Angela Slatter's Blog, page 151
January 28, 2012
Updated ToC and a cover
And here's the updated ToC, now including a young up-and-comer called Stephen King.
• "Hair" by Joan Aiken (The Monkey's Wedding & Other Stories / F&SF July/August) • "Rakshasi" by Kelley Armstrong (The Monster's Corner: Through Inhuman Eyes) • "Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin" by Adam Callaway (Beneath
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January 27, 2012
Cover for Damnation and Dames!
Awesome sauce 
Over at ThrillerCast, I say stuff …
… the delightful and charming Alan Baxter and David Wood ask me questions about short stories, stakes, fairytales, flensing and the Highlighters of Doom.
On occasion, I swear.Keep your small children away.
Be warned.
T'is here.
An Introduction to Australian Horror over at This is Horror
Lisa Hannett gives a run-down on the state of Australian horror …
Australia is a land of extremes. One minute the country is ravaged by drought and bushfires, the next it's drowning in devastating floods. The continent is a combination of enormous red deserts meeting sprawling metropolises meeting ancient
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January 23, 2012
Tuesday Therapy: Deborah Kalin at the Hannettorium
Deb Kalin gives good advice over at the Tuesday Therapy performative space, here.
Place as Person: The Places You Think You Know
Over at Mary V's Lisa Hannett talks about places and tricksters, here.
January 22, 2012
THE YEAR'S BEST DARK FANTASY & HORROR
And in the squeeee that was heard around the world, the lovely Paula Guran at Prime Books has picked up my short story "Sun Falls" (from Ticonderoga Publications' Dead Red Heart).
Also on the list are Margo Lanagan, Tanith Lee, Norman Partidge, Joan Aiken, Caitlin R Kiernan, Kaaron Warren,
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January 18, 2012
Sparks over at Kaaron Warren's Place …
… with the awesome Dan Abnett – talking about trains and inspiration and stuff.
"My ideas come by train. And bus. Mostly train. Public mass transport, basically. I presume they buy their own tickets."
The rest is here.
Postscript: the Magick 4 Terri auction
Terri Windling's Studio
This is just a lovely little thank you/summary of the Magick 4 Terri auction. This was an amazing effort by organisers Liz & Mia, and I'm very proud to have been able to contribute. I've enjoyed Terri's work since I was a teen and now,
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January 17, 2012
What I did on my holidays, Or ten things Skyrim has revealed about me
The background to this whole problem is as follows: I'm not a gamer. Have no interest in games. Have never played computer games. My Significant Other tried (unsuccessfully) to get me to play Morrowind. Not one to give up, he then tried Oblivion with an identical result.
Surprisingly resilient,
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