Angela Slatter's Blog, page 109
March 23, 2014
Spectral Press Chapbook: Home and Hearth
A sneak peak at the cover (by Mr Neil Williams) for my Spectral Press Chapbook “Home and Hearth”.
Blurb:
Caroline’s son returns to home and hearth at last. She’s a good parent or so she tells herself. She did everything a mother could to bring Simon back, even lied for him. The only problem
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March 17, 2014
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! ENDGAME
I’m so very pleased to announce that my story “Red Dust, 
White Earth” will appear in Stephen Jones’ latest Zombie Apocalypse anthology, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! ENDGAME.
I’m especially fond of this series as they’re done in a mosaic style, telling tales via letters, diary entries, emails,
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March 16, 2014
Black Static #39 and Midnight and Moonshine
War by War by Ben Baldwin
The lovely Mr Peter Tennant has reviewed a LOT of Australian books in Black Static #39, including Lisa’s 
and my Midnight and Moonshine.
Among other things he had this to say:
“Hannett and Slatter have each
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March 13, 2014
Ch-ch-changes!
Yes, the site looks different.
No, it’s not finished.
But it is on its way.
The Tech Support Badger is working his way through the upgrade in between work and life in general, so please be patient.
Normal transmission will resume presently. 
If it looks particularly borked, then hit refresh.
March 4, 2014
Over at Shadow Writer
I’m the Guest Writer for Paul Kane’s Shadow Writer site. You can read my story “Frozen” here (not related to the fairy tale film). A sample is below. There’s also Horror 101, reviews, and loads more goodness.
They found a child last winter, frozen on a bench outside the
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March 3, 2014
She Walks in Shadows
Okay, so Silvia Morena-Garcia and Paula Stiles are putting together the first all-woman anthology of stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. And there’s a funding campaign over here at IndieGoGo – ten days left to fund it.
There’s a new reward: to sweeten the pot, I’m offering signed paperback copies of Sourdough and
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February 27, 2014
The Female Factory is done!
And so last night, Lisa and I finished our Twelve Planets collection for Twelfth Planet Press, and sent it off. The collection-formerly-known-as-Baggage is now called The Female Factory, after the final tale (which is a novella).
And as a teaser:
By WrittenOnTheSand at DeviantArt
Baggage
‘You packed the white push-up Effy ordered,’
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February 24, 2014
Women in Horror
Thanks to Lynda E. Rucker, I just saw this comment from the very kind M. R. Cosby about “The Navigator”, one of my Sourdough and Other Stories tales:
The Navigator, by Angela Slatter In her short story collection Sourdough and Other Stories, Angela Slatter has created a multi-faceted
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February 22, 2014
And so, WFC
I figure I’d better write this now while I still have some memory of the events of the trip! First and foremost, I was a plague rat for most of my time in the UK, and the consensus from friends is that I was probably sicker than I thought I was
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February 21, 2014
The Alternative Typewriter examines The Hummingbird Heart
“The Clockwork Hummingbird” by Angela Rizza
This week Harry considers “The Hummingbird Heart” from The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales.
This Friday I break away from the ensemble reviews to the known one story per review model and this week I’m covering “The Hummingbird Heart”
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