So I found out about Fabio Fernandes's new anthology project, Future Fire, via the Locus discussion group. Here’s a description of his project:

We are still at war in many places around the world, but something is a-changing: the socialist Second World has ended almost 25 years ago, and the First World and the Third World are, if not changing places ( Read more... )

Fellow CW alum DJ Muir has a new story out at Strange Horizons. I have fond memories of The Fourth Board from workshop and I'm excited to see it in print:

Today, the Tyrant will ask Jinli's father to bring out the hao ryl set, sit down with him, and play a game. When the game is decided, the Tyrant will ask Father to bring Jinli before him, and to ( Read more... )

Marie Brennan's fourth and (so far) final Onyx Court novel is out, and it's set in the Victorian period. (Hurray!) For those of us fond of London fairies and Victorians, I think our reading list is set.

I'm terrible at descriptions, so I'll let PW do it for me:

With Fate Conspire

Gifted storyteller and world-builder Brennan returns to the Onyx Court, ( Read more... )

There's a very flattering review of "Strange Case" over at Fantasy Literature. I appreciate the fact that Terry Weyna also reviews Goss's "Folkroots" column and Bear's and Witcover's review columns. RoF supplies some very thoughtful non-fiction, but it's often overlooked in people's discussion of the magazine. 

My anti-Twilight story(?) "Remains" just went live at AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review.

I was very glad to publish this one, given that I'd made my entire CW class suffer through the first Twilight film as part of my research. My sadism has born fruit.

For the record I've decided to start using my real name for my Serious stories and "Von ( Read more... )