Tag: short stories
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“Evocative” – Publishers Weekly
In Lawrence C. Connolly’s evocative “Mercenary,” sniper and musician Lorcan uncovers a dangerous truth about the mysterious, charismatic singer Bobbie Quicksilver . . . . – Publishers Weekly Needless to say, I’m really jazzed to be a part of this book. Fantasy and sf have always seemed to me to be a big part of…
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Monster Wrangled!
Mission accomplished . . . but of course I had expert help from the fourteen talented writers who attended the presentation. Together, we considered how to effectively present strange creatures in genre fiction. With a nod to Christopher Priest’s novel The Prestige, the discussion explored how some of the most effective monster scenes in science…
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Voices & Music at Jozart Center for the Arts: A Stoker Homecoming
What is the sound of horror? We explored the question at last week’s World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, with a multi-media reading from Voices: Tales of Horror. As part of the on-going 21st-Century Scop project, the presentation featured prose selections set to the music of Veins: The Soundtrack. This week, the exploration continues at…
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Communing with the Masters
It’s about community, not competition. A number of people have submitted emails in response to the news post I put up yesterday, and some have asked about the meaning of the Dante quote: e più d’onore ancora assai mi fenno, ch’e’ sì mi fecer de la loro schiera . . . The lines are from…
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Beyond the Walls of Horror
Horror isn’t a genre. It’s an ingredient. A seasoning. Such things have been pointed out before, most notably by Douglas Winter in Revelations (1997), but a quick look at this year’s Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot shows that it bears repeating. This year the short-fiction jury has selected three strong works from mainstream publications, Ramona…
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HWA Announces 2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot
NOVEL: RECS: ◦Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces ◦Longfellow, Ki — Houdini Heart ◦Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase ◦O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away ◦Warner, Matthew — Blood Born JURY: ◦Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels ◦Dunbar, Robert — Willy ◦McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters ◦Oliver, Reggie — Dracula Papers, Book 1: The Scholar’s Tale…