Ellen Datlow's Blog, page 90

And I thought Bella is cute when I pet her tummy. Get a gander at this
Slow Loris being tickled


thanks to Jezebel

Listen. Watch. Stand by Me
Produced by Playing For Change

Thanks to Jeff Ford

Don't even think, just watch it!

But the F---- lotion in the basket

I've finally been granted permission by my publisher to post the cover of Lovecraft Unbound, which should be out in October from M Press. So here we go!!!



Introduction by Ellen Datlow

The Crevasse by Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud

The Office of Doom by Richard Bowes

Sincerely, Petrified by Anna Tambour

The Din of Celestial Birds by Brian Evenson

The Tenderness of Jackals by Amanda Downum

Sight Unseen by Joel Lane

Cold Water Survival by Holly Phillips

Come L

I don't know if you all know what this video is taking a shot at but if not, watch Gathering Storm first and then watch Gathering Gay Storm . (you're very welcome).

via Janice Gelb

Boston, MA (April 2009) -- The Shirley Jackson Awards will hold an online auction of a rare book to benefit the award. Peter Schneider has kindly donated a first edition of the 1899 publication of The Alleged Haunting of B----- House. Persons may bid on this item from Tuesday, April 21 through midnight on Thursday, April 30, 2009.

The Alleged Haunting of B----- House is edited by A. Goodrich-Freer and John, Marquess of Bute. While not a copy owned by Jackson, this important book in early psychica

For any Australian eligible to vote who cares about such things, the following stories published in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy are eligible for the Ditmars:

"The Goosle" by Margo Lanagan
"Ardent Clouds" by Lucy Sussex
"Gladiolus Exposed" by Anna Tambour

For any Australian voter who hasn't a copy of the anthology and would like to read the stories, let me know and I can email you word files.

I knew he was ill for a long time, but he's too young to be gone. His science fiction, particularly the work pre- Empire of the Sun, was very important to me.

Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78

Philadelphia photographer Kyle Cassidy is in the middle of a project to document genre writers' and editors' workspaces. He and his friend/helper Colin came by yesterday to photograph mine. Believe it or not I cleaned up the space a bit before they arrived. Anyway, it was fun and I talked about how I feel about the space and how almost everything I need to work is within reach. Afterward, they took me to the Art Bar (I'd never been there, even though it's across the street) where they proceeded

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

Naomi Novik is the author of the bestselling Temeraire series of novels,
with Victory of Eagles just out in paperback. She has a story
coming out in the anthology Naked City in 2010.


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F. Brett Cox's most recent fiction publication was "Mary of the New Dispensation" in Postscripts 13. Forthcoming stories in 2009 are "She Hears Music Up Above" in the original anthology Phantom (Prime Books) and "Nylon Seam" in