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The Moon Will Look Strange is available

My debut short story collection, The Moon Will Look Strange, published by Karoshi Books, is now available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle! I should have some copies at Octocon, and there will be a Halloween book launch at World Fantasy in Brighton UK on Thursday October 31 at 5 p.m. with FREE WINE for all (come by and have a pre-dinner drink). The book will be available there and throughout the weekend in the dealer’s room.

More info on the book here.

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Laydeez Do Comics again

Just a mad dash through to mention that the report is now up on the second Laydeez Do Comics meetup with illustrations done by Paul Sheridan is up including a bonus photo in the slideshow of me with crazy eyes. Our guests, Sarah Bracken, Paddy Lynch, and Arja Kajermo were all wonderful. You know what else is wonderful? Seeing a little zine and indie scene grow in Dublin and throughout Ireland. Coming from America, I take zines and indie comics for granted, but here, they’re still very much un...

table of contents: The Moon Will Look Strange

Here is the final table of contents for my debut short story collection, The Moon Will Look Strange, which will be out at World Fantasy Convention in November (and possibly a bit before on Kindle; details to come).

Introduction by Steve Rasnic Tem

The Burned House, Original to this collection

No More A-Roving

The Chance Walker

The Moon Will Look Strange

In Death’s Other Kingdom, Original to this collection

Ash-Mouth

These Foolish Things, Original to this collection

Beneath the Drops

These Things We Hav...

comics and podcasts and worldcons oh my

Some news:

First thing: The next meeting of Laydeez Do Comics Dublin will be on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the Odessa Club at 7 PM. If you like or do comics, zines, illustrations, or just enjoy interesting and engaging talks, please join us!

Second thing: Maura McHugh and I were interviewed about Laydeez Do Comics by Liam Geraghty of The Comics Podcast. There are lots of other interesting topics discussed there as well including the documentary Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American S...

“The Wife’s Lament” in Supernatural Tales

My story “The Wife’s Lament” is available now in the magazine Supernatural Tales #24, a fine journal edited by David Longhorn. When I first read the poem from which the story borrows its name and themes and imagery, I was fascinated by its weirdness and ambiguity and wanted to write a story about it for a long time before the right tale finally found me. Years ago, I translated the poem myself from the Old English (roughly), and bits of that translation appear in the story. Here is one transl...

a trip to the North

Last weekend, I made a brief trip across the border to Northern Ireland for the 2D Northern Ireland Comic Festival in Derry, stopping off in Belfast along the way for a bit of (what else?) bookstore browsing.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the North. How long? Last time I was there, the streets of Belfast and Derry were full of British soldiers; in Belfast, you had to pass through police checkpoints just to travel around the city. I’d become friends with another American girl in Dubl...

“The House on Cobb Street” at Nightmare Magazine

My story “The House on Cobb Street” is free to read at Nightmare Magazine. Coming later this month, reprints by Joe Lansdale and Laird Barron and original fiction from Carrie Vaughn. Or, you can cut to the chase and buy the whole issue now electronically for $2.99.

Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe at the Irish Film Institute

On Saturday, May 25, I was fortunate enough to see filmmaker (and novelist) Neil Jordan in conversation with writer Patrick McCabe at the Irish Film Institute here in Dublin. Jordan is one of those filmmakers I always find interesting though I haven’t seen all of his movies. McCabe’sThe Butcher Boy has been on my to-read list for approximately 800 years so, stop hassling me, I just put it on reserve at the library. Once the talk was underway, it occurred to me that taking some notes might be...

Laydeez Doing Comics in Dublin

The inaugural meeting of Laydeez Do Comics Dublin, which I announced a couple of weeks ago, was on Wednesday night and it was a roaring success! You can see photos and read a report of the event here and Róisín Curé drew throughout the evening to produce this charming illustrated account.

Thanks to engaging presentations by Sarah McIntyre, Alan Nolan, and Maeve Clancy, this also turned out to be a really well-rounded event that had something to offer not just people interested in working in co...

an update on my short story collection

Alert readers may recall an earlier post from me in which I announced the ebook version of my short story collection, The Moon Will Look Strange, was coming out in April with the paperback to follow in September. And then…silence.

There is no bad news or secret scandal behind this. (I feel compelled to emphasize this because publishing is so rife with awful stories behind book delays, but happily, this isn’t one of them.) I’ve just been remiss in updating the ebook release date. Pushing the bo...