marshall_payne's interview of me is live at The Fix, wherein we discuss everything from my background in theater to the trilogy deal to the scuffle over "The Stolen Word".

Everyone grab a cup of coffee and pretend like it's The Actor's Studio.  :D

Marshall's horror story, "Selling Timeshares on Planet Hell," is now live at Down in the Cellar.

Also, a shoutout for maryrobinette, whose story, "The Clockwork Chickadee," is live at Clarkesworld.  According to Mary, you have your pick:  The story is available in two flavors, written and read.

And in the same issue, imago1 (Laird Barron) is interviewed.

 

"The Girl With Blueberry Eyes" made Rich Horton's short story Recommended Reading List, Virtual Best of the Year, 2007. 

I started to type in the LiveJournal handles of all the fine company I'm in over there and managed to crash my browser twice.  But just on the short story list, I spy with my little eye half my flist.

 Fiction by the likes of Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, and Sarah Monette and

cmpriest interviews the marvelous Molly Porkshanks.

That cover just screams, "You know you want me!" and "Scare the people near you when you take mass-transit," doesn't it? 

Click the pic to order.

Scifi.com has named Fantasy Magazine Site Of The Week.

The Fantasy Magazine site is built around a showcase of original fiction by newer authors like Lisa Mantchev and Kelly Barnhill. The 'zine has an active book-review team, which includes some very seasoned readers indeed: Paula Guran, Victoria Strauss and Rich Horton, to name three. Tucked in among the stories and reviews are artist profiles, author and editor interviews and a lengthy round-table discussion about people of color in fantastic literature. New material is posted to the Web page on an almost daily basis, encouraging faithful readers either to check back regularly or to subscribe to the RSS feed.

That is just made of shiny, right there...