Anti-Racist Anthology? On the problems of Editing

Nick Mamatas recently pointed out new UK anthology Never Again: Weird Fiction Against Racism and Fascism (edited by Allyson Bird and Joel Lane), which is, in Nick's terms, "an anti-fascist and anti-racist anthology, yet hasn't managed to include stories by any prominent writers of color." When he asked the editors about it he was told...

Short Story Highlight: “Perhaps this is Kushi’s Story” by Swapna Kishore (Fantasy Magazine)

This week's Fantasy Magazine features a new story by Indian writer Swapna Kishore, Perhaps this is Kushi's Story: Elder Sister places pebbles to mark people in her sand village. She pats walls in place. She smiles in her know-it-all way as if to remind me that it is she who will marry the headman’s son...

Lavie Tidhar’s “Cloud Permutations” Released

Lavie Tidhar's latest book, the novella Cloud Permutations, is now available from PS Publishing. From the publisher's page: Synopsis / Contents: Lavie Tidhar grew up in Israel and South Africa, but it was his experience of the South Pacific, and the remote islands of Melanesia, that inspired this book. When he wasn't climbing volcanoes or...

Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight, Part 2, Chapter 4, by Joyce Chng

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter Four: Earning the Wings She was in the same blimp-fin again, its controls familiar to the touch. For this training run, the winds were favorable – calm, without bustling gusts, considering it was now Autumn and the wintry currents were arriving soon. She self-consciously...

Monday Original Content: An Interview with Paolo Chikiamco, by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

Paolo Chikiamco, Taking on E-publishing in the name of Philippine Fiction Interview by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz In 2009, Paolo Chikiamco launched Eight Ray Sun publishing with the goal of providing an electronic platform for Filipino Speculative Fiction. This move, opens the way for more exposure on behalf of Filipino writers, and while Eight Ray Sun publishing...

London Events for Lauren Beukes

South African writer Lauren Beukes will be in London this month, with no less than three exclusive events organised. Beukes is the author of Moxyland and Zoo City, both published by Angry Robot Books. From the Angry Robot team: To celebrate Lauren's visit we’ve teamed up with Forbidden Planet to bring you an Angry Robot first...

Rich Horton on four new Australian anthologies

Over at Fantasy Magazine, Rich Horton reviews four new Australian anthologies: Legends of Australian Fantasy, Edited by Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan Belong, Edited by Russell Farr Scary Kisses, Edited by Liz Grzyb Baggage, Edited by Gillian Polack Australia has quite a busy publishing scene in SF and Fantasy for a relatively small (demographically speaking) country. There...

SF Author Wang Guozhong Passes Away

The Chinese Science Fiction Newsletter reports that SF author Wang Guozhong has passed away: Wang Guozhong, former director of the Shanghai Publication Bureau, head of the Research Institute of Culture and History, and author of the science fiction story “Black Dragon Goes Missing” died at the age of 83. Black Dragon Goes Missing was the...

Free E-book: The Choir Boats by Daniel Rabuzzi

Slightly out of our usual remit, but who can say no to a free book? Canadian writer Daniel Rabuzzi's debut fantasy novel, The Choir Boats (ChiZine Publications, Toronto, 2009) is featured as Wowio's July Book of the Month.  During July 2010 only, the e-book version is FREE here: http://news.wowio.com/2010/07/book-of-the-month-choir-boats/ Reviewers describe it as “Gulliver’s Travels...

China’s 2009 Sky Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to Apex Book of World SF contributor, Han Song, for winning the best short story award! 2009 SKY AWARD WINNERS (via Feng Zhang and sfawardwatch.com): Best Fiction Long Form in 2009: Once upon a Time in Shanghai, JIANG Nan (Volumes Publishing Company) Best Fiction Short Form in 2009: “Dark Room”, HAN Song (New Realms...