Matthew Hughes

@hapthorn

Author of science-fantasy and crime fiction. editor and occasional ghostwriter.

Joined October 2012
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  1. Mar 4

    Robert Runte's absolutely blockbusting review of What the Wind Brings, my historical/magical realism novel about shipwrecked slaves who melded with indigenous people in mid-1500s Ecuador and beat the conquistadors of Quito to a standstill.

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  2. Mar 3

    My March newsletter has just been emailed. If you're not on the mailing list, you can find it here:

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  3. Feb 28

    This past month, I gladly seized upon The Archer's Tale, a Bernard Cornwell historical I'd never heard of, found in a used book store. Turns out it's the US title of Harlequin, a book I read years ago. Fortunately, my memory is so bad these days it was almost a fresh read.

    Cover of Wrightson's The Ice is Coming. A scowling faces looks at the reader.
    Cover of the Dark Bright Water: a man holding glowing stone controls a woman. With the man are other figures.
    Cover of Behind the Wind: a stone faces gazes at the reader.
    Cover of Journey Behind the Wind: a young man looks through what seems to be a tear in space, filled with figures.
    Augh, got burned by a book having a slightly different title from printing to printing so now I have four books from a venerable trilogy.
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  4. Feb 27

    It takes some people a while to warm up to Chesney. He's . . . unusual.

    Once again, I just ordered paperback copies of the “To Hell And Back” series by . I can’t recommend these three books enough. They are such an entertaining read and very funny. I can’t wait to read the series again. Do yourself a favor and get a copy.
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  5. Feb 24

    I'm working on a new Dying Earth novel. It centers on the perils and predicaments of a necromancer in the city of Golathreon. I'm now at 20k words and the story is developing as my stories usually do, striking off in new directions as new characters come on stage. Good fun.

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  6. Feb 24

    I'm starting to get responses from people to whom I sent ARCs of Barbarians of the Beyond, the authorized sequel to Jack Vance's The Demon Princes. Three good ones, so far. I'll share some in the near future.

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    Feb 21

    Ah looking forward to some early Sunday morning reading

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  8. Feb 4

    I've sent ARCs of Barbarians of the Beyond to a dozen marquee-name authors and critics, as well as efiles to bloggers and folks who might generate some buzz. One major mainstream literary critic has taken an interest. Fingers crossed.

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  9. Feb 1

    I've just sent out my monthly emailed newsletter. If you're not on the mailing list but interested, here's a link:

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    Jan 26

    thanks for totaling ruining my day. I just had to finish A God in Chains last night and read all through the night! Exhausted now! 😂

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  11. Jan 14

    Yesterday, I spent a half-hour talking about What the Wind Brings and writer stuff with Matt Nappo, for his Minddog streaming show. It’s now up on YouTube:

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    Jan 12

    I know there's a lot going on right now, but if you'd welcome a distraction from all that... let's talk about short fiction! I'm in the midst of finalizing my Top 80 stories for BASFF, and I'd love to hear what stories from 2020 y'all were most excited about.

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  13. Jan 7

    I've received a typeset of Barbarians of the Beyond, the authorized sequel to Jack Vance's Demon Princes quintilogy. I'm going to get ARCs made up and send them out for blurbs and word-of-mouth buzz-creation. I think this is going to be an event in the SFosphere. More to come.

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  14. Jan 7

    Soon to be awarded the Medal of Freedom? Certainly looks free.

    And then there's this:
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  15. Jan 5

    I loved that cover. Got the publisher to use it on the fix-up novel, The Commons.

    Mar 2007 Adventures/struggle in the Commons. (FSF cover matches The Commons- fixup novel) "The Helper and His Hero (part 2)" "Dance of Shadows" Fred Chappell
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  16. 31 Dec 2020

    “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” L.P. Hartley. I once riffed an entire speech on the conceit that we are all emigrants from the past to a foreign future, where we will do things differently. Wish I’d kept it.

    L.P. Hartley published just one story in F&SF: "W.S.", a story about a novelist receiving communications from a mysterious stranger, appeared in our August 1952 issue. It was a reprint from THE SECOND GHOST BOOK, edited by Cynthia Asquith.
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  17. 24 Dec 2020

    Pulp Literature Press is offering 20% off What The Wind Brings at the PLP store. Discount code: XMAS2020 WTWB a historical novel with magical realism elements, is in my qualified opinion, the best work I’ve ever done.

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  18. 22 Dec 2020

    In case you missed it last time around.

    On February 8, it was the turn of (Matthew Hughes).
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  19. 21 Dec 2020

    I’ve finished “Arboghasz Dal Axander Rides Again,” bringing back Luff Imbry, and sent it to Lightspeed. Now, I think I’ll do a Baldemar for Ed Willett, who launches a January Kickstarter for a collection by authors who have been interviewed for his podcast, Shapers of Worlds.

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  20. 20 Dec 2020

    I always do. Looking forward to the new era.

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    Wonderful! Be sure to send it through the website once submissions open again in Jan
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