tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73710354943250598892024-03-19T16:31:40.760-04:00Write BraneWilliam R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-617019192541706792017-09-03T14:31:00.000-04:002017-09-03T14:31:31.346-04:003rd and StarlightOnce upon a time I posted the table of contents for a little project from the fine folks at Future Finalists, an anthology called 1st and Starlight. 1st and Starlight gathered stories from authors whose worked had risen to the finalist level in the Writers of the Future contest, some of whom went on to win and walk down the aisle. <div>
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It's hard to believe that two years have gone by already, but I'm proud to announce the latest volume in the series, 3rd and Starlight. Edited and aged to perfection by the honorable Dr. Robert B. Finegold, the anthology will hit the shelves later this years, metaphorically at least. </div>
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Here's the awesome cover art by Lou Harper followed by the table of contents.</div>
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"Introduction: Back and Foreword" by Robert B. Finegold, MD</div>
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"The Memory of Huckleberries" by Rebecca Birch</div>
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"The Temptation of Father Francis" by Nick T. Chan & Jennifer Campbell-Hicks</div>
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"The Waiting Room" by Philip Brian Hall</div>
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"Last Time For Everything" by K. L. Schwengel</div>
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"Skinners" by Rachelle Harp</div>
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"Amma's Wishes" by M. E. Garber</div>
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"Three Flash" by Dustin Adams</div>
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"A Green Tongue" by Frank Dutkiewicz</div>
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"A Matter For Interpretation" by M. Elizabeth Ticknor</div>
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"The Root Bridges of Haemae" by Sean Monaghan</div>
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"Red is the Color of My True Love's Hair" by William R. D. Wood</div>
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"Bad Actors" by Julie Frost</div>
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"In the Heart of the Flesh" by Scott R. Parkin</div>
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"Shattered Vessels" by Kary English & Robert B.Finegold, MD</div>
William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-37140666747036747772017-06-14T15:34:00.000-04:002017-06-14T15:43:40.290-04:00The Next Great Idea<div>
I just finished writing an "About the Story" blurb for an anthology piece that will be coming out late this year - more on that another time. In the blurb I talk about that perfect storm of inspiration and idea. That confluence of elements that ignites and explodes. I already had the image in my head, a simple snapshot of a character and a setting, when along came an old, old song that pushed the idea into a story that flat-out wanted to be told. It's a beautiful thing when that happens, my friends.</div>
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When I first read the submission call for <u>No Shit, There I Was</u>, that same sort of catalyzed reaction occurred. Idea, I'd like you to meet First Line. First Line, this is Idea. It was a brief story. Military science fiction with all the fixings. The only one of its kind offered in the anthology and one I hope folks will enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed telling. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's the description from the Kickstarter campaign: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #353535;"> Is there a better phrase to start a story than </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #353535;"> "No Shit, There I Was..."? If you hear someone </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #353535;"> be worth listening carefully. That's how all the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I mean, these stories - whew. Science fiction. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Fantasy. Humor. Even horror. What they came </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> But no shit, there we were.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535;"><span style="background-color: white;">Rachel Acks and Steven Saus put together a table on conte</span></span>nts including stories from Stewart Baker, Andrew Barton, James Beamon, Lou J. Berger, Devyani Borade, Matt Dovey, R. K. Duncan, David Jón Fuller, Anne M. Gibson, Tyler Hayes, Rachael K. Jones, William Ledbetter, Darcie Little Badger, Alanna McFall, Premee Mohamed, Heather Morris, Sunil Patel, Jo Robson, Frances Rowat, Adrian Simmons, Sarah Tchernev, E. Catherine Tobler, Linda Tyler, Wren Wallis and yours, truly, William R. D. Wood</div>
With interior art by Amy Baker, Jane Baker, Jenna Fowler, Shannon Legler, Hannah Spiegleman and Emma St. John.<br />
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Cover art by Brandon Chng. And about the cover the uncensored version was available only to Kickstarter backers. Everyone else is stuck with the <u>stealth title</u> cover featuring a cryptic character substitution only the brightest among us will ever decipher.<br />
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“Where do you get your ideas?”<br />
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Probably the single most asked question I get about being an author. Whether I’m at an author’s event or just casually trying to work the subject of writing into a conversation at the checkout line. I’m not really that bad, I promise, but give me a try. Results may vary.<br />
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You would think I’d have a stock answer by now. Mostly I just try to read the moment as best I can and lead with a joke, which almost never works.<br />
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A few days ago, I attended the third annual Author Fest at the Waynesboro Public Library. The first year's event came and went without me ever knowing it came and went, and during last year’s, I had a conflict.<br />
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This year's was slow. Despite the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot, we had fewer visitors than previous years, according to the returning authors. Slow events are always a bummer in terms of sales but they do have the benefit of a more casual, uninterrupted time between visitors and authors. During the lulls, the twenty-two of us in the dungeon of the event (okay, just downstairs away from the fourteen who got the prime seating upstairs in the library proper) we kept up the chatter among ourselves. <br />
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One visitor <a href="http://matthewwarner.com/">Matthew Warner</a> – the crazed jujitsu horror master I had the pleasure to be tabled with – and I spoke with at length was a local educator who works with young children. She was born and raised in Romania and very interested in what made us tick as authors. Where do we get those pesky ideas? When did we first discover we wanted to write?<br />
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As we talked she shared her great concern. She grew up on the classics – Dickens, Tolstoy, Austen, etc. – and she feels the depth is draining out of modern literature in America. Children are reading The Hunger Games instead of Wuthering Heights and works by Stephanie Meyer, but not Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky. I can’t disagree with her completely, but I think the bigger picture might be to embrace what these modern works are accomplishing. No writer writes in a vacuum. There’s always a message, even if it’s not a very good one, even if it’s not particularly intricate, even if the writer doesn’t realize they’re putting one there. And, yes, I really believe that. Most important, more children are reading, and for me that was the gateway drug to everything I treasure today. <br />
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As an author, my biggest challenge, and fear, is fighting the deluge of material on the market today. Anyone can publish anything. If this sounds contradictory, don't worry, it is. It’s one hell of a double-edged sword. You want your ideas to simmer to the surface, to be read and enjoyed and not overwhelmed by the sheer volume of other work. Being mediocre isn’t going to cut it anymore. <br />
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Like I told our visitor, my problem has never been where will I get my next idea from, but when will I find time to work it into my ever-tightening schedule of existing ideas. You’ve just got to hope that the good ideas area going to stick around and not be drowned out by all the voices of the shallower ideas around them. Stephen King addressed good idea survival once. I think it was in the audiobook version of On Writing, but it could have been an interview. (Note to self: track this down since I refer to it an awful lot.) He's a busy guy but doesn't ever fear he's going to forget a good idea before he can get to it. When its a good one, he said, you don't forget. Hell, you can't forget.<br />
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So until the last great idea comes along and it’s the only voice in the room, I’ll keep on juggling, balancing and working through the night to do them all justice.William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-9109529527451487022016-07-25T11:21:00.002-04:002016-07-25T11:25:12.317-04:00Scares That Care 3<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CUnIYJnuXB0/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CUnIYJnuXB0?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe><br />
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Another great Scares That Care and another great visit to Williamsburg! Mr. Joe Ripple did it up right again. Seemed like everything went off flawlessly from my table with the Virginia Chapter of the Horror Writer's Association. No matter where I went Joe was buzzing around or rushing by. I can only imagine what it takes to pull off one of these things. Well done, sir!</div>
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Thanks to all the folks who stopped by the table to say hello, talk horror and pick up a book or two. That truly means the world to us writerly types. There is no substitute for being around a hotel full of folks who enjoy a good scare!</div>
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So, this year I learned that I am the world's worst photographer. Not that my pictures are bad, nope, not that. I'm the world's worst photographer because I didn't take any pictures! That's like a writer who doesn't write. Sad. Pathetic. Pitiful. In need of a serious inmuse-ion. Great, now I'm resorting to Crypt Keeper style puns! I should be so lucky. In truth, I did capture a few souls in the old lens box, but not even close to how many I should have carried home. </div>
