About the book The year is 1919. The McNaughton Corporation is the pinnacle of American industry. They built the guns that won the Great War before it even began. They built the airships that tie the world together. And, above all, they built Evesden-a shining metropolis, the best that the world has to offer. But…
Continue ReadingAbout the book A landmark, eclectic, leviathan-sized anthology of fiction’s wilder, stranger, darker shores. From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird and amongst its practitioners number some of the…
Continue ReadingAbout the book Liam never knew who his father was. The town of Derry had always assumed that he was the bastard of a protestant — his mother never spoke of him, and Liam assumed he was dead. But when the war between the fallen and the fey began to heat up, Liam and his…
Continue ReadingAbout the book Red Alert! Red Alert! This is not a dril… Anna Paradox’s “Between The Rocks”: The Courtly Vizier, a utility truck, renders aid to a colony ship but when they return to their asteroid home from supply runs to mines on Old Lumpy from Jupiter’s atmosphere, the colony ship they once helped attacks them….
Continue ReadingAlright, this is going to be a sort of “house cleaning” post. There are a few items of business to discuss. 1. I have randomly selected the winner of the giveaway I’ve been running for The Weird. The winner is: Eric Schwarts! Congratulations, Eric! And thanks to everyone who entered. I was quite amazed by…
Continue ReadingI have written this post no fewer than four times. Each time I write it, read it about thirty minutes later and then delete every last word. I think I’ve finally figured out why. You see, this month long event came from an idea and a hope that someone out there would want to participate…
Continue ReadingMy last guest post for this series will be done a bit differently, as the author requested to remain anonymous. There will be no introductions besides this. Enjoy the post, it’s quite incredible! Tomorrow I’ll leave my closing remarks and Friday I’ll start reviewing normally again. About the author ‘Anon’ hails from a far and…
Continue ReadingI was really excited for Ole to be part of this event. The reason why is quite simple. Ole always seems to come out of left field with a perspective or insight I would have never, in a million years, thought of. What makes me mad is that his internet sucks, so I’m not regaled…
Continue ReadingThere are a few things I don’t do well so I don’t think I’ve ever done them on my blog. One of those things is opinion pieces. I’m not good at them. I don’t think I’ve ever written a list of things people should be paying attention to, or discussed what elements of fantasy I…
Continue ReadingI just want to pop on here for a minute and tell you what you can be expecting of Special Needs in Strange Worlds. The event is winding down. This week I will post my final few guest posts. Then I will finish it off with a post by me to close up the event,…
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