Angela Slatter's Blog, page 157
November 29, 2011
Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011 edition
It's here! Finally it has arrived!
Huzzah! *snoopy dance*
'Brisneyland by Night' is happily nestled between Jay Lake's 'Mother's Urban Booke of Dayes' and Neil Gaiman's 'The Thing About Cassandra'.
Thanks, Paula Guran and Sean Wallace!
In which elephants are eaten
Lisa Hannett has a new feature over on her blog, Tuesday Therapy.
This week, elephants are eaten here.
November 22, 2011
The Perfect Getaway
We went away this weekend just passed, for a combination early anniversary, late PhD, and SO's birthday celebration. We went here and it was pure bliss.
I've been wanting to go to the Narrows Escape at Montville for a few years and finally did it.
The cottages are
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The Liff Drive-by: Rob O'Connor
Rob O'Connor is not only one of the most talented, amusing and quirky cartoonists you'll ever come across, he also works at the Very Wonderful Animation Studio Liquid Animation. He is one of my oldest friends and carries with him a series of stories that reflect either badly
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FableCroft! Books! Sale! Christmas Presents!
FableCroft is moving interstate and they are having a HUGE sale. You're looking for Christmas presents, right? You can't go wrong with a FableCroft book!
Go here!!
Now!!
Or I will add more '!!!'!
I'll be checking on you.
November 16, 2011
In the mail
The lovely limited edition Hall of Lost Footsteps from Sara Douglass, with intro by Karen Brooks.
Thanks, Russ.
November 15, 2011
The Runes of Odin Drive-by: Ben Julien
1. I first knew I was a writer when…I held my first published novel in my hands. Of course, it was the culmination of years of dabbling, then brainstorming, drafting and editing which were all completely new to me. I knew I was a novice in the business, but that if I could do it once, I could, and would
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The Tree Drive-by: Mary Victoria
Mary Victoria has lived EVERYWHERE … or at least in Cyprus, Canada, Sierra Leone, France, the USand the UK. She finally settled in New Zealand, where she writes full time and has produced the wonderful Tymon's Flight, Samiha's Song and Oracle's Fire for the HarperVoyager imprint. She studied
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November 14, 2011
Moment of intense frustration …
… whilst reading a HR document and finding that selection criteria includes "clear annunciation".
I was unaware of the opportunities in the public service to tell virgins that The Lord was going to be their baby-daddy.
Sweet mother of crap, learn to spell … and enunciate.
