The latest issue of Fireside Fiction just went live, and with it, my short story, The Middle Child's Practical Guide to Surviving a Fairy Tale, the story I read at last year's World Fantasy Con and this year's ICFA. Originally written as a Twitter joke, it slowly grew into a blog post, as these things do, and then mutated into a short story ( Read more... )

My latest little story, "The Dollmaker's Rage," up on Daily Science Fiction this morning.

Fantasy Magazine's poll for the best story of 2010 is up again for this year, along with a prize for readers who take the time to comment on any of the stories there.

Usually this is the key for me to shill for my story, but, honestly, Fantasy had a very good year in 2010, and as I said earlier, I'm guessing that "Mademoiselle and the Chevalier" ( Read more... )

1. First, I'm leaving for World Fantasy Con tomorrow (Wednesday) and will be back the following Tuesday, adding extra layover time at both ends to let me rest. I deliberately haven't signed up for any panels or readings, just to keep my schedule as flexible and free as possible, but if you're around, feel free to come up and say hi ( Read more... )

So, as part of this (so far, mostly failed) attempt to blog daily in July, a tale from last weekend ( Read more... )

( This turned out longer than I thought it would, so placing the entire thing under a cut. The first part is non-spoilery, discussing fiction, my writing methods, and Disney; the second part is spoilery and marked by big capital letters of SPOILERY.

But to answer the question non-watchers of Lost have asked, namely, is this show worth watching, well, yes, but as I explain below, I think it works better if you don't watch it in order. I discuss below. )

Well, this is a genuine shock.

Playing With Spades apparently just made the British Fantasy Awards 2010 Longlist.

Much thanks to csecooney for pointing this out to me - this award is usually completely off my radar, so I wasn't paying much attention to the list - and in my defense, it looks as if oldcharliebrown, who is better at keeping track of such things, missed it ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted to go to Oz ( Read more... )

I find myself impelled to chat about the table of contents for The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF. As many others have pointed out, this supposedly mindblowing book does not have one story in it by a woman, or a person of color. Or Isaac Asimov. tchernabyelo has an excellent post suggesting that the Table of Contents even does a disservice to white male ( Read more... )

Flashback. September. I've just come in from a day at the Mayo Clinic, which is less fun than it sounds, resting in a one of those blah, forgettable hotels, watching House reruns on the USA Network, wiped. My mind flashes back - a flashback within a flashback - to a few years earlier, playing card games, pinochle, with a few friends.

This story ( Read more... )