Clarkesworld, October 2011, by Scooter Carlyle

In "Staying Behind," by Ken Liu, the majority of the Earth's population has uploaded their minds to a higher digital plane, leaving a bloody, battered body.  The Uploaded, the dead, keep trying to steal the children of those who chose to stay behind. This was one of the eeriest and most unsettling stories I've ever...

After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, by Carole Moleti

This collection by Maureen F. McHugh tours the world, with stops in a variety of settings that have been subjected to or are in the middle of some of cataclysmic event of a supernatural, natural, or manmade kind. Six of the nine stories are reprints, the remaining three make their first appearance in this compendium...

tor.com, August 2011 by Thomas Hardman

Tor's offerings for August include three pieces, one long and two short, which lean more towards science fiction rather than fantasy. The fourth, excerpted from a collection, is purely fantastic. “Journey Into the Kingdom” is from M. Rickert's collection “Holiday”, and is in the form of a nested tales. A young man attending an exhibition...

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Issue 27 (August 2011) by Sarah Goslee

From welcoming gardens, to famous musicians, to wolf men and crow men and exotic maids, the nine stories in this issue of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet are tied together by unreliable narrators and things that are not as they seem. If the cardinals waved their red wings at me, and the wolves called me on...

Changes Coming

With Charles off to World Fantasy Con (as the first recipient of our World SF Travel Fund), and my own general moving about, it seems sensible to take a short break from the blog. So there won't be any updates for the next week or so. Can't say we don't deserve a break! However, we're...

Chinese Science Fiction Newsletter: September 2011

If you're interested in finding out what's happening in the Chinese science fiction field, you can check out Chinese Science Fiction's latest newsletter for news. The newsletter is presented in both English and Chinese. Here's an excerpt: Second XINGYUN Awards The Second XINGYUN Awards closed nominations on August 16 and commenced the voting phase on...

Interview with Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar is currently preoccupied with urgent matters, but you can listen to him in the latest episode of The Skiffy and Fanty Show.

S.L. Grey: Writing Genre Fiction in South Africa (Author Week #3)

Writing genre fiction in South Africa  S.L. Grey (Louis Greenberg and Sarah Lotz) The other day at a literary festival event (one of the rare occasions when both halves of S.L. Grey have been trundled out in public in the same room) the panel was asked whether South Africa should have its own genre imprint....

Original Content: Interview with S.L. Grey (Author Week #3)

An Interview with S.L. Grey By Harry Markov HM: I’ve read the majority of your interviews over the Internet to get a better of sense of what has been asked and try to outdo that. You’ve shared that your combined hatred for malls gave birth to “The Mall.” What about malls pushes your buttons? S:...

The Mall reviewed by Harry Markov (Author Week #3)

The Mall By S.L. Grey Reviewed by Harry Markov The Mall by S.L. Grey is horror on steroids with a PhD in psychology. It’s the smart answer to the SAW series as far as torture challenges are concerned and I estimate that even Hannibal Lector would worry entering this alternate reality. Writers Sarah Lotz and...