Happy Book Birthday!

Hi, folks! I haven’t been blogging much (obviously), but I’ve been busy with other stuff. One of those stuffs is my new book!

 

Piper Deez and the Case of the Winter Planet is a space noir mystery novella that plays with some old school hardboiled noir and puts it in outer space, ala Blade Runner, with a little taste of Outland. My publisher describes it as hardboiled sleuthing fused with interplanetary politics. That sounds about right. It’s also a fun, little tale that I hope you’ll enjoy.

Piper’s story is available through Candlemark & Gleam. It’s the second release by C&G’s new imprint for shorter works, Reckless. For the low, low price of $3.00, you’ll get a DRM-free digital bundle that’s readable on any device and you’ll be supporting indie publishing. Hard to beat!

Award Eligibility

Greetings, everyone! Happy New Year! I hope 2017 is off to a good start for anyone who’s still following this blog, in the hope that I might actually post. And here I am posting!

2016 was a pretty good year for me, writing-wise, because my novelette “Chlorophyll Is Thicker than Water” came out in the now oft-lauded anthology To Shape the Dark. As I’ve mentioned many times here and elsewhere, I’m really proud to be a part of this book and pleased that a lot of folks have enjoyed my contribution to it.

With that in mind, and with awards nomination season upon us, it seems worthwhile to mention that “Chlorophyll Is Thicker than Water” is eligible for both the Nebula and the Hugo awards in the Best Novelette category. Nominations for both awards are now open.

Nebula Awards nominations can be made through February 15. Hugo Awards nominations can be made through March 17.

Thank you for your consideration!

It’s Here!

Hi, all! Long time, no blogging. I hope you’ve all been well. How many of you are still around?

Remember last summer when I told you about my story “Chlorophyll Is Thicker Than Water,” and how it had just been accepted for publication in Athena Andreadis’ anthology To Shape the Dark? Well, the book came out on May 1! What a wonderful day for a book birthday!

I’m so excited to be a part of this collection. I hope you all can get a chance to read it. Keep an eye out for a giveaway.

 

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Check, check, is this thing on?

There will be news at some point soon. Stay tuned!

2015 in review

Yes, I know! I haven’t posted in a long, long time. Is anyone still out there? *waves*

Not sure if my posting will improve in the new year, but here are my sad, sad stats for this one. Wishing you all the best in 2016! Happy New Year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 55 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Expiration Date – A Review

Expiration Date Nancy Kilpatrick, editor Hades Publications (April 2015) horror 3.7/5

By random happenstance, the next book on my TBR pile was another collection from Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing (an imprint of Hades Publications, to get picky). LibraryThing sent me this one, too, as an Early Reviewer giveaway. Expiration Date is a collection of tales all having to do with endings–the death of someone in the story, more often than not. The editor Nancy Kilpatrick sets out the parameters of the anthology in an interesting introduction that got me excited to read the stories.

New Story Appearing Soon!

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted regularly. There’s been a book review here and there, a repost even less seldom. Nothing about my own writing in ages. Why is that?

Wrestling With Gods – A Review

Wrestling With Gods: Tesseract Eighteen Liana Kerzner & Jerome Stueart, Editors Hades Publications (April 2015) science fiction/fantasy 4.125/5

Wrestling With Gods is an interesting collection of speculative stories and poems having to do with faith. I was a tad skeptical when I first received this Early Reviewer book from LibraryThing because, well, I’m kinda skeptical in general and even moreso where faith is involved. Fortunately, in this case, my skepticism was unfounded.

Angel Manor by Chantal Noordeloos – A Review

Angel Manor (Lucifer Falls Book 1) Chantal Noordeloos Horrific Tales Publishing (November 2014) horror 2/5

I love a good haunted house story. Shirley Jackson‘s The Haunting of Hill House remains one of my favorite novels and one of my favorite films (the original, of course). I was thrilled to finally read The Shining recently. It’s a classic for a reason and one of King’s best (and better than the film, in my opinion). And then there are the sillier haunted house films that I love, especially House on Haunted Hill (again, the original).

Out of Tune – A Review

A blog post from M. Fenn? Who knew that was going to happen again? Certainly not me. No guarantees on any consistency, but here’s a book review for you.