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This handsome new hardcover short story collection from British puckster (prank-star?) Ian Watson....
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I am always present but not always here. To those who are wondering when the responses to Mythic Delirium submissions are coming, I am whittling away at them slowly. Setting a precise date of when I will get back to everyone is at the moment a bit of a fool's game, as I'm juggling a number of projects wherein I play the roles of both dog team and sled driver. If I could have my way, by the end of the month, I would have the second draft of the secret novel done (this if I can help it actually will be done, as there is a real deadline in place,) have the 110+ submissions to this issue all sorted (next priority, for certain,) have my next "Tour of the Abattoir" column turned in (it's at least half done), launch the Clockwork Phoenix 3 and Sleepless, Burning Life e-books (progress has been made, thanks so much Liz!) and set up the fund raising campaign for my next stab at an anthology (June or bust, dammit.) Obviously, at least one of the mes involved is sure to blow the deadline — likely more than one — and the me in charge will have to deal with these mes harshly to ensure said mes do a better job with time management next time. |
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The Roanoke Times Features Department poses together for a photo. We're mad men (and women) I tell you!
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Wonderful formal poet and frequent Mythic Delirium contributor Ann K. Schwader ( ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1){kind=small} ankh_hpl) continues the Locus Roundtable series on speculative poetry with "Into the Dark, Singing." |
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Guest posts about poetry at Locus Online Karen Burnham, who runs the Locus Roundtable at Locus Online, has rounded up a series of speculative poetry-related posts, podcasts and interviews for the month of May, and I got to be first out of the gate. Here's my guest blog post: "Let us go then, you and I: an introduction to speculative poetry" And here's a podcast I did with Karen and Star*Line editor F.J. Bergmann. In both I've taken the names in vain of a number of poets and poetry publications. I understand there will be more to come. I'm certainly grateful to Karen for giving us poets a chance to sound off! |
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Over at Tangent Online, reviewer Chuck Rothman has nice things to say about my new short story at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, "The Ivy-Smothered Palisade." He writes:  "The Ivy-Smothered Palisade" takes the form of a letter from Daeliya, a woman who has managed to escape her terrifying past and make a new life for herself. But she is forced to return, and to explain to her lover Eyan why and all the things he doesn't know about her. What follows is a tale of fear and terror, and of her meeting with a man in a mysterious castle to whom she owes everything. Mike Allen creates a very convincing world and strong and memorable characters. If you're curious enough to check out a contrasting view, Lois Tilton at Locus Online appeared to dig the story's dark atmosphere but was definitely not a fan of the epistolary approach. Like a good self-promoting writer type, I'll cheer for what serves my purposes and downplay what doesn't, doncha know? |
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