Ellen Datlow's Blog, page 60

My photos from the UK

WHC and the Stoker Awards in Brighton, UK:
http://tinyurl.com/ycu3jsz

Wales with Pat Cadigan and Caroline Oakley (including a trip to the town where The Prisoner tv series was made)
http://tinyurl.com/y39wuco

Odysseycon aka Eastercon 2010 at Edwardian Radisson at Heathrow Airpot
http://tinyurl.com/y4kyhjh

Best Horror of the Year, volume two, Honorable Mentions (2009) second half

King, Stephen "Morality," Esquire July.
Klages, Ellen "Singing on a Star," Firebirds Soaring.
Knight, Joel "Let No Greater Love or Promise," Strange Tales III.
Koja, Kathe "Far and Wee," Weird Tales 352 Nov/Dec 2008.
Kopaska-Merkel,David & Rathbone,Wendy"ApparitionHouse,"(poem) Star*LineJan/Feb
Kornher-Stace, Nicole, "The Changeling Always Wins," (poem) Goblin Fruit summer.
Kornher-Stace, Nicole, "This is Not a Love Story," (poem) Goblin Fruit summer.
Kosmatka, Ted & Poore, Michael "Blood Dauber," A...

Best Horror of the Year volume 2 Honorable mentions first half

Abraham, Daniel "The Emperor's Vengeance," Enemy of the Good.
Aikin, Jim "An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity," F&SF January.
Álamo, Alfredo "Poe," (poem) The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, spring.
Alexander, Marie "Though Thy Lips Are Pale," Dark Delicacies III: Haunted.
Alford, Andrew "A Jury of His Peers," Alien Skin Magazine June/July.
Alspaugh, Brandon "Sleeping Monster Futures," Cthulhu Unbound 2.
Anderson, Colleen "The Drowning Ones" (poem) On Spec summer.
Anderson, E "Savage," Monstrous.
Arda...

2nd half of Best Horror of the Year volume 1 HMs

Kaiden, Chandler "Geist," On the Premises, March.
Kane, Paul "Red," (novella) chapbook.
Kasischke, Laura "Search Continues for Elderly Man," The MagazineofF&SFSeptember.
Kaye, Marvin "The Haunted Single Malt," (novella) The Ghost Quartet.
Kaysen, Daniel "Talent Girl," Black Static 7.
Kaysen, Daniel "The Opening," Crimewave, Now you See Me 10.
Keeney, Belea T. Lure of the Wolf," The Beast Within.
Keevil, Tyler "Masque of the Red Clown," On Spec 72.
Kelly, Michael "Chelsea Grin," The Second Humdrumming...

Full Honorable Mention list from Best Horror of the Year volume 1 (2008 stories)

I've been meaning to do this here as the Night Shade Message board, where I originally posted them, is not active....I'll see if I can do it in several sections...then if that works, I'll post the Best Horror of the Year volume 2.

Abel, Colleen "The Anatomist," (poem) West Branch 63.
Addison, Linda "The Road," (poem) Desolate Souls.
Alexander, William "Clockwork Iris," Postscripts 16.
Alexander, William "Something Borrowed, Something Red," Postscripts 14.
Allen, Mike "deathmask," Helix: A Specula...

The kitten adventure continues

So... I went to Petco with a friend and her teenage daughter and met my friend Ellie there. Not many kittens. The big orange tabby who Ellie admired was still there and she had just about persuaded me to take a real look at him when the volunteer said when I pointed to the cage: "he's a single"--well, of course, I said--there's only one cat in that cage. The guy explained that the gorgeous boy isn't good with other animals. Ohhhhh.

Saw a couple of black & white several month old kittens but ne...

Sickness, health, and kittens

So yesterday I woke up feeling as if a helmet was tight against my head and I couldn't hear very well --out of either ear. Since I had to await fedex till 3pm I couldn't even think about going to the doc. I assumed it was a sinus infection brought on my flying with a cold--tried to not freak out as I asked friends/family about it--my sister said she experienced the same thing returning from Europe last week. My mom suggested I put a warm compress across the bridge of my nose and under my eyes...

Teeth is DONE and handed in

Teeth: Vampire Tales, the teenage vampire anthology that Terri and I edited for HarperCollins has been handed in to our editor, Anne Hoppe.



Table of Contents

Introduction by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow

Things to Know About Being Dead Genevieve Valentine

All Smiles by Steve Berman

Gap Year by Christopher Barzak

Bloody Sunrise by Neil Gaiman

Flying by Delia Sherman

Vampire Weather by Garth Nix

Late Bloomer by Suzy McKee Charnas

The List of Definite Endings by Kaaron Warren ...

Test post

Just to see if it eventually shows up on facebook.

No kitten today--cats only

I've got to return to Petco Saturday, which is kitten day. I saw a lovely BIG adolescent orange tabby who is already twice Bella's size--now if he started out smaller than her when she met him, that would be fine but he's too big for an introduction. Hopefully there will be someone younger but similar. I've been told orange males are usually very loving :-)