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Here are a couple of mine and a few snagged from social media surrounding the event. Thanks to those who helped capture the memories!<br />
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My youngest son runs cross-country and track. He's pretty darn good at the running thing too, if I say so myself. Maybe just a touch of fatherly pride there. Most importantly, though, he loves it. Even though the passion for running can and does clearly skip a generation (or two), the drive to follow what you love does not. That passion might take the form of running. It might be acting, like my youngest. Or writing, like in my case. We all have that passion in us. I believe that. Anything that will make you set your alarm an hour early when you're already pushing to squeeze in six hours of sleep is something you're not taking lightly. Something worth stretching just a little farther to reach.<br />
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A couple of days ago, I was reminiscing about "Deuteronomy," the story I wrote for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anywhere-But-Earth-Keith-Stevenson/dp/0987158708">Anywhere But Earth</a> anthology way back in 2011. Still one of my favorites and one of the best darned science fiction anthologies out there. And yet I would change so much about the story if I were to go back and rewrite it. I'd change the style, the pacing. I'd smooth off the rough edges and I'd probably add another thousand words or so since I'm a little long-winded these days. But you can only revisit the past so many times before getting trapped there, I think. It's better to learn your lessons, learn them well, and use that wisdom, those skills, as a jumping-off point for places new and unknown. So I won't be editing "Deuteronomy" any time soon, unless Hollywood calls for the movie rights, of course. What I will do is build up from that story and others like it toward something a little grander. And after that something grander still.<br />
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Oops. Waxed a little flowery there for a second. Not always a good thing for the horror writer who wanders in and out of hard science fiction as much as I do. Best wrap it up.<br />
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Once after a particularly good race, my son, hair dripping with sweat, face absolutely glowing, left the chute and came over to me and my wife. He told us how he'd started cramping up and feeling really fatigued as he closed in on the final mile. There was no one near him and he was on target to run his usual time. He could have been satisfied with that and not lost any ground.<br />
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"Then I asked myself," he said. "Could I be running faster?"<br />
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"And?"<br />
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"The answer was yes." And I still remember his smile. Confident. Prepared. Ready. "So I did."<br />
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I love that story. Even chokes me up a little. <br />
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Can I be running faster? Writing better? Can you?<br />
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I think we all know the answer.</div>
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-28398079438045429622015-12-28T23:55:00.004-05:002017-05-10T16:59:58.693-04:00Futures<div class="MsoNormal">
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decidedly different set of objectives before beginning this one though. By the
time I'd reached 2015, it was clear I'd used up my life points on dashing good
looks and the love of the finest woman in the land. A fair and equitable trade,
if I say so myself. Still those choices meant no one would ever find me in the
pages of a single scientific journal, except maybe as an anonymous subject in a
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For readers of <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html">Nature</a>, my story, "<a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v528/n7583/full/528592a.html">Single Layer I.T.</a>,"
can be found in Volume 528 Number 7583, 24 December 2015, in the journal's
fiction series Futures! It's a tremendous honor to bear the Futures torch this
week, the same torch held by some of my own favorite authors. Award winners, groundbreakers
and unparalleled wordsmiths such as Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, Gregory
Benford, Arthur C. Clarke, Tanith Lee, Frederick Pohl, Mike Resnick, Alastair
Reynolds and Norman Spinrad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Check <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/arts/futures/">Futures </a>out. There are many amazing stories dating
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"What does the future hold? Is there life beyond the
stars? Will artificial intelligence take over the world? Is time travel
possible? All of these questions and more are addressed every week in Futures, Nature's
science-fiction column. Featuring short stories from established authors and
those just beginning their writing career, Futures presents an eclectic view of
what may come to pass. Here you can dive into the entire archive and discover
what may be lurking around the corner. Prepare to be amazed, amused, stimulated
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As for the status on those three occupations? Well, the
closest I've come so far is requesting a concealed carry permit for my phaser
and Augusta County has yet to respond. I guess, for now, I'll just have to be content
with my entry into <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/arts/futures/">Nature Futures</a>.</div>
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-38820623728992853782015-12-07T21:44:00.002-05:002015-12-07T21:45:17.202-05:00The Dew of Heaven, Like AshesDoes anyone have a short-story-to-novel-converter handy? Anyone?<br />
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I could use one. Or a secret formula.<br />
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Hard work and a planet-sized bucket of time, you say? Yeah. I know. You're right. You're all right. Anything less and no one would be fooled for a minute.<br />
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I have quite a few short stories I'd love to give the conversion treatment. My story, "The Dew of Heaven, Like Ashes," for example. It's currently enjoying the grand finale position in Flame Tree Publishing's Chilling Horror Short Stories, part of their Gothic Fantasy Series, but of all the tales I've crafted it's definitely causing me the most sleepless nights. <br />
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I included a good portion of the Table of Contents in a previous post but here is the entire kit and caboodle.<br />
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"Ecdysis" by <a href="https://diagnosisdiabolique.wordpress.com/?__hstc=250500889.2a872f4bd5199f5a7bf7a5fe3f62f34a.1447555571099.1447555571099.1449537886089.2&__hssc=250500889.1.1449537886089&__hsfp=1305519537">Rebecca J. Allred</a><br />
"The Damned Thing" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><br />
"Beyond the Wall" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><br />
"Mirror’s Keeper" by <a href="http://www.michaelbondies.com/">Michael Bondies</a><br />
"The Watcher by the Threshold" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan">John Buchan</a><br />
"The Dying Art" by <a href="https://gdcampbell.wordpress.com/">Glen Damien Campbell</a><br />
"The Yellow Sign" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers">Robert W. Chambers</a><br />
"Breach by <a href="http://justincoates.postagon.com/">Justin Coates</a><br />
"The Dead Smile" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford">F. Marion Crawford</a><br />
"The Screaming Skull" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford">F. Marion Crawford</a><br />
"The Child's Story" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens">Charles Dickens</a><br />
"The Leather Funnel" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a><br />
"In Search of a New Wilhelm" by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_6?ie=UTF8&text=John+H.+Dromey&search-alias=books&field-author=John+H.+Dromey&sort=relevancerank">John H. Dromey</a><br />
"Leonora" by <a href="http://ehub45.webhostinghub.com/~keithe9/eliseforieredie.com/">Elise Forier Edie</a><br />
"A Game of Conquest" by <a href="http://davidelsensohn.com/">David A. Elsensohn</a><br />
"Thing in the Bucket" by <a href="http://ericesser.net/">Eric Esser</a><br />
"The Murdered Cousin" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Le_Fanu">Sheridan Le Fanu</a><br />
"The Grey Woman" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell">Elizabeth Gaskell</a><br />
"Worth the Having by <a href="http://michaelpaulgonzalez.com/">Michael Paul Gonzalez</a><br />
"Extraneus Invokat by <a href="http://www.robotviking.com/">Ed Grabianowski</a><br />
"The Three Strangers" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a><br />
"Young Goodman Brown" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne">Nathaniel Hawthorne</a><br />
"The Gateway of the Monster" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Hodgson">William Hope Hodgson</a><br />
"The Challenge from Beyond" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard">Robert E. Howard</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Belknap_Long">Frank Belknap Long</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft">H.P. Lovecraft</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Merritt">A. Merritt</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._Moore">C.L. Moore</a><br />
"The Man in the Ambry" by <a href="http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/">Gwendolyn Kiste</a><br />
"Start with Color" by <a href="http://ktepi.blogspot.co.uk/">Bill Kte’pi</a><br />
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence">D.H. Lawrence</a><br />
"The Magnificat of Devils" by <a href="https://jameslecky.wordpress.com/?__hstc=250500889.2a872f4bd5199f5a7bf7a5fe3f62f34a.1447555571099.1447555571099.1449537886089.2&__hssc=250500889.1.1449537886089&__hsfp=1305519537">James Lecky</a><br />
"The Dunwich Horror" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a><br />
"The Horla" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant">Guy de Maupassant</a><br />
"The Woman of the Wood" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Merritt">A. Merritt</a><br />
"The Vampire" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Neruda">Jan Neruda</a><br />
"The Masque of the Red Death" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a><br />
"The Premature Burial" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a><br />
