anthologies news
A couple of bits of Anthologies News have come in from two different sources over the past few days -- I stress the "two different sources" aspect because the news items share much in common.
First off, Vera Nazarian's (
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norilana's) much heralded anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders now has a firm publication date of December 2009. Among the authors in the line-up are Tanith Lee, Anna Tambour, Erzebet YellowBoy, Linda J. Dunn, Sonya Taaffe, Mary A. Turzillo, Mike Allen (![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
time_shark) and, er, me. The story in question of mine is "Breaking Laws", an attempt to deconstruct -- as it were -- urban fantasy. I love this story to pieces, and very luckily Vera likes it too!Vera passed along a preliminary cover visual for Sky Whales and Other Wonders. Done by Ahyicodae, this apparently still lacks a decorative cartographical border. It looks pretty stunning nonetheless, in my opinion:
A couple of days later I heard from Dave Hutchinson (
hutch0) about a quite different anthology in which I have a story, the story being my short novella "The Beach of the Drowned" (another personal favourite) and the anthology being what was once called New Writings in the Fantastic #2 but had to be retitled when Pendragon Press, publisher of New Writings in the Fantastic (which I edited), declared an indefinite moratorium on new releases in response to the economic climate. Now called Under the Rose, the book is -- like Sky Whales and Other Wonders -- to be released by Norilana Books (norilanabooks); it's scheduled for October. I'm not sure who the other authors are in the ToC; as soon as I find out I'll add the info.Meanwhile, I have to prepare myself to have my carotid arteries ultrasounded this morning -- their annual checkup. This is by no means as much fun as it might seem, since it involves someone sticking a blunt object very, very firmly into sensitive bits of my neck for protracted periods. Still, it's definitely better than my ultrasounding experience last fall, when one of the stenting wounds was causing problems and consequently what was being ultrasounded was my groin. It makes me limp just to think about it . . .
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Ahem. I've just realized some clarification is needed. I was using "limp" as a verb, not an adjective.
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It's not at all bad, is it?
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And sounds like your ultrasound today is infinitely better than the previous situation. On the bright side, you get to stay there in a prolong period and contemplate how you can use the scene in a story. *grin*
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Miss you around these parts. I can assume your absence here is because you're working the keyboard like a madman, now that the kitchen is finished?
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the thoughts I'm having do not include "awesome"
I'd've thought those thoughts would have included the word "awesome" -- just not in a favourable sense?
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Checkup was as uncomfortable as ever, but I like the tech who does the ultrasounding so that makes it a bit more bearable.
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"and contemplate how you can use the scene in a story"
But I don't usually write visceral horror . . .
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Thanks!
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(Is the last "huzzah" bigger than the other two because no longer being muffled by the sides of the cake?)
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*ewh* my sympathies, I had to have my thyroid bits ultrasounded repeatedly and biopsied... so I literally can feel your pain, (.. mumbling, I didnt need that particular flashback... ) hope that its all good results on the first try.
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I've had the carotids ultrasounded before -- about 18 months ago. This time, although there were moments of significant discomfort, it didn't seem overall as bad as last time . . . and certainly not as bad as the groinish inquisition!
I'll not know for cetrain what's happening until I see the cardiologist for followup in a couple weeks' time. For the moment, Jane (ultrasoundist) told me there was moderate blockage, at the level where folks might decide to opt for dynorod-style surgery but more likely wouldn't. It really depends on how the results compare when placed directly alongside those from last time, which she didn't have to hand.
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By the way, do you have a ToC so I could add the info alluded to above?
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And major sympathy on the exam. Sorry you have to go through with them. But as you say, it is better than last year.
Hugs and smiles,
Jean Marie
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"TWO new anthologies! Mega congratulations!"
Compiled quite a time apart, as you'll know, even though published in close temporal proximity.