Initial Thoughts I think at this point Leigh Bardugo can do no wrong. She can write me a retelling of a lamb moussaka recipe and it'll probably be poetic. Honestly, though, this collection of fairy tales inspired by the different places in her Grishaverse is precious, and I loved every piece (some more than others). [...]
It's weird setting up a review of a short story out of an entire anthology, but I thought it would be a good start to my going back and reviewing ARCs again. I suppose if I was going to start somewhere, epic fantasy was the way to go! Note: This review is of "Six Hooves," [...]
Once upon a time (re: a year and a half ago), I wrote a steampunk story that revolved around a destroyed Northern Philippines (speculative volcanic eruptions and the like). I sent it out, I squeed about finding a home for it (many thanks to the wonderful editrixes Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng, and publisher Bill Campbell [...]
Just, you know. I'm putting this here. 'Cause, you know. steampunk. Southeast Asian stuff. My story is in it. Wink wink nudge nudge huzzah huzzah blow nose--erm, I mean yes. Mostly I'm just here to throw out the exciting fact that Rosarium Publishing has finally put up the Indiegogo campaign for The SEA Is Ours: Tales of [...]
For some reason I have a harder time thinking up freebies than I do on a normal Top Ten Tuesday topic. This time around, I wanted to highlight the wonderful world of short stories! I don't know about you, but I tend to have a short attention span when I'm reading. There are days where I [...]
Story and Somnomancy 