Angela Slatter's Blog, page 115

Tanith Lee: Open Your Window, Golden Hair

Tanith Lee is one of the finest writers you could ever have the joy of reading. Her accolades and achievements are legion – and you can read about them here in the Lair of the Evil Drs Brain. Today she’s been kind enough to talk us through how she
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Of much interest …

… is this great interview from Fata Libelli with the esteemed Mr Reggie Oliver.

He ranges widely across subjects of craft and genre, but I particularly like his comments on the nature of Horror fiction.

However, to me the supreme ingredient is atmosphere and all those other elements must be contributors towards it. This is not necessarily about being directly
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BWF Perks

So, this was one of the perks of being a panelist for BWF: getting books to read as prep.

And this particular tome was an absolute gift. You know I loves me a fairy tale and James Bradley’s deliciously dark take on Rapunzel was a treat.

An absynthe-flavoured treat to be sure, but
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The Dark – first issue, first review

Well, the first review of the first issue of The Dark, featuring stories by Nnedi Okorafor, Rachel Swirsky, Lisa Hannett and myself, is out.

A. J. Sikes has some lovely things to say, including this about “By My Voice I Shall Be Known”:

The world-building in this story is exceptional, as is the
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Stephen Jones: Don’t Scare the Children

Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome is the forthcoming anthology from Jo Fletcher Books – edited by the inimitable Stephen Jones. The ToC includes the likes of Tanith Lee, Joanne Harris, Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Reggie Oliver, Ramsey Campbell, John Ajvide Lindqvist … for the full list, go
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Alive …

… barely. Suffering my worst cold in quite a while, lots of sneezing and coughing and generally being repugnant.

But in other news, Kathleen Jennings posted this, a silk shawl/scarf thing made from the design of the Midnight and Moonshine cover.

Also, I have been doing stuff at the Brisbane Writers Festival –
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The Dark

Gorgeous cover art by Dariusz Zawadzki

And the ToC for The Dark‘s first issue has been announced – lovely company!

“The Carpet” by Nnedi Okorafor “What Lies at the Edge of a Petal is Love” by Rachel Swirsky “By My Voice I Shall Be Known” by Angela Slatter “Another Mouth”
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The Last One

*sigh* The final Bitterwood illustration from Kathleen, “Spells For Coming Forth By Daylight”.

By the Weeping Gate – Jennings Style

Kathleen’s sketches for “By the Weeping Gate” – which you can read in October this year after the launch of Fearie Tales at WFC!

Terrible As An Army with Banners

A devastated Kathleen Jennings gets to “Terrible As An Army with Banners” in the collection and casts about for a fainting couch.