"Trial and Error" by <a href="http://www.frankroger.be/">Frank Roger</a><br />
"The Mortal Immortal" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley">Mary Shelley</a><br />
"The Body Snatcher" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a><br />
"Dracula's Guest" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker">Bram Stoker</a><br />
"Blessed Be the Bound" by <a href="http://darkfantasy.us/">Lucy Taylor</a><br />
"Dead End" by <a href="http://kristophertriana.com/">Kristopher Triana</a><br />
"Justified" by <a href="https://djtyrer.blogspot.co.uk/">DJ Tyrer</a><br />
"Afterward" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton">Edith Wharton</a><br />
"Deep-sixed Without a Depth Gauge" by <a href="http://www.andrewjwilsonpublishingservices.co.uk/">Andrew J. Wilson</a><br />
"The Dew of Heaven, Like Ashes" by <a href="http://www.williamrdwood.com/">William R.D. Wood</a><br />
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In all, 480 pages of foiled, hardcover goodness, friends.</div>
William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-49769866787800994922015-11-14T21:20:00.001-05:002015-11-14T21:20:58.726-05:00Tales of the Talisman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
David Lee Summers, editor of <i>Tales of the Talisman</i>, published "Shady Moons" in their July issue this year. Here's a look at the cover. </div>
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And a look at that sweet table of contents for you folks who enjoy seeing a jam-packed issue of poetry and fiction.<br />
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Final Journey<br />
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The Last Gypsies<br />
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Story by William R. D. Wood<br />
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A Brief History of Human Evolution<br />
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The Day the Electricals Ended<br />
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Willicicle<br />
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Chained Pearls<br />
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Aggression: Deleted Genome Project<br />
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Thursday’s Child Has Far to Go<br />
Story by Mark Anthony Brennan<br />
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Dear Cthulhu<br />
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The Cursed Land of Dreams<br />
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Passage Through a Shifting Past<br />
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Fried Okra<br />
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Talisman Book Reviews</div>
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Lastly, because I am such a sucker for cover art, a few of my favorite covers from the archives of <i>Tales of the Talisman</i>. Sadly, Mr. Summers placed the magazine in hypersleep about the same time that Volume 10, Issue 4 hit the shelves. We can only hope that he wakes it up soon!<br />
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-52773491051605272772015-08-14T01:00:00.000-04:002015-08-14T01:00:01.203-04:00Chilling Horror Short Stories<div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-3 row-number-1 " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16.2000007629395px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our forthcoming <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gothic Fantasy</strong> anthologies feature an explosive mix of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">new and classic writers</strong>. We've released the list of new authors, and their stories, now here are the biographies of<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Chilling Horror Short Stories</strong>. Some are first time writers, others have had stories printed in magazines and story collections before. <span class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" id="hs_cos_wrapper_post_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Rebecca lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, working by day as a doctor of pathology, but after-hours she transforms into a practitioner of macabre fiction, infecting readers with her malign prose. Her work has been featured on Hellnotes.com, Freeze Frame Fiction, Sirens Call eZine and Vignettes from the End of the World. When she isn’t busy rendering diagnoses or writing, Rebecca enjoys reading, drawing, laughing at RiffTrax, and spending time with her husband, Zach, and their kitty, Bug. You can keep up with Rebecca at <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://diagnosisdiabolique.wordpress.com/?__hstc=250500889.e41233e742520046917ce09774d2d90f.1432580769498.1439169243028.1439172042355.7&__hssc=250500889.2.1439172042355&__hsfp=2135918820" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">diagnosisdiabolique.wordpress.com</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;"> or follow her on Twitter @LadyHazmat.</span></span></div>
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Michael Bondies is a native of Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver music program. He has work appearing or forthcoming in several different venues including Bards and Sages Quarterly, Blood Moon Rising, Tales of the Undead: Suffer Eternal Anthology Volume III, and the anthology Little Stories for the Smallest Room. He currently lives on the West Coast, and when he’s not writing you will usually find him playing guitar. Visit him at:<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;"> </span><a href="http://www.michaelbondies.com/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">www.MichaelBondies.com</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">.</span></span></div>
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Glen Damien Campbell lives and works in London. His horror fiction has appeared in a variety of anthologies and magazines, including Something Wicked Vol. One, 100 Doors to Madness, Tales of the Undead: Suffer Eternal,Tales from the Blue Gonk Café and Miseria’s Chorale. Besides writing, his interests are music, painting and horror movies. For more information about Glen, or to read his jottings on various things horror and heavy-metal related, visit his blog at<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;"> </span><a href="http://gdcampbell.wordpress.com/?__hstc=250500889.e41233e742520046917ce09774d2d90f.1432580769498.1439169243028.1439172042355.7&__hssc=250500889.2.1439172042355&__hsfp=2135918820" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">gdcampbell.wordpress.com</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">.</span></span></div>
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Justin Coates is a citizen of Detroit, Michigan. His formative years of reading involved copious amounts of Lovecraft and King, and in recent years he has read every grim tale set in the ‘Warhammer: 40K’ universe he can get his hands on. A veteran with two tours in Afghanistan, Justin also draws on his combat experience when writing, and finds the process immensely useful in his spiritual recovery from war. This is his first publication, an opportunity for which he is extremely grateful. Take a look at Justin's blog here: <span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://justincoates.postagon.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.justincoates.postagon.com</a></span></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Elise Forier Edie</strong>. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leonora. </em>(Originally Published in Penumbra Magazine, 2013)</div>
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Elise Forier Edie lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and two dogs. Her works of horror and speculative fiction have been published by Tartarus Press and World Weaver Press. Before becoming a fiction writer, Elise worked for many years as a playwright, and still continues to work in the theatre as an actress and director. Her first novella, a paranormal romance called The Devil in Midwinter, was released in April 2014. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Authors Guild.<br /><br /><strong><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">David A. Elsensohn.</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">A Game of Conquest. </em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">(Originally Published with Ether Books App, 2011)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>David Elsensohn is usually busy being distracted by such language-coaxers as Tolkien, Howard, Leiber, Gaiman and Lovecraft, or by well-crafted batches of single malt whisky. He has works published in the Northridge Review, Crack the Spine, The Golden Key, Kazka Press’s California Cantata, Grim Corps II, and Literary Underground’s Unearthed Anthology. A native of Los Angeles, he lives with an inspirational wife and a curmudgeonly black cat.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">
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Eric Esser lives and writes in San Francisco with his love Courtney and the ghost of their black cat Mina. When he was small he used to wander the perimeter of his elementary school soccer field every recess imagining stories set in other worlds, and for some reason no one made fun of him for it. He suspects they discussed him secretly. He is a graduate of the 2012 Clarion Writers Workshop. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Schoolbooks and Sorcery, Pseudopod, and the Awkward Robots anthology series. Visit him at <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ericesser.net/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;">ericesser.net</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2455997467041px;"> or follow him on Twitter (@ericdesser).</span></span></div>
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Michael Paul Gonzalez is the author of the novels <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Angel Falls</span> and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miss Massacre’s Guide to Murder and Vengeance</span>. A member of the Horror Writer’s Association, his short stories have appeared in print and online, including the<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Booked</span> podcast anthology, FCJR, <a href="http://heavymetal.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">HeavyMetal.com</a>, and the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appalachian Undead</span> anthology. He resides in Los Angeles, a place full of wonders and monsters far stranger than any that live in the imagination. You can visit him online at <a href="http://michaelpaulgonzalez.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MichaelPaulGonzalez.com</a></div>
