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more about #kellylink Lampbane: I wish Harlequin would start up a sci-fi/romance imprint. Because, oh the smut I would write. Inter-species love! Clone incest! ...what, I've gone ... more » goldfarb: as always...The Onion has a timely solution: [www.theonion.com] more » ♠ Final ♠: Just send a message (and all your disposible income,) if you have an Invention you'd like to see turned into a reality. I publish books, name stars a... more » gods-n-clods: Small Beer, have you met my friend Comixpress.com? more » Ausoleil: Sadly, there are enough suburban soccer mom types* with the means to do this that it will actually succeed. They probably wrote back in college, mayb... more » ManchuCandidate: Better yet, just send me the money. I can put it to better use and I'll even send you photos the crazy ass weekend in Las Vegas (extra if you want ph... more » Allen_Richards: A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to ... more » craigdbpatton: Ramsey Campbell is "underrated"...? By who? He's won tons of awards, is considered a living legend by the horror and fantasy community, and is "Brit... more » Bootknife-Jackson: must buy shatner book! more » redspidey: Shatner. Shatner? Shatner! on SUNDAY! SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!!! I hope that's not meant to be him on the cover. The face looks really off. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK! more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus. more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Reminds me of a button and t-shirt I used to see at a lot of cons: "Magical Realism" is just Spanish for science fiction and fantasy. more » Grey_Area: Good point about Magic Realism. I've always thought that if you took nearly any Ray Bradbury story (ok, one without rocketships) and changed all the n... more » BadUncle: Advanced as we think we are, we decide that such conventionally unexplainable phenomena are the province of the superstitious, backward, third world, ... more » allium: The woman whose upper half flies off is a manananggal: [en.wikipedia.org] They feed off the blood of pregnant women and their fetuses; hence the iro... more » goldfarb: "Advanced as we think we are, we decide that such conventionally unexplainable phenomena are the province of the superstitious, backward, third world,... more » Chris Barrus: I think part of it has to be the pride of work well done. In steampunk you know that Captain Nemo's submarine isn't going to have a faulty starter: i... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Ysabel Wilce is fantastic in all senses of the word. Cannot recommend her books starting with "Flora Segunda" highly enough. Read them yourself, give ... more » -
#publishingscams
Get Exposure (In Your Trunk) And Profit (For The Publisher) The Vanity Press Way!
Everyone from A.C. Crispin to the Science Fiction Writers Of America has rushed to condemn Harlequin for starting a self-publishing scam. But Small Beer Press has the best response: A hilarious parody showing how you, too, can waste your money. More » -
#indygiants
Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
Genre publishing has taken some hard hits in recent years — but a slew of independent publishers is still out there, charting the unknown regions of book publishing and keeping your reading lists weird. Here are our favorite indy presses.
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#afternoonreading
Fishing For Mermaids And Displaying Your Prehensile Tail For Strangers: It's A Living, Sort Of
If you love the work of Kelly Link, you owe it to yourself to check out "Six From Downtown," a collection of six vignettes about despair and alienation by Philippine writer Dean Francis Alfar. Plus, a poet explains magic realism! More » -
#steampunk
Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet impressarios Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant have signed up to publish a new anthology of young-adult steampunk stories, featuring well-known authors, comics creators and YA authors. We asked Grant why people — especially young people — are so fascinated with steampunk. More » -
#afternoonreading
A League Of Amazing Superhero Fiction, Online
Can't wait for Watchmen? Spend your afternoon reading superhero stories online. The Free SF Reader updated its homepage, and there's a whole "superhero" section, including stories by Paul Di Filippo, Jonathan Lethem and Kelly Link. -
#zombies
Massive Zombie Clusterfuck in New Anthology "The Living Dead"
If you love zombies whether they are fast or slow, infected or mind controlled, then you need to dig into John Joseph Adams' new anthology The Living Dead. With stories by (among others) Kelly Link, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, and Dan Simmons, this anthology explores every inch of the zombie landscape. Adams, who also just released the amazing collection Seeds of Change, is this season's It Anthology Editor. The best part? You can read Kelly Link's entire zombie story, "Some Zombie Contingency Plans," for free online. More »
