabal
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged A Monkey in the Hand – Part 2, steampunk monkey, the daily cabal on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Monkey in the Hand – Part 2
How could I resist? A Galatea to my Pygmalion – but something infinitely more intriguing than an ordinary woman.
I’d read about sailors who’d caught a mermaid in the South Seas and tried to bring her back to Portsmouth. They kept her in a barrel of water on the [...]
Sale!
Posted in News, Sales, tagged lisa hannett, liz grzyb, scary kisses anthology, swancon, the february dragon, ticonderoga publications on February 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Lisa Hannett (my other Brain) and I have sold a story we wrote together post-Clarion South. The February Dragon has been bought by the lovely Liz Grzyb at Ticonderoga Publications for the Scary Kisses anthology.
The anthology will be launched at Swancon 2010 in Perth over Easter (http://2010.swancon.com.au/).
(Image from http://www.dcbhoroscope.com/archives/category/psychic-wizard-images)
Hugos
Posted in News, tagged hugos, The Chrysanthemum Bride on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The very kind and talented Aliette de Bodard has put The Chrysanthemum Bride on her list of recommendations for the Hugos. I am humbled and grateful. The rest of her erudite choices are here http://aliettedb.livejournal.com/294659.html
On the Upside
Posted in News, tagged german translation, anthology on February 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had a request for two of my stories to be translated into German for an anthology. Whoda thunk it?