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Ed Grabianowski’s stories have appeared in <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Black Static</span>, the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Geek Love </span>anthology, and David Wellington’s <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fear Project</span>. You’ll find his non-fiction work at sites like io9 and HowStuffWorks. His influences include pulp horror and sword & sorcery like H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Twilight Zone </span>and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.</span> A native of Buffalo, New York, Ed likes zombies, welding, dogs and pizza.</div>
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With parents who married on Halloween and read her Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe stories long before she started kindergarten, Gwendolyn Kiste considers horror, fantasy, and all things strange to be her birthright. Her speculative fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">LampLight</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sanitarium Magazine</span>, and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nightmare </span>among other outlets. An Ohio native, she currently resides on an abandoned horse farm in Pennsylvania. You can find her online at <a href="http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.gwendolynkiste.com</a> and on Twitter @GwendolynKiste.</div>
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Bill Kte’pi is the author of two horror novels, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Low Country</span> and<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Frankie Teardrop</span>, the latter of which was published in 2015 by Fey Publishing. He has been publishing short stories for 25 years, with links to available online work at <a href="http://ktepi.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ktepi.com</a>. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Start With Color</span> shares a setting with <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Minotaur</span>, originally published in <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strange Horizons</span>. Bill and his girlfriend live in New England and are planning a move to the Southern U.S.</div>
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James Lecky is a writer, actor and (occasional) stand-up comedian from Derry, N. Ireland. His short fiction has appeared in a number of publications both in print and online including <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beneath Ceaseless Skies</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heroic Fantasy Quarterly</span>,<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Phantom Queen Awakes</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arcane</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jupiter SF</span> and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Emerald Eye: The Best Irish Imaginative Fiction</span>. His influences are many and varied including (but not limited to) Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Vance, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard and Lord Dunsany.</div>
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Frank Roger was born in 1957 in Ghent, Belgium. His first story appeared in 1975. He now<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>has a few hundred short stories to his credit, published in more than 40 languages. In 2012 a story collection in English (<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Burning Woman and Other Stories</span>) was published in Ireland by Evertype (<a href="http://www.evertype.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.evertype.com</span></a>). Apart from fiction, he also produces collages and graphic work in a surrealist and satirical tradition. They have appeared in various magazines and books. Find out more at <a href="http://www.frankroger.be/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.frankroger.be</a> .</div>
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Lucy Taylor is the Stoker-winning author of <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Safety of Unknown Cities</span>,<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Spree</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unnatural Acts and Other Stories</span> and eleven other horror/suspense novels and collections. Her most recent work includes the short story collection <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>Fatal Journeys</i></span> and the novelette <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>A Respite for the Dead</i></span>. Upcoming publications include the short story <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Cave of the Delicate Singers</span> (Tor.com; August 2015), <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wingless Beasts</span> (‘Best Horror of the Year #7’; Night Shade Books), and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Moth Frenzy</span> (‘Peeling Back the Skin’; Grey Matter Press). She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico: a land full of mystery, romance, and the macabre. Visit her website at: www.lucytaylor.us.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Andrew J. Wilson</strong>. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deep-sixed Without a Depth Gauge. </em>(Originally Published with Ghostwriter Publications, 2009)</div>
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Andrew J. Wilson lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two sons. His short stories, poetry and journalism have appeared all over the world, sometimes in the most unlikely places. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Terminal Zone</span>, his play about Rod Serling, has been performed several times, and was restaged under his direction at the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention in London. With Neil Williamson he co-edited <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction</span>, a critically acclaimed original anthology that was nominated for a World Fantasy Award.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">William R.D. Wood</strong>. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Dew of Heaven, Like Ashes. </em>(Originally Published in Tomorrow: Apocalyptic Short Stories, Kayelle Press, 2013)</div>
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William R.D. Wood lives with his wife and children in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in an old farmhouse turned backwards to the road. He enjoys exploring this world and creating new ones of his own. His work has appeared in <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Omni Reboot</span>, the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lovecraft eZine</span> and in titles from Emby Press, Morpheus Press and Apokrupha. Far, far too much greatness exists in the realms of speculative fiction to pick favorite influences, but William’s ideal would be to write Lovecraftian fiction like Stephen King in an Arthur C. Clarke universe interpreted by H. R. Giger. Check out <a href="http://www.williamrdwood.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.williamRDwood.com</a> for more.</div>
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-76807337256705461772015-07-28T20:57:00.003-04:002015-07-28T20:57:33.016-04:00Scares That Care 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scares That Care Weekend 2 drew to a close Sunday evening in beautiful (and slightly toasty) Williamsburg, Virginia this weekend. I spent my Saturday and Sunday gracing (okay, maybe infesting) the HWA table. There's something about being around folks who share a love for all things horror that brings out the best in all of us. Truly.<br />
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Below are some pictures that I've heisted from various locations in the interest of promoting the cause and sharing my mug alongside some faces I've known forever but never had the pleasure to meet. And a few I met last year at the inaugural voyage of Scares That Care Williamsburg.<br />
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Talking to folks is always the highlight for me. Everyone from authors to actors to movie makers to craftspeople, ranging from newbies to seasoned pros.<br />
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I was completely new to the con scene last year, but as near as I could tell this year was a lot more successful than 2014 so I think we can expect a Scares That Care Weekend 3 in 2016 and if it comes I'll be there!<br />
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Thanks to Mr. Joe Ripple for all of his hard work in making this happen, the HWA for their sponsorship of the HWA Virginia table and to Dee Southerland, David Alexander and Pamela Kinney for putting up with my incessant rambling.<br />
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The lovely me, the lovely and talented Kara, and the oh, so talented Mr. Ronald Malfi</div>
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<i><b>1st and Starlight</b></i> collects stories from fourteen Writers of the Future finalists, some of whom went on to the collect wins in their respective quarters.<br />
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My story, "Shepherd of the Spheres," explores matters of faith on a lonely space station in orbit around Jupiter. In the accompanying author's notes/essay I talk a little about the making of the story and the terror I face every time I ask the question "Are We Ready?"<br />
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<b><i>1st and Starlight</i></b>'s stellar table of contents reads:<br />
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"Catch a Fallen Star" by <a href="http://jennifercampbellhicks.blogspot.com/">Jennifer Campbell Hicks</a><br />
"Shoeless" by <a href="https://fimichell.wordpress.com/">Fi Mitchell </a><br />
"Life Out of Harmony" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.birch.568">Rebecca Birch</a><br />
"The Minder's Bond" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kary.english.1">Kary English</a><br />
"The Artist Fades Away" by <a href="http://hollyheisey.com/">Holly Heisey</a><br />
"Guardians of Public Safety" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.frost.7967">Julie Frost</a><br />
"Shepherd of the Spheres" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/writebrane?fref=nf">William R.D. Wood</a><br />
"The Witch's Curse" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.finegold.3">Robert R. Finegold, M.D.</a><br />
"The Factory Amidst the Stars" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Axeminister">Dustin Adams</a><br />
"The Recycle of Life" by Frank Dutkiewicz<br />
"Twisted Electricity" by Sean Monaghan<br />
"The Skin Script" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/smloree">Stephanie Lorée</a><br />
"| Absolute Zero |" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scott.parkin.10">Scott R. Parkin</a><br />
"Watch Over Me Always" by Sky McKinnon<br />
