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The View from the North

It’s been a while since I have spotted a new review of my debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away, so I was very happy to stumble across this one. And I am extra chuffed about the incredible kind words here. Thanks so much!

Classically Educated

Post-apocalyptic fiction comes in many guises, most of them dark. You’ve got experimental books in which one of the points made appears to be that the breaking of the world will change everything–even the way we think and interact with reality. You’ve a...

Spells & Spaceships interviews me

Just a short note to tell you that there is an interview with me at the blog Spells & Spaceships today. There is also a (worldwide) giveaway of Eurasian Monsters on Twitter today, check it out.

Thanks so much to Alex at the Spells & Spaceships.

Here’s the interview: https://spellsandspaceships.com/2021/03/27/monsters-around-the-world/

For more details about Spells & Spaceships, and the giveaway, see @BlogSpells at Twitter. Alex has a special focus on monsters this week, and there are several int...

European Science Fiction

Just a short note to tell you that I am chuffed and honoured to be able to represent Norway and have a short story in the anthology European Science Fiction #1 from Future Fiction, edited by Francesco Verso.

Coming this summer. Check out the gorgeous cover by Alessia Tisba.

I will be back with more information, but for now, here is the table of contents:
1 – Roseweed by Vasso Christou (Greece)
2 – Amber Queen by Olivier Paquet (France)
3 – Fragmentation by Tom Crosshill (Latvia)
4 – Planned Obs...

Reviews of Eurasian Monsters

I am happy to say that Eurasian Monsters have had a few reviews. The latest from the lovely The Future Fire.

Rachel Verkade writes: «Finally, it would be remiss of me not to mention Helgadóttir’s commitment to diversity. It would be very easy for a an anthology focused on a particular geographic area to be lacking in this area, but both authors and editors make a tangible effort here to allow all different voices to shine through.”

Of earlier reviews of the book, Charles Payseur thinks it is «A ...

The Future Fire interviewed me

Just a short note to tell you that I was interviewed by the lovely magazine The Future Fire!

In which I speak a little about the editing of Eurasian Monsters, and a little bit about possible geographical differences between monsters and dark creatures. 

The Future Fire is an awesome online magazine, with reviews, short stories and poetry. The editors seek to spotlight social-political and progressive speculative fiction.

Many thanks to The Future Fire and its editor, Djibril al-Ayad. The magazi...

Runalong the Shelves interview and reviews

I was interviewed by the UK-based book blogger Runalong the Shelves about my editing of the Fox Spirit Books of Monsters anthology series the last 8 years for Fox Spirit Books.

In the interview I talk a little about how I tracked down the authors from around the world, and what it means to be editor for a themed anthology series. Read the interview here.

Thanks so much to Runalong the Shelves, who also has reviewed all the seven anthologies (see bottom of the post here).

 

 

 

Hugo Awards eligibility

Seeing people are talking about Hugo Awards, I wish to mention that several of the stories in Eurasian Monsters are eligible.
Stories by authors from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria.

Following are eligible from the anthology Eurasian Monsters, eds. Margrét Helgadottir, published by Fox Spirit Books, Dec 21st 2020:

Short story:

Marta Magdalena Lasik: “Daemons of their time” – translated by Piotr SwietlikYevhen Lyr: “Sleepless in Enerhodar”Karina Sha...

Eurasian Monsters is alive!

Great news! Fox Spirit Books announced this afternoon that Eurasian Monsters is out!

Thanks so much to all the authors, artists, translators, Adele Wearing at Fox Spirit Books and her crew.

I am so happy. Not only does this mark a year’s work but it also is the end of seven years with monster editing, through the seven volumes of Fox Spirit Books of Monsters.

I will update with buy links when these are ready.

Read the launch post from Fox Spirit Books here.

Read more about the book here. I will ...

About editing Eurasian Monsters – editor’s blog

«Not only do I wish to scare people with monsters they probably have never heard about. I also want the books to give the readers a realistic insight into the continents we cover—it is a journey after all.»

I wrote a blog post about editing the anthology Eurasian Monsters – out tomorrow (I think) from Fox Spirit Books – and the book series! Read it at Fox Spirit Books’ webpage here.

Cover reveal Eurasian Monsters

Check out the gorgeous cover for coming Eurasian Monsters from Fox Spirit Books. The cover is by the amazing artist Daniele Serra.

The book is the seventh and last volume of the anthology series Fox Spirit Books of Monsters, and will be out from Fox Spirit Books in end of December with stories by authors from (or connected to) Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria. 

See more about the book here.

See the launch post from Fox Spirit Books here.