…Barnes and Noble Amazon US (print) Amazon UK (print) Audiobook Audiobooks.com Audible Buy now (Art and cover design: Ravven) Official blurb: From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a tale of dragons, and Fallen angels — and also kissing, sarcasm and stabbing. Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhealthy amount of candied fruit. But when dragon pri…

They bury you at the bottom of the gardens–what’s left of you, pathetic and small and twisted so out of shape it hardly seems human anymore. The river, dark and oily, licks at the ruin of your flesh–at your broken bones–and sings you to sleep, in a soft, gentle language like a mother’s lullabies; whispering of rest and forgiveness; of a place where it is forever light, forever safe. You do not rest. You cannot forgive. You are not safe– you never…

…hinese/Vietnamese kind), ghosts, charms and murders. Content note: no harm comes to the children. (Art and cover design: Ravven) Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award, Best Short Fiction Official blurb: From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a sparkling new romantic adventure full of kissing, sarcasm and stabbing. It was supposed to be a holiday, with nothing more challenging than babysitting…

…ues including Asimov’s, Jim Baen’s Universe, and Norilana Books’ Warrior, Wisewoman anthology. She is a Phobos Award recipient, a two-time WOTF Finalist, and an assistant editor at Jim Baen’s Universe. Nancy also manages the custom anthology web site at http://www.anthologybuilder.com, where visitors can assemble a print-ready anthology of stories by prominent authors. Nancy keeps a blog at http://nancyfulda.livejournal.com. She lives in Germany w…

…hild–when she lay in the snugness of her sleep-cradle, listening to the distant noises of station life–the thrum of the recycling filters, the soft gurgle of water reconstituted from its base components, the distant noises of the station’s Mind in the Inner Rings, a vast unreality that didn’t quite concern her, that she couldn’t encompass in words….

…eased a teaser of the first ten pages, so take a look for yourself: http://www.ospassarinhos.com.br/teaser-from-the-earth-to-the-moon-gn/ (published in Brazil by Desiderata, part of Ediouro) 8: Cesar Alcázar’s “Fury of the Black Hound”, a 19,000 word novella set in his “Black Hound” world of historical fantasy (11th century Ireland). Aa sword-and-sorcery style protagonist, although the stories themselves tend more toward historical fantasy. They’r…

…at do you think? Feedback very much welcome, though I can’t promise I’ll be capable of taking everything into account, since all I did was tweaking the colour scheme of an existing theme… PS: incidentally, does anyone know how to create a nifty contact form? (thanks, David!) PS: monkeying around with colour schemes, so everything might look wonky for a while……

…dge of Impossibility, holding each other’s hands, and went into the temple complex. The girl’s hand reached towards a small statue of a demon, touched it — setting off a coloured lightstrobe which illuminated the statue from within. Normally, Chen should have snatched the statue away, and pointed out to her, in a firm voice, that you didn’t touch the wares unless you paid. But the girl was so young: skeletally thin, her skin taut over high cheekbo…

…nd the United States have gathered together to create the World SF Travel Fund. The fund has been set up to enable one international person involved in science fiction, fantasy or horror to travel to a major genre event. The first recipient of the fund is genre blogger and activist Charles Tan, from the Philippines. Charles is a tireless promoter of speculative fiction. Besides his own Bibliophile Stalker blog, he contributes to the Nebula Awards…

…Book 3. Master of the House of Darts The Obsidian and Blood Reading Order (Complete) 0.5. “Obsidian Shards” | 0.6. “Beneath the Mask” | 0.7. “Safe, Child, Safe” | Book 1. Servant of the Underworld | Book 2. Harbinger of the Storm | Book 3. Master of the House of Darts Watch the trailer:   Servant of the Underworld, Aliette’s first novel, is a historical fantasy/mystery set in Aztec times. The idea for this came from a couple of short stories Aliet…