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And a special, special thanks to Sky Mckinnon who served tirelessly as our fearless editor. Or was that fearlessly as our tireless editor? Regardless, thanks for making us look so good, Sky!<br />
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So, great stories, great art. That makes this one book you <i>can</i> judge by its cover.<br />
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-74551642980833674352015-05-28T23:34:00.000-04:002015-05-28T23:34:11.600-04:00Science Fiction for Middle Grade ReadersIf you haven't seen it yet, see it now. If you haven't bought it for your middle grade reader, hey, you can do that now too. You'll be glad you did and so will they.<div>
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<i><br />"I just wanted to let you know that I received my print copy last night. I backed the book for my 6 year old daughter. My expectation was that we would need to hold on to it for a few years. I had to pry it out of her hands to get her to go to bed. The going is a bit slow, in part because the stories are the most advanced she has read, but in part because she is so excited she has to stop regularly to explain to me what is going on in the story. She has declared it her favorite book." Gary D. <br /><br />"My daughter is on the couch presently, reading her copy, which I handed to her approximately 3 minutes ago. She is engrossed. Thank you. :)" Matthew McFarland <br /><br />24 science fiction short stories for the middle grade reader from Hugo and Nebula winning authors as well as newer writers. <br /><br />It’s time for a bigger universe. <br /><br />Sally Ride, first American woman in space and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, famously said: “Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can’t be what you can’t see.” <br /><br />Girls need to read stories where any number of possible roles are modeled for them. Just as importantly, boys need to read stories where girls are active participants in adventures. And children of all colors and backgrounds need to know the future includes them. <br /><br />"When I was a child, the school library had a Girls' Section, which included fairy tales, and a Boys' Section, which included all the science fiction. Things have changed, of course, but not enough. There is a strong need for science fiction, as opposed to fantasy, aimed at girls, especially in the middle grades. This anthology is an important contribution to the effort to fill that need, and I'm delighted to be a part of it." <br /><br />~ Nancy Kress, winner of five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award <br /><br /><b>Authors in the anthology are:</b> <br /><br />Marilag Angway <br />Deanna Baran <br />Mike Barretta <br />Eric Del Carlo <br />Salena Casha <br />Brigid Collins <br />Ron Collins <br />Cory Cone <br />C.J. Daring <br />Evan Dicken <br />Anne E. Johnson <br />Amy Griswold <br />Jeanne Kramer-Smyth <br />Nancy Kress <br />Wendy Lambert <br />Vanessa MacLellan <br />Phoebe North <br />Angela Penrose <br />Douglas Smith <br />Eric James Stone <br />Sonja Thomas <br />Deborah Walker <br />Jeannie Warner <br />Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</i></div>
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I've written plenty of stories for my children but, in truth, most of my work is not intended for a younger audience. The 2015 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, though, is perfect for our youngsters who want to travel in time, explore mysterious hidden realms and travel to the distant worlds. It's more than a little exciting to be a part of this anthology, let me tell you. A science fiction anthology parents, teachers and librarians can actually recommend to their middle graders with confidence. </div>
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Science Fiction for a Middle Grade Audience. An anthology to bring the stars to a new generation!<br />
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Sally Ride, first woman in space and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, famously said:<br />
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According to a 2011 study of 6,000 children’s books, only 31 percent had central female characters, and even fewer featured main characters of color.<br />
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A genre that’s supposed to inspire us towards a bright future isn’t making space for half the population’s dreams. Boys go and have adventures, girls are to be defended, or prizes to be won, and the landscape is very, very white.<br />
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We've got a great collection of 20 stories from amazing authors, ranging from Nebula and Hugo winners to relative newcomers to the field. 90% of the stories in the anthology are brand new, and 80% have central female characters. We don't have girls who are prizes to be won or waiting to be rescued. All of our heroines and heroes are on their own adventure, not a side note in someone else's. Our characters are white, black, asian, latino. Human and robot. Everyone belongs here.<br />
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<b><i>Marilag Angway</i></b> started her foray into science fiction and fantasy sometime in the early ’90s by reading books written by females for females. She had no idea that these books were far and few at the time, and feels lucky to have had the opportunity to be inspired by female authors to think big and never stop imagining. When she isn’t scribbling her mind away, she’s lending what brainpower she has left to a good cause: the molding of preschool minds. Gotta start them young, right? You can find Marilag’s bookish and writing and randomy ramblings at <a href="http://storyandsomnomancy.wordpress.com/">http://storyandsomnomancy.wordpress.com</a><br />
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<b><i>Deanna Baran</i></b> lives in Texas and is a librarian and former museum curator. She writes in between cups of tea, playing Go, and trading postcards with people around the world. <br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Barretta/e/B004X34P06">Mike Barretta</a></i></b> is a retired U.S. Naval Aviator who currently works for a defense contractor as a pilot. He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Planning and International Negotiation from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a Master’s in English from the University of West Florida. His wife, Mary, to whom he has been married to for 23 years, is living proof that he is not such a bad guy once you get to know him. His stories have appeared in <i>Baen’s Universe</i>, <i>Redstone</i>, <i>New Scientist</i>, <i>Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show</i> and various anthologies. <br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Eric%20Del%20Carlo&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank">Eric Del Carlo</a>'s</i></b> short fiction has appeared in <i>Asimov’s</i>, <i>Strange Horizons,</i> <i>Shimmer</i>, <i>Michael Moorcock’s New Worlds</i> and many other venues. He has written novels with Robert Asprin, published by Ace Books and DarkStar Books. His latest novel, an emotionally charged urban fantasy entitled <i>The Golden Gate Is Empty</i>, which he wrote with his father Vic, is forthcoming from White Cat Publications. Eric lives in his native California. Find him on Facebook for comments or questions. <br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/salenacashaauthor">Salena Casha</a>'s</i></b> work has appeared in over 30 publications. She was a finalist for the 2013-2014 Boston Public Library’s Children’s Writer-in-Residence and a 2011 Bread Loaf Scholarship Recipient in Fiction. Her first three picture books were published by MeeGenius Books. One of them, titled Nuwa and the Great Wall, was featured in the 2014 PBS Summer Learning Project for kids. When not writing, she can be found editing math books, carving pumpkins and travelling the world. Check out her website at www.salenacasha.com.<br />
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<b><i>Ron Collins</i></b>’ work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including <i>Analog</i>, <i>Asimov’s</i>, and <i>Nature</i>. This summer saw the publication of Four Days in May, a short collection of stories set in and around the Indianapolis 500 written in collaboration with John C. Bodin. Of “Goliath vs. Robodog,” he writes: “It’s interesting to imagine everything robots will be able to do in the not-so-distant future, but sometimes it’s too easy to overlook things that really matter.” You can find more about Ron at<a href="http://www.typosphere.com/">http://www.typosphere.com</a> <br />
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<b><i>Cory Cone</i></b> lives, works and writes in Baltimore, MD. He studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he met and married his wife. He now works full time at the college and writes strange fiction in the evenings. His website is <a href="http://www.corycone.com/">www.corycone.com</a>, and you can follow him on Twitter, @corycone. <br />
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<b><i> C.J. Daring</i></b>, alter-ego of the evil <i><b>William R.D. Wood</b></i>, lives in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in an old farmhouse turned backwards to the road. C.J Daring pens works of mystery and adventure for readers of all ages. Some are set in the far reaches of space. Some in the murkiest depths of time. And sometimes, when you’re not looking, maybe even your own back yard! Check in and see what coming next at <a href="http://www.williamrdwood.com/">www.williamRDwood.com</a>. <br />
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<b><i>Anne E. Johnson</i></b> lives in Brooklyn. Dozens of her short stories for young readers can be found in publications such as <i>Spaceports & Spidersilk</i>, <i>Jack & Jill</i>, <i>Red Squirrel</i>, and <i>Rainbow Rumpus</i>. Her middle-grade paranormal novel, <i>Ebenezer’s Locker</i>, was published by MuseItUp. Candlemark & Gleam is publishing her series of humorous science fiction novels, <i>The Webrid Chronicles</i>, and they will also release her YA adventure novel, <i>Space Surfers</i>, in 2015. Learn more about Anne at her website, <a href="http://anneejohnson.com/">AnneEJohnson.com</a>. <br />
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<b><i>Brigid Collins Kendall </i></b>is an author living in Michigan with her husband, Nick, and their cat, Brooke. She writes mainly works of fantasy and science fiction. She has written and published two novels, with her third due to be published this fall. Two of her short stories will be appearing in Fiction River late in 2014, and she has achieved Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest. She also enjoys music, video games, and copious quantities of stuffed animals. Brigid Collins has a blog at <a href="http://www.backwrites.wordpress.com/">www.backwrites.wordpress.com</a> and can be contacted through that site, as well as through her twitter account, @purellian <br />
