New Short Story Out
I didn't do much this weekend except work, and I wasn't online a lot, so I felt very disconnected. Also, the kitten jumped on my keyboard at a strategic moment and deleted some of my email before I could see what it was or who it was from, so I felt literally disconnected. So if you sent me something I needed to answer and I didn't, that was probably it.
I've been redesigning my web site, having finally admitted that the organizational concept that worked for 3-4 books has not really been working for 6-12 books and is going to fail spectacularly at 14 books, which is what it'll be at next year. I got a bunch done this weekend, but have a lot more to go before it goes live.
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The big news:
The shared world fantasy anthology I have a story in (that the editor did the kickstarter for) is now available!
Tales of the Emerald Serpent edited by Scott Taylor
Taux, city of cursed stone and home to a growing population of the displaced. Deep within its walls rests the old Ullamaliztli Stadium, and it’s fabled Black Gate, where life treads a fine line between law and chaos. Tales of the Emerald Serpent allows readers a glimpse into this shadow world as nine authors tell a shared world mosaic that sets this fantasy anthology apart from any on the shelves today.
Stories by: Julie Czerneda, Rob Mancebo, Lynn Flewelling, Harry Connolly, Juliet McKenna, Martha Wells, Michael Tousignant. Cover and art by Todd Lockwood and art by Jeff Laubenstein.
My story is about two nonhuman characters, Jelith and Kryranen, who are archeologists/pot hunters in the lower levels of the city. Here's the short bit from the beginning of the story I posted during the kickstarter drive:
Snippet of Revenants by Martha Wells
They made an odd pair for a number of reasons, but one was that she was tall for a Jai-ruk and he was short for a Kin. They were dissimilar on all counts, except for their interest in the past, and in strange myths, and mysteries, and how the world had looked before they set foot on it. They talked of things no one else cared about. Rather than an odd pair, everyone thought they were just odd.
"This is a job that will pay us well," Kryranen said. "Up in the Golden Jaguar District." She added unnecessarily, "Where people like the Vash live."
"You're supposed to be keeping the notes," Jelith pointed out. Most inhabitants of Taux assumed Jai-ruk were too brutish for scholarly pursuits, but Kryranen's handwriting was better than his. Her hands were large but her fingers were slender and dexterous; his notes looked like the scratchings of a child next to her elegant script.
She leaned forward to look at the book and her grimace suggested she agreed. "I'll recopy it later." Exasperated, she said, "You just don't like working for money. It's too bad we can't eat history."
"You would eat history if you could," Jelith felt he had to say. It was true.
She folded her arms and gave him the long-suffering look.
He sighed. "What is this job?"
"They want us to lay a ghost."
Jelith stared. "Are you out of your mind?"
If you signed up for the kickstarter, copies should be going out soon. But if you didn't, you can get it at these places now in ebook for about $4.99 (it should also be on B&N Nook, but the link isn't live yet.)
Trade paperback: Lulu.com, ebooks: Amazon.com, Amazon.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Amazon.fr.
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Other stuff I have coming out this year:
November: "Donna Noble Saves the Universe" in Chicks Unravel Time, edited by Deborah Stanish and L.M. Myles from Mad Norwegian Press.
Preorder at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com
December: The Siren Depths the third Books of the Raksura novel from Night Shade.
Preorder: Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Amazon US, Powell's, Mysterious Galaxy, The Tattered Cover, Books-a-Million, Book Depository.com (free shipping worldwide), Book Depository.uk, Amazon UK, Amazon.ca, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, or look for it it at an independent book store in the US through IndieBound. It will be available in a few more international outlets and in ebook, but those links aren't live yet.
I've been redesigning my web site, having finally admitted that the organizational concept that worked for 3-4 books has not really been working for 6-12 books and is going to fail spectacularly at 14 books, which is what it'll be at next year. I got a bunch done this weekend, but have a lot more to go before it goes live.
***
The big news:
The shared world fantasy anthology I have a story in (that the editor did the kickstarter for) is now available!
Tales of the Emerald Serpent edited by Scott TaylorTaux, city of cursed stone and home to a growing population of the displaced. Deep within its walls rests the old Ullamaliztli Stadium, and it’s fabled Black Gate, where life treads a fine line between law and chaos. Tales of the Emerald Serpent allows readers a glimpse into this shadow world as nine authors tell a shared world mosaic that sets this fantasy anthology apart from any on the shelves today.
Stories by: Julie Czerneda, Rob Mancebo, Lynn Flewelling, Harry Connolly, Juliet McKenna, Martha Wells, Michael Tousignant. Cover and art by Todd Lockwood and art by Jeff Laubenstein.
My story is about two nonhuman characters, Jelith and Kryranen, who are archeologists/pot hunters in the lower levels of the city. Here's the short bit from the beginning of the story I posted during the kickstarter drive:
Snippet of Revenants by Martha Wells
They made an odd pair for a number of reasons, but one was that she was tall for a Jai-ruk and he was short for a Kin. They were dissimilar on all counts, except for their interest in the past, and in strange myths, and mysteries, and how the world had looked before they set foot on it. They talked of things no one else cared about. Rather than an odd pair, everyone thought they were just odd.
"This is a job that will pay us well," Kryranen said. "Up in the Golden Jaguar District." She added unnecessarily, "Where people like the Vash live."
"You're supposed to be keeping the notes," Jelith pointed out. Most inhabitants of Taux assumed Jai-ruk were too brutish for scholarly pursuits, but Kryranen's handwriting was better than his. Her hands were large but her fingers were slender and dexterous; his notes looked like the scratchings of a child next to her elegant script.
She leaned forward to look at the book and her grimace suggested she agreed. "I'll recopy it later." Exasperated, she said, "You just don't like working for money. It's too bad we can't eat history."
"You would eat history if you could," Jelith felt he had to say. It was true.
She folded her arms and gave him the long-suffering look.
He sighed. "What is this job?"
"They want us to lay a ghost."
Jelith stared. "Are you out of your mind?"
If you signed up for the kickstarter, copies should be going out soon. But if you didn't, you can get it at these places now in ebook for about $4.99 (it should also be on B&N Nook, but the link isn't live yet.)
Trade paperback: Lulu.com, ebooks: Amazon.com, Amazon.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Amazon.fr.
***
Other stuff I have coming out this year:
November: "Donna Noble Saves the Universe" in Chicks Unravel Time, edited by Deborah Stanish and L.M. Myles from Mad Norwegian Press.
Preorder at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com
December: The Siren Depths the third Books of the Raksura novel from Night Shade.
Preorder: Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Amazon US, Powell's, Mysterious Galaxy, The Tattered Cover, Books-a-Million, Book Depository.com (free shipping worldwide), Book Depository.uk, Amazon UK, Amazon.ca, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, or look for it it at an independent book store in the US through IndieBound. It will be available in a few more international outlets and in ebook, but those links aren't live yet.
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