What the #@&% is That? has received an excellent review from the New York Journal of Books.  You can read the entire review here.

Paula Guran on Locus Online has some nice things to say about a pair of stories from What the #@&% is That? published in Nightmare Magazine in advance of the anthology, namely "Whose Drowned Face Sleeps" by An Owomoyela & Rachel Swirsky, and "Fossil Heart" by Amanda Downum.  You can read the review here. 

All right, news first: Amazon.com has chosen "The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story" by Tad Williams from the Oz Reimagined anthology as part of their August Monthly Deals promotion.  So for the entire month of August, you can purchase the Kindle single version of this story for $.99.

As to the news, Oz Reimagined has been reviewed by ( Read more... )

Oz Reimagined has received a very nice review from Michael M. Jones over at Tor.com.  You can read the review here.

Also, a quick reminder that if you're in the NYC area and are willing to brave the potentially inclement weather tonight, the New York Review of Science Reading Series will be hosting an Oz Reimagined reading, with contributors Robin ( Read more... )

I promise not to post/link each and every time Oz Reimagined gets a review, but being as this is the first review I've seen, and Publisher's Weekly is a prominent venue (not to mention it's the first time I'm seeing a book of mine reviewed), yeah, I'll make note of this.  Overall the vibe is positive, with Rachel Swirsky, Seanan McGuire, and Ken ( Read more... )

Last night I finished A Memory of Light (AMOL going forward)--the fourteenth and final volume in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.  I started reading this series when I was--fittingly enough--fourteen.  It had a huge impact, turning me from a casual fantasy fan into a full-fledged fantasy nut.  I might not be where I am today if I hadn't read ( Read more... )

Tangent Online has reviewed Fantastic Stories of the Imagination.  Reaction to my story was mixed, though come the end of the review the reviewer more or less acknowledges my piece might not be her thing, so it could be worse. On the plus side, "The whimsical language reads like Lewis Carroll and is rather a pleasure." I agonize over my prose all ( Read more... )

The first review has popped up for Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, and I'm happy to say that my story and the anthology as a whole have both been very well received.   Every story is reviewed, so this will also give you an idea of the anthology's overall flavor.  Here is the money line for the review of my story: "I must confess to never ( Read more... )