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 ( Read more... )

Chanukah's early this year - first candles will be lit on December 1 - so no point in waiting til after Thanksgiving to let you know that my readaloud/chapter book, The Golden Dreydl, gorgeously illustrated by Ilene Winn-Lederer - is now available in paperback!

I happen to think the original hardcover, with its - deckled paper edges and gold-stamped ( Read more... )

Thanks, everyone, for your lovely notes & comments about the new limited edition chapbook (a "Riverside" story about how Alec met Sofia . . . &  a few other things).  I took several copies with me to Finland, where they made the perfect Thank You gift for some of our generous Finncon hosts; I also sold a few by "subscription" (and if you'll be at ( Read more... )

 I am astonished at how many of you have read the Upfield books - I'd never heard of them til Henry thrust a couple into my bag.  Speaking of which, I was just over to his place (on tony Madison Avenue - and on my old rustbucket of a bike, which to my utter amazement, still runs, despite the winter it spent out in the courtyard - I just need to ( Read more... )

We asked the publisher (chief cook & bottle washer) about the font he used for The Man with the Knives.  Answer:

Type is Centaur MT, with title page & cover set in Caslon Antique

By the way, copies  are still available.  He's bringing some to sell at Readercon (July 8-11) - I won't be there (so sad!  I hate to miss a Readercon! but I must go to ( Read more... )

As you all tweet & chirp & post about going to Wiscon, I allow myself the luxury of a single tear.  I will miss the con, and all of you, so very much. But as we will be traveling almost nonstop from June 4 onward through October(!), this was the one that had to give.  Have fun!

Meanwhile, if you're at wiscon  & would like to buy a copy of The Man with the ( Read more... )

I just quite unexpectedly met Alan Rickman, backstage at a performance of Strindberg's Creditors  at BAM, a show he directed. I was the guest of the Welsh Cultural Council (long story) and we had fantastic seats for the show (row B!).  One of the three amazing actors in this tight little drama, Owen Teale, is Welsh, so we were ushered backstage to ( Read more... )

I guess Temporary Culture's first mailing of pre-orders for my new Riverside short story, "The Man With the Knives," has gone out. Because thank you, friends, for your lovely - and very kind - personal notes about it.  (If you see/post a review, please let me know & I'll pass it on to Henry & Tom.)

The live recording of Delia & me reading the story ( Read more... )

I just put this up over at the  ( Read more... )

An early review of "The Man with the Knives":

A very nice guy, a retired engineer from Queens, is always at the NYRSF readings - so he heard deliasherman  & me read the story in its public debut there in December '09.  I was at NYRSF last night to hear Greg Frost read (hilarious Donald Westlake homage for Darrell Schweitzer's new Cthulu anthology), and the ( Read more... )