Look, Ma, it’s a REAL BOOK!
It’s official! My first in-print short story, “Perambulations,” is now available from Norilana Books, in the anthology Under the Rose.
Here’s a look at the front cover:
Look, Ma, it's a real book!
Pretty cool, eh? I love the cover art from Norilana. I also wanted to include the Publisher’s Weekly review for the anthology.
Under the Rose Edited by Dave Hutchinson. Norilana Fantasy (www.norilana.com), $16.95 paper (452p) ISBN 978-1-60762-042-6
The quality of the 27 original short stories in this fantasy anthology is wildly inconsistent, but there are a handful of real gems, including Mel Sterling’s “Perambulations,” a horror-nuanced tale of carny Mister Strange and his enticing clockwork creations; Justin Stanchfield’s “A Distant Scent of Rain,” which chronicles the revelatory ceremonial first contact between humankind and an alien delegate; and “Sagekites’ Land” by Ekaterina Sedia, a poignant story about a boy’s struggle to come to grips with his father’s looming death and the loss of his family’s homestead. Readers who get past Pauline E. Dungate’s clunky “Plant Hunter,” Tim Lieder’s self-satisfied “Office Job” and William John Watkins’s tell-don’t-show “Five Hundred Vinnies”—all far too weak for their cushy opening spots—will find enough good stories to make the effort worthwhile. (Oct.)
It’s very exciting for my story to be especially noted by the reviewer.
Many thanks to my editor, Dave Hutchinson, for choosing “Perambulations” for Under the Rose.
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