Michael Kelly's Blog, page 31
August 10, 2013
First story acquired for volume 6 of Shadows & Tall Trees
I’ve bought Charles Wilkinson’s story “Hidden in the Alphabet” for Shadows & Tall Trees 6.
Another perk added to Year’s Best Weird Fiction
New reward added to Year’s Best Weird Fiction crowd-funder. Brett and Sandra at ChiZine have kindly offered every one of their eBooks published up until the end of 2013. Plus get eBooks of YBWF, and Shadows & Tall Trees 6. That’s 68 eBooks!! Plus, did I mention that Laird Barron is editing?? We need a big push from here on out to make this happen. Please spread the word, and, if you can, please contribute. http://igg.me/p/448586/x/196748
August 2, 2013
Laird Barron talks Year’s Best Weird Fiction
Laird Barron talks with Weird Tales magazine about the Year’s Best Weird Fiction and other things. Take a read. Then hop over and help us reach our goal. http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/2013/08...
July 31, 2013
New Reward added to Year’s Best Weird Fiction campaign
We’ve added a new reward to our Year’s Best Weird Fiction crowd-funder. Robert Shearman and Helen Marshall limited edition flip-book. Only 150 copies ever printed! The Shearman story is “The Dark Space In the House In the House In the Garden at the Centre of the World”; the Marshall story is “Sanditon.” Signed by both authors! Plus both trade paperback and e-book editions of Year’s Best Weird Fiction. There are only 3 available, so hurry if you want one. http://igg.me/p/448586/x/196748
July 28, 2013
Opening to submissions
Shadows & Tall Trees opens to submissions again on August 1. Stories from the first 4 issues have been reprinted in The Best Horror of the Year, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, The Best British Stories, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Fiction, and Wilde Stories: The Best Gay Speculative Fiction. Submission guidelines here: http://www.undertowbooks.com/submissions/
July 27, 2013
Praise for Shadows & Tall Trees
This is what Ellen Datlow had to say about S&TT in her
summation for the latest Best Horror of the Year (just
published).
“Shadows & Tall Trees edited by Michael Kelly published two
issues in 2012. This consistently good-looking magazine of low-
key but usually potent fiction featured sixteen stories, the strongest
by Stephen Bacon, Gary McMahon, Kirsty Logan, Laura Mauro, David
Surface, V. H. Leslie, Robert Shearman, Ralph Robert Moore, and
Nina Allan. In addition, there were book and movie reviews, although
Kelly has decided to drop both and instead include pieces of
criticism, interviews, or commentary. Stories by Gary McMahon and
Stephen Bacon are reprinted herein.”
July 15, 2013
Laird Barron to edit inaugural Year’s Best Weird Fiction
Year’s Best Weird Fiction
Michael Kelly
Publisher
Undertow Publications
undertowbooks@gmail.com
www.undertowbooks.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release
Laird Barron to edit inaugural Year’s Best Weird Fiction
Toronto, Canada, July 2013 — Laird Barron, a master of the weird tale, will edit the inaugural volume of the Year’s Best Weird Fiction for Undertow Publications. Barron’s work has been nominated for several awards, and has been reprinted in numerous “Year’s Best” anthologies.
“It’s a tremendous honor to edit the inaugural Year’s Best Weird Fiction. I am pleased to be working with Michael Kelly and his Undertow Publications, an eminent force in the horror and weird fiction genres,” Barron said.
Established in 2009 by writer Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications (UP) is home to the acclaimed weird journal Shadows & Tall Trees, from which a number of stories have been selected for various “Best Of” anthologies. The initial release from UP, Apparitions, was a finalist for The Shirley Jackson Award. As editor, Kelly has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Society Awards, and his fiction has appeared in a number of venues, including The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.
“I’m thrilled that Laird Barron has agreed to edit the first Year’s Best Weird Fiction,” Kelly said. “I could think of no better person for the initial edition.”
Undertow Publications is undertaking a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds for the book. Kelly says, “There has never been a dedicated volume of the year’s finest weird fiction. It seems evident that an independent press will have to take up the task. We are hopeful the many aficionados of weird fiction will help fund what we believe will become an important and vital annual anthology. We envision very little, if any, overlap with the other “Year’s Best” volumes. And I’m excited to see what Laird conjures.”
For more information, and to help fund the campaign, visit http://igg.me/p/448586/x/196748
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June 30, 2013
Recent publications
Here’s a list of recent publications where you can find my fiction:
Black Static #33 featured “Turn the Page.”
Shadows Edge, edited by Simon Strantzas, features “Some Other You.”
http://www.amazon.com/SHADOWS-EDGE-Si...
The Grimscribe’s Puppets, a tribute to Thomas Ligotti, edited by Joseph S. Pulver, features “Pieces of Blackness.”
http://www.amazon.com/Grimscribes-Pup...
Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Fiction, edited by Samantha Beiko and Sandra Kasturi, features “Blink.”
June 19, 2013
Interview
There’s a lengthy interview with me over at Speculating Canada.
June 17, 2013
Best Magazine / Periodical
I’m thrilled to announce that Shadows & Tall Trees has once again been nominated for Best Magazine / Periodical in the British Fantasy Society Awards. Good luck to all the nominees.
