New Short Story, Plus Library Journal Review, Plus 2SR News, Plus I’m Back!
I’m glad to see that you all have handled my radio silence with your usual aplomb. I’ve spent the last week or so out of the country, in Ireland, on important Drinking Guinness and Listening to Music and Seeing Ancient Ruins business. I spent time on a tiny island that could very easily have been the basis for an HP Lovecraft story, but rather than being creepy in any way it was really welcoming and beautiful and touching. More on that later. And also about Star Wars and bees.
I have to run off and buy supplies for dinner—Steph and I have, post-Ireland, sworn off alcohol and anything that vaguely resembles fish and chips for at least a few days—but I do have a few things to note!
First: I have a story, called Drona’s Death, in the anthology XO Orpheus, which comes out this month. XO Orpheus is a collection of retellings of myths, and I contributed a piece adapting one of my favorite stories from the Mahabharata. Check it out—you can read the full piece for free at tor.com:
I’m glad this piece is out there, (a) because it’s good and (b) because I don’t actually have a lot of current fiction available for free on the web. The stuff I link at the right is good, but it’s also a few years old—I’m much better than that now, I think.
Also, Library Journal has nice things to say about Two Serpents Rise, adding to the general good vibes we’ve already received from PW and Locus:
Gladstone follows his acclaimed debut, THREE PARTS DEAD, with another fast-paced fantasy thriller set in the same world. This time, he focuses on the sprawling city of Dresediel Lex, rich in a history and culture reminiscent of the Aztecs, which serves as a dramatic backdrop for the novel’s action. This worthy sequel should receive attention from fans of China Miéville and Steven Erikson.
This book is netting me some seriously blushworthy comparisons. I can’t bench nearly enough to be compared to China Mieville.
In other 2SR-related news, I’m chatting with the narrator for my audiobook tonight about pronunciations, tone, and the like. The narrator is Chris Ciulla, and he seems like a pretty awesome reader. Claudia Alick did a great job with Three Parts Dead, and I’m looking forward to having two stellar audiobooks out for this series.
Oh, and I saw some sketches for the next book cover today, and they’re GREAT but I can’t share them with you. So hah!
