…erful empire, her country is losing the game of power. In Eldris, an Ephterian princess, Thanh finds both romance and intoxicating risk. Eldris may desire her, but she doesn’t respect what Thanh holds dear. Giang, Thanh’s humble handmaiden, who appeared to her the night of a terrible fire and who has deep secrets of her own, might be the one who holds the key to love, freedom, and true power. More info at Tor.com! And if you feel minded to preorde…
…like a hybrid of le Carré and Milton, all tinged with the melancholy of golden ages lost. –Jessie Potts at Romantic Times (RT Top Pick for August): Will grab readers and force them to pay attention to the amazing writing and the phenomenal characters (…) It’s a whirlwind, it’s heartbreaking and it’s one of the best fantasy novels of 2015. –Library Journal (starred review): A fascinating Paris of decay and cruelty. Phillippe is a marvel of a chara…
…This is awesome: the Pacific Asia Museum has online exhibitions (with downloadable pdfs): Rank and Style: Power Dressing in Ancient China Visions of Enlightenment: Art of Buddhism Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints (hum, yes, I’m straightening out the ranks in Foreign Ghosts, why do you ask?)…
…panese). It’s been a runner-up for the Million Writers Awards for Best New Online Magazine, and deservedly so. If you want to support, go here. (I am somewhat biased as they’re publishing some of my fiction, but I do enjoy the mag consistently, which is rare) Fellow VDer Rochita Loenen-Ruiz has just arrived in Clarion West: she’ll post regular updates of her experience on her LJ: her first post can be found here. She’s also got a post over at Fant…
…Van Gelder at F&SF. I’m told it’s some kind of rite of passage 🙂 –Tangent Online has relaunched (thanks to Eric James Stone‘s proficiency with software, apparently), and it has a nice review of Black Static 9 and my story “The Lonely Heart”: The story unwinds slowly, building character and mood, and utilizes the backdrop of a changing China as a smart counterpoint to the traditional spook story at its core, where lust and necessity clash over the…
…but it’s nicely done. Reminded me of my nights reading books with a light under the cover An Autumn War, Daniel Abraham Very much looking forward to this one. I loved both previous books in the series (A Shadow in Summer and A Betrayal in Winter), and this looks really good. Blood of Elves, Andrzej Sapkowski Aka winner of the David Gemmell Award. A Polish book and one of the rare ones published in English translation. I’m usually not a fan of tha…
…t Xuyan Bride”, originally published in Interzone, will form part of the upcoming release of Polish online library Skryptorium at the Katedra site, edited by Jan Zeranski. The site itself is not live yet, but we’ve been given permission to spread the word 🙂 You can see a preview of the working design here. The Skryptorium project aims to showcase SF/Fantasy short fiction in translation for the benefit of Polish readers. Here are the current storie…
…in the hollows of their eye sockets as they walked past the devastated gardens, the withered trees, the dried-out waterfalls and rivers. And clouds marched across Heaven, a billowing mass of sickly grey spreading to cut the path of The Red Carp as it rose away from Earth… The issue also includes Nir Yaniv and Aleksandar Žiljak, and an interview with Maylasian writer Tunku Halim (courtesy of the tireless Charles Tan) I workshopped “After the Fire”…
…tories “After the Fire”, Apex Magazine, November 2009 (Dark Chinese SF) Golden Lilies”, Fantasy Magazine, August 2009 (Dark Chinese fantasy) “Blighted Heart”, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, issue 22, July 2009 (Aztec Fantasy) “Memories of my Sister”, Expanded Horizons, issue 7, May 2009 (Pseudo Hindu fantasy) “Dancing for the Monsoon”, Abyss & Apex, issue 30, April 2009 (Pseudo Cambodian fantasy) “City of the Gods”, Alternative Coordinates, issue 1, Spr…
…t still leaves the question of what happens when the antivirus is wrong. I suspect you’re screwed. What a great concept… Mind you, my own internet provider puts spam in an “undesirable folder” which is only available through their clunky online email software, so it’s only marginally better….