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<b><i>Amy Griswold</i></b> has written two gaslamp fantasy/mystery novels with Melissa Scott, <i>Death by Silver</i> and <i>A Death at the Dionysus Club</i> (Lethe Press) and has short stories forthcoming in several anthologies. She also writes Stargate Atlantis tie-in novels for Fandemonium Books. She lives in North Carolina with her partner and daughter, and works as an educational testing content specialist. Find her online at <a href="http://amygriswold.livejournal.com/">amygriswold.livejournal.com</a>, or follow her on Twitter at @amygris. <br />
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<b><i>Jeanne Kramer-Smyth</i></b> has been writing since she first got her hands on a typewriter at age 9. Since then she has worked as a software developer, traveled the world, and written poetry. She is currently an archivist by day and a writer, glass artist and fan of board games by night. She has studied fiction writing with both Judith Tarr and Mary Robinette Kowal. She especially enjoys fantasy, science-fiction, YA, and historical fiction. She lives in Maryland with her husband, son, sister-in-law, and cat. You can find her online at <a href="http://www.jeannekramersmyth.com/">http://www.jeannekramersmyth.com</a><br />
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<b><i>Nancy Kress</i></b> is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Most recent works are <i>After The Fall</i>, <i>Before The Fall</i>, <i>During The Fall</i> (Tachyon, 2012), a novel of apocalypse, and <i>Yesterday’s Kin</i>, about genetic inheritance (Tachyon, 2014). In addition to writing, Kress often teaches at various venues around the country and abroad; in 2008 she was the Picador visiting lecturer at the University of Leipzig. Kress lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Cosette, the world’s most spoiled toy poodle. Visit her website at <a href="http://www.sff.net/people/nankress/">www.sff.net/people/nankress/</a><br />
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A champion of NaNoWriMo, <b><i>Vanessa MacLellan</i></b> is an avid reader of anything with pizazz. Words have been her companions since she was ten, forcing atrocious adverbs upon her mother. Her fantasy novel, <i>Three Great Lies</i>, has recently been accepted by Hadley Rille Books and is scheduled for release in the winter of 2015. She’s had three short stories published by online magazines. When not in the office or writing, she bird watches and hikes. Vanessa can be found at <a href="http://vanmaclellan.com/">http://vanmaclellan.com</a>. <br />
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<b><i>Phoebe North</i></b> lives in upstate New York with her husband, her daughter, and her cat. She is the author of <i>Starglass</i> and <i>Starbreak</i>, a science fiction duology from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Find her online at <a href="http://www.phoebenorth.com/">www.phoebenorth.com</a><br />
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<b><i>Angela Penrose</i></b> lives in Seattle with her husband, five computers, and some unknown number of books, which occupy most of the house. She writes in several genres, but F&SF is her first love. She likes writing for anthologies for the variety, and the challenge of writing to a theme; this is her fourth anthology sale. You can find her at <a href="http://angelapenrosewriter.blogspot.com/">http://angelapenrosewriter.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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A Nebula Award winner and Hugo nominee,<b><i> Eric James Stone</i></b> has been published in<i>Year’s Best SF</i>, <i>Analog</i>, and elsewhere. Eric is a <i>Writers of the Future</i> winner, graduate of Orson Scott Card’s writing workshop, and assistant editor at <i>Intergalactic Medicine Show</i>. Eric lives in Utah. His website is <a href="http://www.ericjamesstone.com/">www.ericjamesstone.com</a>.<br />
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<b><i>Sonja Thomas</i></b>, a recovering CPA, writes for children of all ages, from humorous middle grade to young adult fantasy to adult horror. Raised in Central Florida (the wonderful world of Disney, humidity and hurricanes) and transplanted to DC for 11 years (go Nats!), she’s now ‘keeping it weird’ in Portland, OR. To stay sane she dances, doodles and plays with furry, four-legged friends. You may even hear her belt out an awesome Xena yodel. Visit her at <a href="http://www.bysonjathomas.com/">www.bysonjathomas.com</a> or follow her on twitter @bysonjathomas. <br />
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<b><i>Deborah Walker</i></b> grew up in the most English town in the country, but she soon high-tailed it down to London, where she now lives with her partner, Chris, and her two young children. Find Deborah in the British Museum trawling the past for future inspiration or on her blog: <a href="http://deborahwalkersbibliography.blogspot.com/">http://deborahwalkersbibliography.blogspot.com/</a> Her stories have appeared in <i>Nature’s Futures</i>, <i>Cosmos </i>and <i>Daily Science Fiction </i>and <i>The Year’s Best SF 18</i>. <br />
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<b><i>Jeannie Warner</i></b> spent her formative years in Southern California and Colorado, and is not afraid to abandon the most luxurious environs for a chance to travel anywhere. She has a useless degree in musicology, a checkered career in computer security, and aspirations of world domination. Her writing credits include blogs of random musings, thriller novel manuscripts, stories in <i>Tightbeam </i>online magazine, KnightBridge’s Rom Zom Com anthology, the <i>Mad Scientist’s Journal</i>, several police statements, and a collection of snarky notes to a former upstairs neighbor. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area near several of her best friends whom she refers to as “minions.”</div>
William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-44490596628250595192014-10-08T12:11:00.000-04:002014-10-08T13:44:37.690-04:00A Bastion of Great Science FictionHere's the cover of the October issue of <a href="http://www.bastionmag.com/">Bastion Science Fiction Magazine</a>. Beautiful, isn't it?<br />
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Inside you'll find:<br />
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“Zero's Hour” by Eric Del Carlo<br />
“When the Wind Blows on Tristan da Cunha” by <a href="http://www.merylstenhouse.com/blog/">Meryl Stenhouse</a><br />
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“Waterman High Speed Axials” by <a href="http://www.williamrdwood.com/">William R. D. Wood</a></div>
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“Time Enough” by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/salena.casha">Salena Casha</a></div>
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“Sympathy for the Download” by Matthew Lyons</div>
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“In the Space Between” by Jeff Stehman </div>
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“Shudder” by Manfred Gabriel</div>
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"A Vision of Paradise" by <a href="http://myaineko.blogspot.com/p/home-page.html">Alvaro Zinos-Amaro</a><br />
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Check out Bastion's <a href="http://www.bastionmag.com/">website</a> to learn more about past issues and how to submit your own work. They're a great bunch to work with.<br />
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From their About page:</div>
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"Bastion is a new science fiction magazine publishing digitally on the first of every month. Each issue will contain 7 to 9 original short stories. Our yearly anthology will be available in both digital and print formats in early December. Immediate goals for our young magazine include establishing a solid reader base so our contributors can get paid professional rates for their work. As writers ourselves, we understand the importance of getting compensated for an author's work, so we evaluate what we can offer our authors each month. Additionally, we do our best to respond meaningfully to each submission within a reasonable amount of time, since we understand how frustrating it can be to wait for weeks or months without ever hearing back. We're also working toward becoming a qualifying market for the Science Fiction Writer's Association, which we hope will help to develop our contributor's professional qualifications.<br />
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"Finally, although we do what we can to focus on our contributors, our ultimate goal is to publish stories of the highest quality for our readers.<br />
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"As we're in the process of expanding and developing a reader base, we'd love it if you would tell your friends about us."</div>
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It's an excellent magazine and you really should check it out. Why? Well, it's excellent. I thought I said that.<br />
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Being a bit of a cover art junkie, I just love their covers. Take a peek at issues 1 - 7. <br />
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Beautiful. Especially Issues 3 and 7. Those are my personal faves.<br />
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April<br />
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"The Dreamcatcher", by M. Justine Gerard<br />
"The Last Repairman", by David Austin<br />
"Shale", by David Jack Sorensen<br />
"The Crystal Forest", by Kurt Heinrich Hyatt<br />
"That World Up There", by Kurt Bachard<br />
"Shock", by Samuel Marzioli<br />
"The Dead Channel", by David Galef<br />
"Lighthouse to the Depths", by Nicholas Mazmanian<br />
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May<br />
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"Moving Past Legs", by Jamie Lackey<br />
"The Endless Flickering Night", Gary Emmette Chandler<br />
"Worried About", by Brandon McNulty<br />
"Vines", by G. J. Brown<br />
"A Considerate Invasion", by Mark Patrick Lynch<br />
"A Rather Different Sort of F-Bomb", by Marty Bonus<br />
"Zombie Limbo Master", by Rosemary Claire Smith<br />
"Nigh", by Eric Del Carlo<br />
"Wruyian Sands", by Jessica Payseur </div>
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June<br />
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"Two Gentlemen" by Kurt Bachard<br />
"Past Imperfect" by Dominic Dulley<br />
"The Tree" by Benjamin Sperduto<br />
"Miracle of Asteroid Camp 88" by Michael Andre-Driussi<br />
"Bartleby, the Robot Killer: A Story of Difference Street" by Alex Livingston<br />
"Compile Sensory Information and Extrapolate" by Jenna Bilbrey<br />
"The Broken Places" by Melanie Marttila </div>
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July<br />
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"Abandoned", by Hannah Goodwin<br />
"Degausser", Axel Taiari<br />
