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Review of Nightmare Issue 7

Over at Fantasy Literature, Terry Weyma reviews Nightmare seventh issue, which includes “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter”, Elizabeth Hand’s “The Bacchae”, Marc Laidlaw’s “Bonfires”, and “Gravitas” by Weston Ocshe.

Go here to read.

In which I sneak into Harry’s place, steal the cupcakes and drink all the coffee …

From the exquisite Kirsty Mitchell

The lovely Harry has included me in his series on Women in Genre.

I don’t know why, but I have a thing for fairy tales. Despite most female characters in fairy tales fall in two categories – subordinate, good girls or wicked, petty monsters
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In whcih I sneak into Harry’s place, steal the cupcakes and drink all the coffee …

From the exquisite Kirsty Mitchell

The lovely Harry has included me in his series on Women in Genre.

I don’t know why, but I have a thing for fairy tales. Despite most female characters in fairy tales fall in two categories – subordinate, good girls or wicked, petty monsters
Read more...

Meanwhile, over at Harry’s place

‘The Journey Home” (2013) © Kirsty Mitchell Photography

… the delightful and talented Haralambi Markov is devoting this month at his blog to posting about the female writers in speculative fiction who have influenced him and his writing. It’s a fascinating and personal series, and
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Shared Worlds

Over at Shared Worlds a bunch of us were asked for the best writing advice we could write on our hands.

So, 27 hands, including those of Neil Gaiman, Karen Lord, Joe Haldeman, Nnedi Okorafor, Gene Wolfe, Ekaterina Sedia, Patrick Rothfuss, Team VanderMeer, et al, are on display here –
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Batter up

Over at Al’s place I’ve taken over the fainting couch and answered some questions about writerly angst and how to cope.

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Canterbury 2100

So, back in 2008 the inimitable Dirk Flinthart edited a tome called Canterbury 2100, which essentially walked in the footsteps of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, only with more science fictiony bits and better, more comfortable shoes.

The blurb? So pleased you asked:

Six hundred years ago, a group of pilgrims made their way to
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Free Nightmares

Today you can read “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter” for free over at Nightmare Magazine, and the interview with me about the story. Y’know, if you’re bored.

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Maltese Folktales

The Green Woman by Ellen Pace

Thanks to Teodor Reljic, I now know about this.

The artwork is by Ellen Pace and is utterly glorious!

And my mind is a little bit blown as I’ve been thinking with the back-brain about a story called “The Green Woman”
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Jo Anderton on Angst

Alan Baxter’s series continues today with Jo Anderton talking about the stuff that makes her angsty and how she beats it up and kicks it to the kerb.

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