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January 18, 2014
Strange Tales IV
Mr Lewis kindly calls “The Badger Bride” a ‘memorable fantasy’ in his review of Strange Tales IV.
Look at what Tartarus Press have done with this glorious cover!
Containing:
‘By Leaf and Thorn’ by Christopher Harman ‘The Secret Passage’ by Rhys Hughes ‘Gone to the Deep’ by Rebecca Lloyd
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January 17, 2014
The Alternative Typewriter and The Jacaranda Wife
Over at The Alternative Typewriter, Harry Markov continues his dissection of The Girl With No Hands and Other Tales. Today he looks at “The Jacaranda Wife”, which originally appeared in Jack Dann’s Dreaming Again anthology.
Let’s do this. Friday has arrived and it’s time to present the third story out
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The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 edited by Paula Guran
Huzzah! My nasty story “Cuckoo” (originally published in A Killer Among Demons) has scored a berth with Paula Guran’s 2014 Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror.
The ToC is below, and is declared “awesome”!
“Postcards from Abroad,” Peter Atkins (Rolling Darkness Revue 2013, Earthling Publications)
“The Creature Recants,” Dale Bailey
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January 16, 2014
What Shines Brightest Burns Most Fiercely
I’m working on another Tallow-Wife collection story (as well as the last two stories for Lisa’s and my Twelfth Planet Press collection, which we’re pingponging back and forth). This is the opening to “What Shines Brightest Burns Most Fiercely”.
Mr Isambard Farringdale knew he was being followed by someone well-versed in the
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January 14, 2014
First Lines – Once Upon A Time
And as a bonus, here are the story openings from Once Upon A Time: New Fairy Tales:
‘In an empire at the wide sea’s boundaries, where the clouds were the colour of alabaster and mother-of-pearl, and the winds bore the smells of salt and faraway fruits, the
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Once Upon A Time: New Fairy Tales
Paula Guran has brought out a new anthology for Prime Books, it’s called 
(as the header might hint) Once Upon A Time: New Fairy Tales. It contains stories by Theodora Goss, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Genevieve Valentine, Jane Yolen,
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January 10, 2014
Back on the Mainland!
Just back from 13 days touring around Tasmania with the Tech Support Badger!
“Bluebeard” by Ashley Versekaites
Much to catch up on – sooooooo much.
But until I manage to get organised, here are links to the delightful Haralambi Markov’s dissection of The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales.
December 11, 2013
Alive …
… still alive, but I’ve been banging my head against deadlines.
On the upside, I’ve met all the ones I needed to for other people, so now I can start on the ones I’ve set for myself (i.e. final novel edit on Vigil, the next of the Tallow-Wife stories, addressing the editorial
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November 18, 2013
Early review of Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
A rather cracking review of Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth, the third and final volume in the anthology series by Mr Jones. Thanks to John Llewellyn Probert and This Is Horror!
For the uninitiated, Fedogan & Bremer is a small press outfit that during the 1990s and 2000s rivalled Arkham House, both in
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November 11, 2013
Jet lag …
Snurched from here http://kveton.files.wordpress.com/201...
… is almost gone, thank heavens. Coupled with the last of the rotten cold I had at WFC, it has made the past few days a nasty blur. But I’ve not had any nanna naps in the afternoon for the last two days and the
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