Monthly Archive: October 2011
Derek and Emily had the art disease, the both of them. Everyone they knew had it too. That’s one of the symptoms: Colonies, clusters, movements, splinter groups, manifestos. Clumping, the experts call it. She had a master’s in design and decorated cakes at Food One, not the one on Seventeenth but the one near the …
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In November of 2001, I went to the annual SFWA writers and editors meet-up in New York City. We were a scant two months removed from the tragedy of 9/11, and its enormity cast a shadow over the normally over-joyous celebration. I was no longer working in the city when the two towers collapsed, but …
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October 31, 2011
by JohnK
October 31, 2011
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s World Fantasy Awards. They are: Best Novel Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW) Best Novella “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All-New Tales) Best Short Fiction “Fossil-Figures”, Joyce Carol Oates (Stories: All-New Tales) Best Anthology My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate …
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Table of Contents: 10 / 31 → “Remembering the Future” by John Klima → “The Art Disease” by Dennis Danvers (short story) 11 / 7 → “Dancing in the Winter Rooms” by David Tallerman (short story) 11 / 14 → “Fastening” by Patricia Russo (short story) → “The Last Patrol” by Tara Barnett (poem) 11 / …
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We accidentally deleted our Word Press database the other day, and of course we had no reliable backup. We’ve been restoring pages and posts (for example, don’t forget we’re running a sale!) and we’ll be ready to post our new issue online starting on Monday! We’ll get a schedule up shortly, but we figured we …
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July 12, 2011 This story dates from the first time I ever proofread Electric Velocipede. Weirdly enough, when I first saw “The Dragon’s Tears” in my queue, I chose to proofread it last. (I skip around when I’m doing short fiction.) I didn’t know then what possessed me; prescience, maybe. When I began reading the …
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I’d been pushing Jeff to write a story for Electric Velocipede for some time. I was a huge fan of his Well-Built City trilogy, and enjoyed his short fiction even more. Getting a story from Jeffrey Ford would be a huge personal accomplishment. We had a series of flash fiction I was going to publish, …
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by dwgrintalis August 8, 2011 The first time I read this story, I was disturbed beyond belief. Why then would I pick it for one of our fiction flashback features? For the very same reason. You are warned. It is a difficult story to read, but I think it drives home a very sobering truth. …
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August 1, 2011 Do you remember that Earthsea story by Ursula K. LeGuin? “The Rule of Names” has always stuck with me; if I hadn’t known the importance of naming and names by then, then it would have cemented that belief. (Heck, I went through a phase of saying only “ ’Morning”! after that.) And, well, …
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June 20, 2011 I fell in love with this story when I copy-edited it. When asked why, I had to think hard; it was a little like explaining why dark chocolate is my favorite, really—because it suits my taste. Although perhaps the key word there is dark… “Darkest Amber” reminds me of Roger Zelazny’s style, …
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