Leigh Kimmel, starshipcat at The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf has reviewed a number of Norilana Books titles over thse past several months, and they are all very thoughtful, intelligent, and well-considered takes on the books.

You can see all the reviews linked here in a post titled "Strange and Wonderful."


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SFRevu gives a solid review to Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen time_shark.
"...a collection worthy of serious attention. I expect I'll see several of these stories again, in a year's best collection or two. Original anthologies of this strength should be encouraged, particularly as we see the digest-sized magazines cutting back and the market for ( Read more... )

Our anthology author Saladin Ahmed's wonderful fantasy story "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela" originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 2 is specially featured for free online, at Fantasy Book Critic!


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Norilana Books warmly congratulates our anthology author Vandana Singh whose wonderful story "Oblivion: A Journey," originally published in the critically acclaimed Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen (time_shark), has been chosen for publication in Year's Best SF 14 edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn CramerCongratulations, Vandana ( Read more... )

The tireless and marvelous Charles Tan (chartlesatan) reviews over at Bibliophile Stalker the fantasy anthology Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen (time_shark)

"One of the problems with establishing a new anthology series is developing a brand identity. I enjoyed the first Clockwork Phoenix so the question that constantly nagged me is whether the sequel is up to ( Read more... )

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books proudly presents Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness edited by Mike Allen (time_shark).

Story marries style. The result is a cornucopia of modern cutting-edge fantasy.

The second volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature dares to surpass the first, with ( Read more... )

We're proud to announce another Norilana Books first -- a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly for one of our titles:

Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen
"Allen finds his groove for this second annual anthology of weird stories, selecting 16 wonderfully evocative, well-written tales... Each story fits neatly alongside the next, and the ( Read more... )

If you would like to receive a PDF electronic review copy of either or both the anthologies Warrior Wisewoman 2 and Clockwork Phoenix (but only for an actual review), please let me know. A very few hard copies of the ARCs are also available.

Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen. Cover image design also by Mike (time_shark).

Coming July 1, 2009, from Norilana Books.

Click on images to see full-size... (Note, this is the ARC edition, not the final cover.)


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