…The view from our window So, we have survived the move,–except that we live among a pile of boxes at the moment, and spare time is pretty scarce. There is an internet connection, but we’re busy unpacking and setting up. Hopefully more soon……
…Just a quick note to inform those who don’t know already of the birth of the snakelet last week–which in turn explains my continued radio silence. We’re all well, but overwhelmed–as those things happen 🙂 Blog’s going dark for a while, though I may update with the occasional rant……
…n. Wow. She’d never thought they’d lose him–that in one bloody, confused night as the neighbouring House of Hawthorn tore itself apart, he would take his sword and his wings, and walk out of the House he had founded; and never come back, leaving almost nothing behind–a scattering of things he’d infused with his power, a handful of ill-prepared students at the helm of a faltering House; and Selene, his heir by virtue of having been the closest to h…
…eer, hot sex in space, second chance romance, space mothers, found family, communications disasters, fluff, night out with pirates, angst, hurt/comfort, soulful stargazing with tea and dumplings Content notes -Grief (loss of spouse, child estrangement from adult parent) -Physical abuse against child character (offscreen, not explicit) -Torture (offscreen, not explicit) -Imprisonment -Murder -Corrupt state and justice system -Indenture (debt bondag…
…s a tightly written jewel of a story, intense and full of feeling, and I recommend it highly.” Liz Bourke, Locus “A magnificent sf mystery, nuanced, intense, and romantic, with a complex, clever plot nested inside de Bodard’s rich, evocative, and vivid Xuya universe.” Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and Cold Magic Where to Buy US Subterranean (North America) Subterranean (ebook, North America only) Amazon (Kindle) UK Portal Bookshop (UK)…
…of The House of Shattered Wings, The House of Binding Thorns and the forthcoming The House of Sundering Flames). The original novella, “Of Birthdays, and Fungus, and Kindness” is a comedy of manners set in the Dominion of the Fallen universe, where Fallen angel Emmanuelle attempts to throw a relaxing birthday party for her lover, and everything goes wrong in all the worst possible ways. Complete with supernatural fungus in a ballroom, meddling im…
…A Xuya story about a planet with a rather peculiar and creepy museum/archival system! Where to Buy Barnes and Noble Amazon US Amazon UK Buy now…
…oms: magic and dread in Kari Sperring’s The Grass King’s Concubine, at Tor.com At my blog: why likeable characters are overrated and how to design your very own character we love to hate, The Fallacy of Agency at Uncanny Magazine, with awesome Likhain art (aka Madeleine from The House of Binding Thorns, with silver and gold foil and all the usual Likhain prettiness, which you can see a snippet of above. Seriously. Go check the post out just for th…
…to write–I hadn’t expected it to be so personal! Published in Zombies Need Brains’ The Death of All Things ed. Laura Anne Gilman and Kat Richardson. On the last evening before they leave the old country, Giang finds Cousin Ly in the courtyard, disconsolately staring at a large, heavy box of sandalwood. “No space for it?” she guesses. Cousin Ly grimaces. “No.” She lifts the lid; stares, for a while, at the keepsakes inside: all the remnants of her…
Hadn’t gotten around to this yet, but here’s the cover for The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, my Xuya novella that was a finalist for the Locus Awards in 2015. It will be available March 28th 2017 from all major retailers (and in print through Createspace) thanks to the JABberwocky Books Programme. Art and cover design by Maurizio Manzieri. The Citadel of Weeping Pearls was a great wonder; a perfect meld between cutting edge technology and esoteric s…
