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EmilyBlips So the Blasphemous Horrors art series--I was looking and it seems like whomever is buying has a thing for Cthuluesque tentacles.
The Wizard of Macatawa
Science fiction and fantasy news and features from Sfcrowsnest.com —
... fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year. An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story. The award consists of trophies for both the author and publisher and $250 for the author. The other finalists were: "Bufo Rex" by Erik Amundsen published in issue 347 of the magazine Weird Tales ( http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/ ); publisher John Gregory Betancourt, fiction editor Ann ...
WSFA Small Press Award
Science Fiction Awards Watch —
... “Bufo Rex” by Erik Amundsen, published in issue 347 of Weird Tales; publisher John Gregory Betancourt, fiction editor Ann VanderMeer ...
The Year in Review: I Think Ann VanderMeer Deserves a Medal
Ecstatic Days —
... because for Weird Tales she’s doing the hardest thing you can do as a fiction editor: pick work primarily by new writers. This is a rare skill because you can’t reply on the crutch of someone’s reputation. Many of the writers appearing in Weird Tales this year represent the next generation of exciting dark fantasy writers, and you’ll see their names appearing more frequently in part because of Ann’s patronage. (Check out this free, downloadable issue.) ...
Almost No Pictures.
QuasarDragon —
... . ----At Weird Tales , "The Last Great Clown Hunt" by Chris Furst, from the current print issue. "It was clown-hunting weather. The leaves of the box elders were beginning to turn in the draws that cross-stitched the Musselshell River country. Frost fastened on the dry summer grass. I rose early one morning and marked a pair of trumpeter swans forging south under a bank of fast-moving clouds, their calls torn away in the ragged wind that smelled of burnt sugar. It was time to gather the musty costumes, clean the slide whistles, bag up the guns, and spin the lures of cotton ...
H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror suspending publication; offering final issue free
SFScope —
[image] After five issues, publisher Wildside Press has "indefinitely suspended" print publication of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror , which has been edited by Marvin Kaye. "All remaining subscriptions are now being fulfilled with Weird Tales , which now features a regular Lovecraft-themed column." No decisions have yet been finalized, but Wildside is considering continuing the magazine in some on-line form. In the meantime, issue #5 is available as a free, 96-page pdf file from the link in ...