"Forever Lights", by Peter Medeiros<br />
"Red Rubber Nose", by Robert Quinlivan<br />
"Remember Prometheus", by Eleanor R. Wood<br />
"The Maltese Pterodactyl", by George S. Walker<br />
"The Properties of Water", by Alex Hernandez </div>
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August<br />
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“The Skip” by Clint Spivey<br />
“Zip” by Emma Osborne<br />
“Going Solo on a Goldilocks” by Mary Alexandra Agner<br />
“The Cure” by William Delman<br />
“That Place Betwen Déjà vu and a Memory” by J. Daniel Batt<br />
“Mirror of Stars” by Frank Smith<br />
“Nestmaker” by Jared W. Cooper<br />
“Sanctuary Farm” by Garrick Fincham<br />
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September <br />
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“Death Wears Yellow” by J.C. Davis<br />
“The Custody of Memory” by Paul Hamilton<br />
“Debugging the Ghosts” by Damien Krsteski<br />
“The Last Lawsuit” by Maggie Clark<br />
“The Long, Slow War” by Stephanie Herman<br />
“The Loop” by James Hart<br />
“Pancakes” by John Herman</div>
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When <i>Omni </i>hit the shelves in 1978 I was not a magazine reader. I'll give you that I was only a kid, so magazines were not exactly at the top of my reading list alongside the assorted comics, occasional issue of <i>Eerie</i> and my completely accidental exposure to <i>Heavy Metal</i>. What a ride that was, but that's a story for another day. The only magazines I'd been exposed to at that time, and came close to taking a liking to, were the copies of <i>Popular Science</i> and <i>Popular Mechanics</i> that the barber shop would have while I was waiting on a haircut. Every now and again, Bobby, the barber, would tell me to take one with me. I'd check out the pictures mostly and read an occasional article but none that made a lasting impression on me. </div>
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And then there was <i>Omni</i>. A single word did not go unread. What flipped the switch for me?<br />
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Was it the artwork? That amazing blend of surreal and hard science? Sometimes risque, sometimes bizarre and always provocative to those long superseded and impressionable young synapses.<br />
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The fiction was amazing. My first exposure to a number of authors I now consider my favorites. Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, Fritz Leiber, George R.R. Martin, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Joe Haldeman, Orson Scott Card, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, Theodore Sturgeon, Ursula K. LeGuin and William Gibson.<br />
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And the ideas and visions of the future. Everything from concept cars to space elevators. Hmm. Although the space elevator might have just been part of an artwork spread. And again, the artwork. I connect stories with vivid imagery when I'm reading, when I'm writing. I still remember how disappointed I was when the novelization of Heinlein's <i>Number of the Beast</i> didn't carry the same style of artwork that accompanied the teaser excerpt from <i>Omni</i>. The humanity!</div>
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My collection is long gone after many moves while in the Navy and since, but browsing through Google's instant archive of cover images, I remember almost every one.</div>
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And now, thanks to Jeremy Frommer, editor Claire L. Evans, and a host of others my work will be appearing online under <i>Omni's</i> new mantle, namely, <i>Omni Reboot</i>!</div>
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I've mentioned Photoshop before. It's a great program even in its older incarnations like mine which is rumored to have been discovered in a certain cave west of the Dead Sea in 1948. I spend more than a little time adjusting, tweaking, and downright screwing with images. The images I create are either interpretations of stories I'm working on or serve as inspiration for stories yet to come. It's a great way for me to get my creative energies going.<br />
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In and out of the internet there's never a shortage of good photo prompts. If you take a moment to look around, you can't help but trip over a good one, sometimes literally. Occasionally, though, one catches my eye and the inspiration strikes. Hell, if you want to hook me into an anthology or magazine, an intriguing cover will do it every time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/">Writer's Digest</a> puts out a photo prompt every couple of months under their Your Story Competition banner. When this one came up I was tempted without even looking at the word count but then I saw 25 words or fewer and I was all but reeled in already.<br />
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My humble entry took third place and you can see the top ten entries <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/your-story-competition/your-story-55">here </a>and in the <a href="http://www.writersdigestshop.com/writers-digest-july-august-2014-pdf?source=igodigital">July/August 2014 issue</a>.<br />
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<i>The <a href="http://scaresthatcareweekend.com/">Scares That Care Weekend</a> Convention is a horror convention designed to delight horror fans while benefiting those in need. “Scares That Care!” is an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) charitable organization, designed to bring together the fans of “all things spooky.” Whether it’s haunted houses, paranormal, horror films, or anything else in the “vein” of the horror genre, “Scares That Care!” brings together those individuals in order to give back to the families that need it most…and in turn, become “Good Ambassadors of Horror.”<br /><br />The difference between our convention and the other, fantastic shows that are out there, is simple. All of our proceeds will go to the families that need our assistance. We pride ourselves in being an organization that has no salaries, and no paychecks. We do this because it’s the right thing to do, and we want to represent the Horror community in the best light possible.</i><br />
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That's what <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1032282/">Joe Ripple</a> had to say about the <i>Scares That Care Weekend</i> on the <a href="http://scaresthatcareweekend.com/">website </a>devoted to the event. I was fortunate enough to be invited to sit at the table for the <a href="http://horror.org/">Horror Writers Association's</a> newborn VA Chapter. Not hiding behind my laptop in my super-secret skycave was a little out of my comfort zone, but after meeting and talking with all the folks that happened by our table, I'm thinking its time to go shopping for a new comfort zone. </div>
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I'd never been to a con before so this was an awesome experience for me.</div>
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1) Manning the HWA table with Dee Southerland (unstoppable force behind the HWA's VA Chapter)</div>
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3) Meeting <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Jacob%20Haddon&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank">Jacob Haddon</a> of <a href="http://apokrupha.com/">Apokrupha</a> and editor of <a href="http://apokrupha.com/vignettes/">Vignettes From the End of the World</a>.<br />
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4) Reminding <a href="http://matthewwarner.com/">Matthew Warner</a> that we've met before. A couple of times. I really need to do something memorable next time.</div>
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The last word I heard was uncertain on whether or not we can expect a <i>Scares That Care Weekend 2015</i>, but if there is one (and I certainly hope there will be!), I'll be one of the first to block off that weekend on the family calendar, book a room, and drag the family kicking and screaming when the times comes. They say they don't like the kicking and screaming part, but deep down, I know they really do.</div>
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<br /><a href="http://phobosmagazine.com/">Phobos Magazine</a>, Philadelphia's semi-annual magazine of weird fiction, has just released it's second issue! Issue Two: Emergence contains my story, "Moonspots," I'm proud to say. You'll find some excellent stories all hunted down and corralled in these pages by editors Robert Corry, Luke St. Germaine, and Adam Halterman.<br /><br /><i>Phobos Magazine is pleased to present our second issue, "Emergence," which features thirteen short pieces about transformation, skin-shedding, things coming together, bursting forth, surfacing from the depths, and emerging from the darkness for good or ill. These short stories, flash fictions, and poetic works of weird fiction are by an international cast of both new and established talent.</i><div style="text-align: right;">
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Angels, by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/K.C.-Norton/e/B00J49OL8A/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_3">K.C. Norton</a> <br />Dream of Alligators, by Jerard Fagerberg <br />Hail Khepera in Thy Boat, by Elizabeth Twist <br />Tybault the Resurrectionist, by Luke St. Germaine <br />Nightmares, by Arthur St. Germaine <br />Under Two Moons, by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Shipley/e/B006ARANH2/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1">Jonathan Shipley</a> <br />The Wedding Party, by Joel A. Nichols <br />Carnival Country, by Daniel Nathan Horn <br />Blackhearted Son, by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/George-Cotronis/e/B00J05CN9W/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_2">George Cotronis</a> <br />Last Routine at the End of the World, by Ian Hunter <br />The Work Party, by E.E. King <br />River Path, by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/T.-M.-Crone/e/B00585ZHIM/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0">Tina Crone</a> </div>
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Sky Warrior Books will be releasing an anthology of vampire fiction later this year containing my story "Den's Used Caskets." <br />
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In all fairness, I'm not much of vampire guy. In fact, I wasn't much of a vampire guy before it was cool to be not much of vampire guy. That assertion not withstanding, one of my favorite stories is "Adaptive Strategies." In that one, the vamps are played by my interpretation of the Indian asrapa. Beautiful and graceful. And anything but human. <i>That</i> non-sparkly, non-angsty view of vampires is what attracted me to this anthology. <br />
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The submission call for <i>These Vampires Don’t Sparkle – A Vampire Anthology</i> read as follows.<br />
