Telos Angeles
Information freshly received from David Howe / Telos: To coincide with Telos’ annual appearance at the Gallifrey convention in LA over the Valentine’s weekend, [...]
The savage sword of Obama
OK, I’m not sure how true all of this is, but I really hope it is. Not only do we have a black man as President of the United States, he reads comics. The story can be [...]
Hey, Presto Strange-O
A new publication, Presto Strange-O, is seeking submissions. They want “stories that are absurd, surreal and odd. In short, it should be well-written, and it should be [...]
RoF ceases publication
More bad news for writers and readers of short stories: Realms of Fantasy magazine is closing down. The final one will be the April 2009 issue. There is a brief mention on [...]
Not Another Bloody Trilogy
This article by Mike Chinn about the trilogy phenomenon first appeared in Dark Horizons 32 (1991). Whatever happened to Sword and Sorcery fiction? Nothing, I hear you say, go [...]
The Graveyard Book wins the Newbery Medal
It is a thrill to report that Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book has won the 2009 John Newbery Medal for the “year’s outstanding contribution to [...]
Daniel in Chains
An email arrived today with the following news: “Daniel Fox’s epic Chinese imperial fantasy novel, Dragon in Chains, is now out from Del Rey in the States, [...]
Mythago stories
Robert Holdstock informs me that: “In the spring, Merlin’s Wood is coming out from Gollanz, as lead in a collection that contains the Mythago novella The Bone [...]
Forthcoming TWF gigs
The Write Fantastic has a few events lined up: February 26th – Stevenage Central Library – “Step into the Unknown” – 7.30-9.00 pm – Juliet [...]