A wonderful, queer retelling of Red Riding Hood, focused on the woodcutter and questioning the true nature of monstrousness - Of Gentle Wolves by
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Novels Wendy, Darling & Hooked. The Ghost Sequences collection. Sunburst winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, BFA, Stoker, Locus, Ignyte & Aurora finalist. (she/her)
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Huge congratulations to everyone who made the Locus Recommended Reading List! It's a truly fantastic collection of work. Voting is now open for the Locus Awards and anyone can vote!
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A lovely story about knowing your roots and carrying them with you while still being your own person - Flower, Daughter, Seed, Soil by
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Loved this story of humans and inhuman creatures bargaining for their desires in a corporate environment - The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside by
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Have you signed up for the Psychopomp newsletter yet? Next week 's newsletter will bring you an essay by yours truly!
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Arriving in your inboxes next Monday:
A very gothic essay by @ac_wise
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The annual Clarkesworld Poll is now accepting reader nominations for your favorite Clarkesworld short story, novelette/novella, and cover art of 2022. Nominations will close THIS FRIDAY AT 8:00PM EST.
surveymonkey.com/r/clarkesworld
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The World Fantasy Award judges have been announced, and I am incredibly honored to be among them! Information on how to send work for consideration can be found at the link below.
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Put this novel on your radar, folks!
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Hey, Exit Ghost-wanters, do you want to see another BLURB?
Of course you do!
This one is from @ac_wise !!
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Psst! This is an excellent anthology full of fantastic stories! Snag the paperback now at a discounted price.
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last: 25% off for preordering the paperback of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® - go.shr.lc/3DibmsD @TorNightfire @BNBuzz
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Psst! Folks who like preordering books - B&N is currently offering 25% off all preorders. For example, I just ordered The Book of Gems by Fran Wilde and The Last to Leave the Room by .
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I'm pretty fond of this story of mine from a few years back, and I'm delighted it's found new life in audio form at Realm!
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A black lesbian boxer-turned-bouncer plunges into the supernatural underbelly of Las Vegas.
"A Game of Cards" is written by A.C. Wise and voiced by Keylor Leigh.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-g
@ac_wise @RealmMedia #podcasts
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Catfish Lullaby: Song of the swamp meets cosmic horror. By fantasyliterature.com/reviews/catfis … #SFF (from the archive)
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Slightly belated, but huge congratulations to the authors and artists on the BSFA Awards long list!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-lo
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ICYMI: Words for Thought by , reviewing stories in , Weird Horror, , , and
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In case you missed it yesterday, there's a new Words for Thought up at , discussing stories about the power of belief published in , Weird Horror Magazine, , & .
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I'm so thrilled to see The Ghost Sequences included in this fantastic book pairing list!
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A terrifying match for each month awaits... @almakatsu @NabenRuthnum @DuncanGRalston @sschweblin @casskhaw @Gabino_Iglesias @maxbrooksauthor @JoshMalerman @HaileyPiperSays @TananariveDue @grady_hendrix @craigdavidson74 @UrsulaV @ac_wise @StephenKing buff.ly/3ZNxkxt
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It's a new Words for Thought! Start your year right with some excellent short fiction!
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New today! By @ac_wise:
Words for Thought Short Fiction Review
Stories from @OmenanaMag, Weird Horror, @NightmareMag, and @MetaphorosisMag.
apex-magazine.com/words-for-thou
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It's a new year and a new Words for Thought up at ! To kick off 2023, I discuss stories by Nick Wood, , , & Justen Russell. Happy reading!
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The first issue of Psychopomp's newsletter is out in the world! Now is the perfect time to sign up!
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the first issue of Letters From A Psychopomp has been sent to subscribers, featuring @AiJiang_'s CHAOS TRIFECTA column.
nervous/excited
we won't usually share the full newsletter publicly like this, but we're still trying to make you aware of it and convince you to sign up.
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A gorgeous contributors' copy of Apex Magazine 2021 edited by & arrived in the mail! (Bonus background corg also pictured.)
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Huge congratulations to the Philip K. Dick Award finalists!
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During Hollywood's heyday, a young woman is haunted by murdered starlets. Decades later, a producer is haunted by her.
's "Excerpts From a Film (1942-1987)" is read by !
Part 1 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exc
Part 2 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exc
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Boosting the signal for this fundraiser to help Laird Barron with medical expenses. Consider helping out a fantastic author of you can!
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I am super duper excited to have upcoming essays with Psychopomp.com, the latest publishing venture from the good folks behind The Deadlands. Subscribe to the newsletter! Send them your very best novellas! I can't wait to see what they do!
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Authors, editors, and publishers! The submission period for the WSFA Small Press Awards is now open! Works originally published in 2022 are now being considered. Submissions are open until March 31, 2023.
wsfa.org/site/?p=1049
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Psst! The most excellent Weird Horror Magazine, published by Undertow Books, is running a subscription drive. Get weird, horrific content delivered straight to your mailbox or inbox!
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Canadian authors and creators! The Aurora Award eligibility lists are open until mid-February. Make sure your eligible work is listed so people can vote for it during the nomination process!
csffa.ca/awards-informa
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In case you missed it over the weekend, I put together a post about my favorite novelettes of 2022. A post on short stories is in the works!
acwise.net/favorite-novel
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Psst! HWA members. One week left to recommend works for the Stoker Awards.
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I put together a post about my favorite novelettes of 2022. I'm still working on a post about my favorite short stories.
acwise.net/favorite-novel
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I’ll cover the application cost of 3 disabled writers. My DMs are open. Please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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Applications are officially OPEN for the 2023 Clarion West Six-Week Summer Workshop! Application portal: clarionwest.communityforce.com/Funds/FundDeta
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A friendly reminder that voting for the This Is Horror Awards is open until Saturday. Anyone can vote, and there's tons of fantastic work on the list!
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Speaking of updates, I also updated my post rounding up my favorite novels and novellas of 2022. Specifically shouting out Pomegranates by Priya Sharma, which was just published by last week. Don't miss this year-end title, folks!
acwise.net/favorite-novel
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I just made another round of updates to the eligibility and recommendation links post. Please keep sending your own links my way!
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This is an excellent article by on awards eligibility and year end lists, including the whys, hows, and a lot of great information in general for both authors and readers!
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My latest Book Riot post is live! Here, I break down the annual occurrence of awards eligibility for short fiction and the importance of short fiction reviewers. Thank you so much to A.C. Wise for helping me with this article.
bookriot.com/short-speculat
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I put together a round up post of my favorite anthologies and short story collections of the year. I'm still working on a list of my favorite short stories and novelettes, so stay tuned!
acwise.net/favorite-antho
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I made another round of updates to the eligibility and recommendation link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/eligibility-an
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hello!
we found ourselves with a churning void where a nonfiction piece should be for Jan issue #21.
do you have something about death we can publish? please submit! we pay with real actual money. $100 1k-4k words.
pls help boost this! 💀🖤💀
go here: thedeadlands.com/guidelines/#no
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