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Wow, a starred review of ROSEWATER from Publisher’s Weekly. “[A] compellingly strange yet accessible setting, with an underlying mystery to drive the fast-paced narrative.” Read the rest here Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: publishers_weekly, reviews, rosewater, speculative_fiction, writing

I can now reveal that I’ve sold my novella The Murders of Molly Southbourne to Tor.com. The announcement is here: “I made the mistake of opening The Murders of Molly Southbourne late one evening, and found myself so horrified and enraptured that … Continue reading →

Two positive reviews of my short story THE APOLOGISTS: ‘“The Apologists” is a story that asks us to look at ourselves, to embrace our imperfections. And that is very different from accepting our imperfections.’  Read the rest here: https://carmelorafala.wordpress.com/2...   … Continue reading →

Ugh. This is something I’ve never done, but wiser people than I say I should do this once a year. So, here’s my 2016 score card: Original Short stories THE APOLOGISTS in Interzone #266 DECOMISSIONED in the anthology Crises and … Continue reading →

The Damage Museum is a dark little horror of an art book. I bought the hardcover version and on the back is a ticket stub, as if we are visitors. The chapters have similar ticket stubs. It opens with one … Continue reading →

Don’t forget Interzone #266 which contains my science fiction short story THE APOLOGISTS. Filed under: speculative_fiction, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: apologists, cover_art, interzone, science_fiction

Reading: Animal Money by Michael Cisco Listening to: Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel Writing: A sci-fi novel called CITY STATE (placeholder title)    Filed under: Uncategorized

Though I’m not sure why anyone would be interested, here’s a piece I did explaining my writing process. It’s more like my process for ROSEWATER. It has been different for everything I’ve ever written. The Birth of the Cool of … Continue reading →

Over at Fantasy Literature.com I say a few things about aliens. There’s a giveaway too, so scurry on over, you might get a bonus. I say: “The oldest known narrative featuring outer space and aliens was written in the second … Continue reading →

My sci-fi story The Apologists will appear in Interzone #266, September this year. Below is the graphic by Martin Hanford. I like. Filed under: art, creativity, fiction, horror, painting, speculative_fiction, story, Uncategorized Tagged: apologists, interzone, science_fiction, short_story