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Anthology Love

Art by Benjamin CarreAndrew Wheeler, on his wonderfully named blog, The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent, has posted a review of Swords & Dark Magic.

"As usual with s&s, none of these stories strain for deep meaning, and many have the gallows humor that has been an integral part of the subgenre since Leiber and Robert E. Howard -- so these stories may come across as frivolous and lacking in depth to readers weaned on a pure diet of portentous epic fantasy twaddle. That, though,...

Two New Masked Reviews

Cover by Trevor Hairsine
First up, Elitist Book Reviews. This one is particularly gratifying as they start of saying they don't really like comics (gasp!) and then they end up concluding: "This is the greatest strength of Masked . All the authors brought their A-game to tell us stories that, in the end, strike home so forcefully in their theme and presentation it is impossible not to be impressed by their work, entertained by the stories, or enthusiastic about the genre. The 'Redemption Arc' is...

Joe Mallozzi on Writing "Downfall"

Stargate executive producer/writer and Masked contributor Joseph Mallozzi talks about his story, "Downfall," on his blog this morning. Here's a taste:

"On average, it takes me about a month to write a script, from pitch to finished draft.  This short story took me about ten times as long as I wrote and endlessly rewrote what I had (and at approximately forty pages, I had a lot!).  Yes, only ten months to write a short story.  I say "only" because, if Lou hadn't needed it for publication pu...

Stargat

Stargate executive producer/writer and Masked contributor Joseph Mallozzi talks about his story, "Downfall," on his blog this morning. Here's a taste:

"On average, it takes me about a month to write a script, from pitch to finished draft.  This short story took me about ten times as long as I wrote and endlessly rewrote what I had (and at approximately forty pages, I had a lot!).  Yes, only ten months to write a short story.  I say "only" because, if Lou hadn't needed it for publication pu...

Masked: Absolutely the Best

Jason Henninger has just reviewed Masked for Tor.com:

"Because of the importance of story in comics, you'd think that superhero fiction would be a natural subgenre of fantasy and science fiction, but it's never been a particularly large portion of the short stories and novels published.... I suspect, however, that Masked may change that. It's not the first superhero short story compilation, but it's absolutely the best I've read, and I will be surprised if it doesn't usher in a surge of sup...

Locus Magazine on Masked

Cover by Trevor HairsineThe August 2010 issue of Locus magazine has a short review of Masked . They call out the stories by Mark Chadbourn and Ian McDonald, and, given that it was his first published short fiction, I'm especially pleased to see this:

"...the best story comes from Joseph Mallozzi. "Downfall" opens with the tragic death of a superhero. The it shifts to Marshall, a former villain who is paroled with one condition - he must cooperate with the authorities to investigate crimes invol...

The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 001): Interview with Lou Anders

Nice Logo!SF Signal has launched a podcast. In this inaugural outing, The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 001): Interview with Lou Anders, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, JP Frantz, John Anealio and Karen Burnham discuss the new exclusivity deal between Kindle and a host of authors represented by Literary Agent Andrew Wylie and how this could affect eBook sales and purchases of genre titles if similar deals become the norm. Later, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, sit down with Yours Truly, editorial ...

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Masked: Suvudu Interview

"Superheroes are all about power and responsibility"Matt Stagg's interviewed me yesterday for Suvudu, where we talked about the just-released  Masked  anthology of superhero fiction.
Here's a taste:


Tell me a little bit about Masked . This is superhero fiction, but most people associate superheroes with comic books. Why take them in a literary direction?
Superheroes have a long history of being portrayed in other media. I grew up on the Batman television show, the Spider-Man cartoon, the span

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