A beautiful review can still make a grown author cry
Paul Witcover's review of my story/book The Man with the Knives in the December 2010 issue of Realms of Fantasy (online) is pure poetry. I really did shed a few tears of joy when I read it. Paul is himself a fiction writer to be reckoned with, so his approbation is not only exquisite in craft, but the gift of a respected colleague. (At a recent KGB he read from a work-in-progress that you will all love when it's finished!)
News: "The Man with the Knives" is going to be making two big appearances soon: on December 1 (tomorrow) the text is going up on Tor.com. Tom Canty promises me new illustrations, and something extra as well - I'm holding my breath, me.
And Jonathan Strahan has bought it for THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR: VOLUME 5, which will be published by Night Shade Books (San Francisco) in March 2011. My respect for Jonathan's editorial judgement knows no bounds; I loved ever story I read in last year's Volume 4, as well as his ECLIPSE 3 (which I also had a story in).
So if you don't own the chapbook, you'll be able to read the story from now on, no problem! But if you desire the physical artefact, with its heavy, textured, embossed paper cover and Canty foldout art . . . best to get your order in to Temporary Culture right away, as we're afraid the Tor.com post will be a sort of "infomercial" for the last 40 copies still on Henry's shelves.
News: "The Man with the Knives" is going to be making two big appearances soon: on December 1 (tomorrow) the text is going up on Tor.com. Tom Canty promises me new illustrations, and something extra as well - I'm holding my breath, me.
And Jonathan Strahan has bought it for THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR: VOLUME 5, which will be published by Night Shade Books (San Francisco) in March 2011. My respect for Jonathan's editorial judgement knows no bounds; I loved ever story I read in last year's Volume 4, as well as his ECLIPSE 3 (which I also had a story in).
So if you don't own the chapbook, you'll be able to read the story from now on, no problem! But if you desire the physical artefact, with its heavy, textured, embossed paper cover and Canty foldout art . . . best to get your order in to Temporary Culture right away, as we're afraid the Tor.com post will be a sort of "infomercial" for the last 40 copies still on Henry's shelves.
