…s Skies for their ten-year-anniversary issue, and that it’ll appear in late September online. (although set in the existing universe of Dominion of the Fallen, it should be completely standalone–as evidenced by the fact that Scott, who’d read neither of the novels, liked it enough to buy :))…

…armchairs with plump, curved mahogany legs, and behind it was the shape of a four-poster bed that had seen better days, its silk canopy patched so many times the patterns on it had all but disappeared under the seams of repairs.   Read online! (for anyone who’s read the books: this happens before The House of Shattered Wings, and it’s the Asmodeus/Samariel courtship story!)…

…ign them (note that this is the only edition of Tea Master that’s going around since the Subterranean one is out of print). The easiest way to find them is at the Hodges Figgis bookstore table in the Exhibits Halls (I think they are in the Dealers’ Area?). I’ll also have some copies for sale at my events, especially my signing on Thursday. Note that this is first come first serve and that once I run out they’re all gone! -If you’re coming over fro…

…ttered Wings | Book 2. The House of Binding Thorns | Book 3. The House of Sundering Flames | Book 3.5. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders The Dominion of the Fallen Reading Order (Complete) 0.2. “Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship” | 0.5. “In Morningstar’s Shadow” | 0.6. “Against the Encroaching Darkness” | 0.7. “The Death of Aiguillon” | 0.8 “Court of Birth, Court of Strength” | 0.9. “The House, in Winter” | Book 1. The House of Shattered Wings | 1.5…

…chance to rise and brokers a marriage alliance with the dragon kingdom hidden under the river Seine. Thuan, a dragon prince infiltrated in House Hawthorn, ends up as the candidate husband in the arranged marriage to Asmodeus–which turns out to be an invasion project of the dragon kingdom. Meanwhile, in the Houseless Annamite (Vietnamese) community, Asmodeus’s Fall-sister Berith and her pregnant lover Francoise find themselves the target of a riva…

…ok (UK) Amazon UK (Kindle) Buy Now And you can read here: Read chapter one online! I’ve had the question, so yes, the “birthday goes wrong” comedy of manners “Of Birthdays, and Fungus, and Kindness” in my short story collection Of Wars, and Memories and Starlight is eligible for Best Novella if you so enjoyed it. The short story collection as a whole is eligible for Best Collection in awards like the World Fantasy Award. EDIT: Farah Mendlesohn kin…

…one of those around! (if you need tips on how to cook the rice, see here) Com chien: fried rice Recipe Type: Main Cuisine: Vietnamese Author: Aliette de Bodard Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 4 A great way to recycle leftover rice. Ingredients 1.5 cup uncooked rice (careful, it’s the cup that comes with rice cookers, so that’s 270mL of rice) + 1 7/8 cup water (aka 340mL water), or the equivalent in cooked rice (b…

…s 4-5/15) “The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn,” Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15) Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com) “Waters of Versailles,” Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15) Novelette “Rattlesnakes and Men,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s 2/15) “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead,” Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15) “Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds,” Rose Lemberg (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/15) “The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society,”…

…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…

…nnes Bok: A Life in Illustration, Joseph Wrzos, ed. (Centipede) Margaret Brundage, The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage, Stephen D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock, eds. (Vanguard) Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood) Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, Justin G. Schiller, Dennis M.V. David & Leonard S. Marcus, eds. (Abrams) Shaun Tan, Rules of Summer…