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<i>"At Sky Warrior Books, we’re not above…well, anything. Hence, we love Vampires – but NOT the sparkly kind. We’re betting you love vampires too. So, send us your best work on vampires, original or reprint (must have the rights), of stories 500 to 7000 words in length. Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Sure, we’ll take standard horror and dark fantasy, but you can be creative. vampires in space, vampire critters, vampire love stories (uh, no erotica or sparkles), fantasy vampires, steampunk vampires, vampire humor (a strong plus), vampires on stakes…well, you get the idea."</i><br />
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"Den's Used Caskets" takes a more traditional approach to vampires and I hope readers find it a lot of fun.<br />
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The Table of Contents will appear something like this.<br />
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Vampiric Fluff by Rhonda Parrish <br />
The Hall of the Cavern King by Alexis Glynn Latner <br />
Customer Service by Katherine Tomlinson <br />
Luftgeist by David Lee Summers <br />
A Novel Love by Steve Alguire <br />
Pixie Dust by James Pratt <br />
To Catch a Glimpse by Margaret McGaffey Fisk <br />
Two Fangs by Jonathan D Nichols <br />
Charlie Makes His Way by Peggy McFarland <br />
Saving Grace by Lillian Csernica <br />
The Longest Night by Cynthia Ward <br />
Crosses by David B Riley <br />
Night Work if You Can Get It by Jeff Baker <br />
Solutions by Bear Weiter <br />
Origins by Rie Sheridan Rose <br />
Little Brother by Evan Purcell <br />
And Thus Returning by Lyn McConchie <br />
Truck Driving Women by Trudy Myers <br />
Drac's Diet by John Lance <br />
Outcast by Chris Barili <br />
Desperate Sparkles by Guy Anthony De Marco <br />
From Family Blood is Born by Dana Bell <br />
Avalon Knocking by Vic Kerry <br />
Safe Haven by Jonathan Shipley <br />
Den's Used Caskets by William RD Wood <br />
Kids These Days by Mac Jones <br />
Mountains of Hope and Dreaming by Chris Wong Sick HongWilliam R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-46115155805226432882014-04-28T19:59:00.000-04:002014-04-28T19:59:08.375-04:00Vignettes from the End of the World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The End of the World arrived two days ago.<div>
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Yep, friends, it's all over. That comfy little garden of bus passes and cellphones and digital watches (primitive, true, but still a pretty neat idea) is over dude and dudess. Done. Spent. Belly up. Pau hana. </div>
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Luckily, if you missed it, your can relive the world's final moments over and over at your leisure in an assortment of flavors, one sure to suit your fancy. Not that it really matters because the next stop is the Hereafter. Heaven. Valhalla. The Other Side. Sto-Vo-Kor. </div>
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Check out the buying options below, get yourself a copy, and bask in the Vignettes from the End of the World. The end only comes around 58 times, so make the best of them.</div>
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Through the publisher:<br /><br /><a href="http://apokrupha.com/vignettes">http://apokrupha.com/vignettes</a><br /><br />From Smashwords: <br /><br /><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/432279">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/432279</a><br /><br />And CreateSpace: <br /><br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/4728458">https://www.createspace.com/4728458</a><br /><br />And its not a book if you can't get it from Amazon:<br /><br />kindle: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JXMQAH8">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JXMQAH8</a><br />print: <a href="http://amzn.com/1497431182">http://amzn.com/1497431182</a> <br /><br />And that killer table of contents one more time:</div>
<br />Christine Morga, Essel Pratt, Cameron Suey, T. Fox Dunham, Guy Anthony De Marco, Mandy DeGeit, Jessica McHugh, Kristopher Kelly, E. Catherine Tobler, Jamie Lackey, George Cotronis, William R.D. Wood, Lee Clark Zumpe, Lincoln Crisler, Eryk Pruitt, Michael H. Antonio, Kallirroe Agelopoulou, Steve Calvert, Rebecca J. Allred, Darcie Little Badger, Erik B. Scott, Terry M. West, Glenn Rolfe, Josh Strnad, J.A. Martin, Darryl Dawson, DJ Tyrer, Joana Eça de Queiroz, Lex T. Lindsay, Arno Hurter, Cameron Shifflet, J.P. Freeman, Marie DesJardin, Dusty Wallace, Doug Murano, Ken MacGregor, Victoria Dalpe, Kelda Crich, Pedro Iniguez, Joey Capora, S.R. Mastrantone, Damir Salkovic, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Jason Sharp, Leslianne Wilder, Jennifer Loring, Bryce Hughes, L.C. Mortimer, Rebecca Barbee, E. E. King, David Turnbull, Richard Thomas, Rose Blackthorn, K.Z. Morano, Adrian Ludens, Kenneth W. Cain, Michael Haynes, Michael Penkas.William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-71489350055116944302014-04-14T22:11:00.001-04:002014-04-14T22:11:48.234-04:00Alternate History 101All of us wonder what our lives would be like if we'd made one decision instead of another. If we'd asked Jenny to the prom instead of Christine. If we'd chosen Army instead of Navy. College instead of North Sea gunrunning. Steak instead of chicken.<br />
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Running <i>what-ifs</i> through through an imaginative mind can change your whole world, literally. And those are just the changes on the level of a <i>few</i> lives. Suppose large-scale historical events played out a little differently. Suppose they played out <i>very</i> differently. Now, those changes could blossom out and change your hometown, your home state, your whole country. Even the world. Hell, maybe all of human history. Doesn't that sound like fun?<br />
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A lot of authors sure think so, this one included. Few are the wordsmiths that don't dabble along alternate timelines in one form or another. Countless movies, novels and short stories have explored this theme and there are some great examples of each. <i>Fatherland</i> and <i>Cast a Deadly Spell</i> come to mind for cinema, the latter tossing magic into the mix.<br />
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In the prose world, Harry Turtledove is just about untouchable. His <i>Worldwar</i> series is one of my favorites.<br />
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I played on that playground once or twice myself. Most recently in the <i>Altered America</i> anthology from Martinus Press, released in late March. Editor Martin T. Ingham included my story, "Goodbye, Norma Jean," along with twenty others - full Table of Contents below.<br />
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Gotta go. Phone's ringing. Caller ID says its that guy from North Sea Importers again. Why <i>does</i> he keep calling me?<br />
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Rio Grande by Jackson Kuhl <br />We the People by Dan Gainor<br />A Single Decision by Bruno Lombardi<br />What If... The Louisiana Purchase Never Happened by Edmund Wells<br />The Orthogonian by Sam Kepfield<br />Revolution 1865 by Brad Hafford<br />Ship of Souls by Erik Bundy<br />End of the Rainbow by Dusty Wallace<br />The Loyalist Washington by Owen Morgan<br />Guns of the Green Mountains by Ryan McCall<br />The Shining Path by Jason Sharp<br />The Union Forever by Sean Menken<br />Goodbye, Norma Jean by William R.D. Wood<br />Wild Blue by Jeff Provine<br />Avoid Seeing a Mouse by James S. Dorr<br />Thomas Edison Visits Selwood by Martin T. Ingham<br />Divided States of America by Lauren A. Forry<br />A Girl’s Best Friend by Cyrus P. Underwood<br />The Lights on Broadway by Charles Wilcox<br />The Black Blizzard by Philip Overby<br />The Road Was Lit With Moon and Star by Bruno LombardiWilliam R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-45877011578655924222014-04-07T13:10:00.000-04:002014-04-28T21:34:12.081-04:00Coming Soon to an Apocalypse Near You!<b><i>Vignettes from the End of the World.</i></b><br />
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58 tales soon to be released from their restraints by Jacob Haddon of <i>Apokrupha</i>. Warning: these tales are not to be trifled with. They're a little ticked off and they mean business. If you have any doubts about whether you're ready for them...okay, who am I kidding here?<br />
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It might be your only chance at survival. Forewarned is forearmed.<br />
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William R.D. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029764743168395507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371035494325059889.post-36788269777825334532014-03-28T23:22:00.002-04:002014-03-29T12:56:36.356-04:00Emerald City Comicon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are about a hundred reasons to wish I were at <a href="http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/">Emerald City Comicon</a> this year. Okay, that's not true. Make it a thousand.<br />
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Still, the one reason that's nearest and dearest to my heart this year is the debut of the <i>Book of the Emissaries</i>.<br />
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Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, Cat Rambo, and Nick Mamatas will even be on a panel discussing that very book. Hopefully someone legally and lawfully records that event and posts it for those of us unable to attend. I'd surely love to hear that discussion.<br />
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The description from the site (a bit redundant) reads:<br />
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"Award-winning authors Kevin J. Anderson (<i>Jedi Academy</i>), David Farland (<i>The Mummy Chronicles</i>), Cat Rambo (<i>A Seed Upon the Wind</i>) and Nick Mamatas (<i>Haunted Legends</i>) talk about writing a world-building anthology for aboriginal fantasy TV series: <i>Animism</i>."<br />
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After a quick peek at the guest list, it's probably for the best I'm not going. In addition to these fine folks there are a ton of celebrity types I'd spend all weekend (and all bank account) in line to see.<br />
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A few irresistible highlights for me personally would have been:<br />
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Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Biehn, John de Lancie, Michael Dorn, Eliza Dushku, Karen Gillan, Nichelle Nichols, Ron Perlman, Dwight Schultz, and Peter Steigerwald. Hmm. Looks like that list is just a tad <i>Trek</i> heavy. Weird.</div>
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Sooner or later I'm going to have to make it to a con.
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