The Best of World SF Giveaway and Excerpt
The Best of World SF: Volume 1 comes out in the US on June 1—tomorrow—and I am thrilled to be giving away a copy and sharing an excerpt from it today! This anthology contains stories by authors from twenty-three countries and includes works by Aliette de Bodard, Tade Thompson, R.S.A. Garcia, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Zen Cho, and more (see the book description below for a list of the stories, authors, and translators). Read on for an excerpt from the introduction by […]
Review of The Underwater Ballroom Society Anthology
Book Description: Would you rather dance beneath the waves or hide your smuggled magic there? Welcome to a world of sparkling adult fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent and featuring underwater ballrooms of one sort or another, from a 1920s ballroom to a Martian hotel to a grand rock ‘n roll ball held in the heart of Faery itself. Stories in this anthology: Ysabeau S. Wilce, “The Queen of Life” Y.S. Lee, “Twelve Sisters” […]
Giveaway: Unfettered III Edited by Shawn Speakman
Courtesy of Grim Oak Press, I have a copy of Unfettered III: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy edited by Shawn Speakman to give away! This anthology contains short fiction by an AMAZING collection of authors—the complete list can be viewed below—and a foreword by Jacqueline Carey, in which she discusses why so many authors donated stories to raise money for helping SFF authors and artists with medical debt. About UNFETTERED III: NEW TALES BY MASTERS OF FANTASY From […]
Review of Beyond the Pale Edited by Henry Herz
Beyond the Pale edited by Henry Herz is a YA anthology containing fantasy and paranormal stories by some well-known authors in speculative fiction, including Saladin Ahmed, Peter S. Beagle, Jane Yolen, Gillian Philip, and Jim Butcher. It consists of an eclectic mix of writing styles and speculative fiction stories, including mythic and urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic fiction, historical fantasy, a ghost story, and a vampire tale about Dracurat. I found most of the stories enjoyable and will certainly be reading more […]
