British Fantasy Society Awards

[realthog]

Just learned that my anthology New Writings in the Fantastic (2007, Pendragon Press) has been longlisted for a BFSA (Best Anthology category; http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/?p=300#more-300).

I'm obviously mighty gruntled -- but even more so that two of the stories therein have been nominated in the appropriate category.

Step forward to receive a big hand:

Kate Riedel, for "Song Cycle"

Paul Pinn, for "Borderline Charm"


Here's rootin' for you both!

  

Comments

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't we be at daggers drawn over this? Isn't Inferno on the list as well?

In the meantime, however, a grumpy CONGRATEROOS!!! to you as well.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yes. But considering INFERNO wasn't published in the UK and is not in ANY UK bookstores (someone mentioned it's not even at FORBIDDEN PLANET) I don't think you've got any competition from it. But how many other British anthos are you competing against?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"But how many other British anthos are you competing against?"

About half a dozen, I think.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

10--I just counted,

[realthog.livejournal.com]

10--I just counted

Oh shit. So much for that, then.

:)

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

A few are pretty obscure:
# A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir , [Ed] Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press
Cthulhu’s Creatures, [Ed] Steve Lines & John B Ford, Rainfall Books
# Phobic: Modern Horror Stories, [Ed] Andy Murray, Comma Press

My bet for the winner is
# The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, [Ed] Stephen Jones, Robinson

[realthog.livejournal.com]

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir , [Ed] Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press

Actually, I quite fancy this one, and hope to pick up a copy at Fantasycon. I'd assumed, though, that Busted Flush was a US house.

My bet for the winner is
# The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, [Ed] Stephen Jones, Robinson

It'll be interesting to see if this is so. It's been a few years since Steve's pulled off a BFSA with one of these.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Haven't heard of it at all, which is why I assume it's Brit...brb after I google.
It is American--out of Houston. Sorry I'd never heard of the book or I would have covered it for YBFH last year. Came out in December...It's gotten very little play over here.

Re: Best New Horror--perhaps not. It'll be interesting to see what wins.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

WOWIE! They're reprinting Mitchell Smith's terrific prison novel STONE CITY. I've been raving about it since it was published in 1990.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

That's ringing bells. I think I tripped over their website at some point and did quite a lot of chops-licking at the stuff on offer.