Angela Slatter's Blog, page 116
September 17, 2013
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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September 15, 2013
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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September 14, 2013
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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September 4, 2013
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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September 2, 2013
The Last One
*sigh* The final Bitterwood illustration from Kathleen, “Spells For Coming Forth By Daylight”.
September 1, 2013
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!
August 31, 2013
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.
August 29, 2013
Ugly
Last night my friend Robert Hoge launched his memoir, Ugly.
I read part of this book a few years back at a writers’ retreat and I was struck then – as I am again now – by how this book, which has the potential to be yet another “traumoir”, is nothing of
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The Bitterwood Bible
More art from Kathleen, this one is for the actual “Bitterwood Bible” story, with Mater Adela, Murciana and the Blessed Beatrice (she’s a brazen head). *squeals of delight*
