Here are my favorite novels (and one novella) of the year. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir It’s been a long time since I read a book in one sitting, but this compact novella about a woman with unexplained injuries and fatigue, who discovers she’s been walking tens of thousands […]
I’m excited to announce that my historical fantasy murder mystery, “Blood and Talent,” will be published by Cast of Wonders. The short story is set in an alternative version of the American Wild West, where magic has been made legal after centuries of being seen as work of the devil. […]
The most unusual painting I saw during my visit to the Mauritshuis museum in Amsterdam this summer was “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.” It’s a Rembrandt, but what fascinated me was the unusual subject: a somewhat gruesome dissection. And what’s stuck with me, now weeks later, is a […]
After years of hearing other people talk about attending science fiction and fantasy conventions, I finally took the plunge this year. I didn’t just attend my first convention, I attended the big daddy, Worldcon. Flying from my home in South Florida to this year’s location, Seattle, I left my […]
It’s fascinating when two writers use a similar concept to create very different stories. Take Emma Burnett and Christopher Blake’s recent tales of humans-turning-into-plants-to-repair-the-Earth. Burnett’s flash piece, “Instructions for Rewilding the Wasteland,” in Radon Journal is terrifying, gorgeous in its spareness, and dripping with dread and guilt. Here’s an excerpt: […]
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