Angela Slatter's Blog, page 183

The Knowledgeable Drive-by: Rosalie Parker

Rosalie Parker is one half of the fabulous Tartarus Press, which produces very beautiful books. She's also an author in her own right and the author of the very lovely and subtly disturbing The Old Knowledge and Other Strange Tales (Swan River Press). Her short stories have appeared
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Aurealis Awards Shortlists are Out

Courtesy of the speedy good graces of Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts, the shortlists have been posted here.

I'm so happy to see so many talented friends on the lists! Includes (obviously) Lisa L Hannett, Kirstyn McDermott, Tansy RR, Trent Jamieson, Marianne De Pierres, Dirk Flinthart, Margo Lanagan,
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A snippet from Sun Falls (Plus!)

Coz in my head, Terry looks like Lena Headey

Here's a bit of a snippet from my story Sun Falls, which appears in the upcoming anthology of vampire fiction from Ticonderoga Publications, Dead Red Heart.

Sun Falls

I tap the fingers of one hand against the
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A snippet from Sun Falls

Coz in my head, Terry looks like Lena Headey

Here's a bit of a snippet from my story Sun Falls, which appears in the upcoming anthology of vampire fiction from Ticonderoga Publications, Dead Red Heart.

Sun Falls

I tap the fingers of one hand against the
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Some Goodly News …

… to go with the site redesign (Thank you, Significant Other).

Nice review of Dead Red Heart over at Publishers Weekly, including a shout-out to my Sun Falls. Wooot!

And also good things about the next Scary Kisses anthology!

T'is here. And here.

The Surreal Drive-by: Stephen J Clark

I always used to look at Tartarus Press covers and wonder idly about the lovely, creepy illustrations on the covers. Then I got the illustration for the cover of my very own Tartarus book andI learned where a lot of them came from – Stephen J Clark. His
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Marketing a Book – Timing is Everything

I – well, when I say "I", I mean me in concert with the Significant Other – have been working on a trailer for The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales.  When I say "working on", I mean I choose the pretty pictures and the
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Pre-orders of Vampire Fiction from Oz

Dead Red Heart is ready for pre-order from here.

Lisa L Hannett! Felicity Dowker! Martin Livings! Alan Baxter! Jason Nahrung! Moi! And more, more, more!

ToC'ly goodness:

32 fantastic tales, 454 pages, over 130,000 words. All about vampires. This tome will be launched at the end of April.

Edited by
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For I am a Nerd

At midnight last night I finally finished the first draft of my PhD exegetical component. That is, the long essay that serves as a commentary to writing Sourdough and Other Stories. And I am such a nerd that my first gleeful thought was: I can read fiction on the train again!!!

It's not my fault, I'm just made that way.

Lovely Review

… of Sourdough by Liz Grzyb over here.

Snippetry:If you haven't read any of Angela Slatter's stories, you are truly missing out. Go out and find some immediately. I am a particular fan of Slatter's fairytale-esque stories, like those found in Sourdough and her other
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