I sing, uh, read aloud over at CrimeWAV. Check out Thy Shiny Car in the Night, which was originally published in Long Island Noir.
In other city news, Borderlands Books has announced its closure, with somewhat weird reasoning: 2014 was their best year ever; by 2018 the minimum wages will increase by a fair amount, so best to shut down next month because they can't raise prices on their inventory, plus amazon. I suspect without evidence that subjective factors are in play—owner Alan Beatts revealed that his salary last year was $28,000. For a grown-up in San Fran, that has to hurt, especially given all the time he puts into his stores. Literally just poking around Craiglist and helping people move house, or install their air conditioners, would mean more money for less effort.
There is to be a public meeting, and Borderlands is asking for alternatives to closing the store. I look forward to an hour of people suggesting a Kickstarter, and when that idea gets shut down a Patreon and when that idea gets shut down just saying, "Why not ask George R.R. Martin for a million dollars!" and when that gets shut down, saying, "Okay, two million!"
What you probably won't be buying at Borderlands is this September's Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 2, a reprint anthology edited by Kathe Koja, with Michael Kelly as series editor. The ToC may...weird you out!
The Atlas of Hell” by Nathan Ballingrud (Fearful Symmetries, ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications)
“Wendigo Nights” by Siobhan Carroll (Fearful Symmetries, ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications)
“Headache” by Julio Cortázar. English-language translation by Michael Cisco (Tor.com, September 2014)
“Loving Armageddon” by Amanda C. Davis (Crossed Genres Magazine #19, July 2014)
“The Earth and Everything Under” by K.M. Ferebee (Shimmer Magazine #19, May 2014)
“Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story” by Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Press Magazine, Winter 2014)
“The Girls Who Go Below” by Cat Hellisen (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2014)
“Nine” by Kima Jones (Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History, eds. Rose Fox & Daniel José Older, Crossed Genres Publications)
“Bus Fare” by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press Magazine, Spring 2014)
“The Air We Breathe Is Stormy, Stormy” by Rich Larson (Strange Horizons Magazine, August 2014)
“The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado (Granta Magazine, October 2014)
“Observations About Eggs From the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa” by Carmen Maria Machado (Lightspeed Magazine #47, April 2014)
“Resurrection Points” by Usman T. Usman T. Malik (Strange Horizons Magazine, August 2014)
“Exit Through the Gift Shop” by Nick Mamatas (Searchers After Horror: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic, ed. S.T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer) (Hey, it's me!)
“So Sharp That Blood Must Flow” by Sunny Moraine (Lightspeed Magazine #45, February 2014)
"The Ghoul" by Jean Muno, translated by Edward Gauvin (Weirdfictionreview.com, June 2014)
“A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide” by Sarah Pinsker (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2014)
“Migration” by Karin Tidbeck (Fearsome Magics: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris)
“Hidden in the Alphabet” by Charles Wilkinson (Shadows & Tall Trees 2014, ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications)
“A Cup of Salt Tears” by Isabel Yap (Tor.com, August 2014)
Searchers After Horror also paid out a little royalty check last week as well, which is nice. I really liked "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and sometimes a story can feel buried in an anthology, but this tale is getting a second life, and its first life was popular enough for a pay-out. Tiny little yays, I suppose.
In other city news, Borderlands Books has announced its closure, with somewhat weird reasoning: 2014 was their best year ever; by 2018 the minimum wages will increase by a fair amount, so best to shut down next month because they can't raise prices on their inventory, plus amazon. I suspect without evidence that subjective factors are in play—owner Alan Beatts revealed that his salary last year was $28,000. For a grown-up in San Fran, that has to hurt, especially given all the time he puts into his stores. Literally just poking around Craiglist and helping people move house, or install their air conditioners, would mean more money for less effort.
There is to be a public meeting, and Borderlands is asking for alternatives to closing the store. I look forward to an hour of people suggesting a Kickstarter, and when that idea gets shut down a Patreon and when that idea gets shut down just saying, "Why not ask George R.R. Martin for a million dollars!" and when that gets shut down, saying, "Okay, two million!"
What you probably won't be buying at Borderlands is this September's Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 2, a reprint anthology edited by Kathe Koja, with Michael Kelly as series editor. The ToC may...weird you out!
The Atlas of Hell” by Nathan Ballingrud (Fearful Symmetries, ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications)
“Wendigo Nights” by Siobhan Carroll (Fearful Symmetries, ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications)
“Headache” by Julio Cortázar. English-language translation by Michael Cisco (Tor.com, September 2014)
“Loving Armageddon” by Amanda C. Davis (Crossed Genres Magazine #19, July 2014)
“The Earth and Everything Under” by K.M. Ferebee (Shimmer Magazine #19, May 2014)
“Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story” by Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Press Magazine, Winter 2014)
“The Girls Who Go Below” by Cat Hellisen (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2014)
“Nine” by Kima Jones (Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History, eds. Rose Fox & Daniel José Older, Crossed Genres Publications)
“Bus Fare” by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press Magazine, Spring 2014)
“The Air We Breathe Is Stormy, Stormy” by Rich Larson (Strange Horizons Magazine, August 2014)
“The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado (Granta Magazine, October 2014)
“Observations About Eggs From the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa” by Carmen Maria Machado (Lightspeed Magazine #47, April 2014)
“Resurrection Points” by Usman T. Usman T. Malik (Strange Horizons Magazine, August 2014)
“Exit Through the Gift Shop” by Nick Mamatas (Searchers After Horror: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic, ed. S.T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer) (Hey, it's me!)
“So Sharp That Blood Must Flow” by Sunny Moraine (Lightspeed Magazine #45, February 2014)
"The Ghoul" by Jean Muno, translated by Edward Gauvin (Weirdfictionreview.com, June 2014)
“A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide” by Sarah Pinsker (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2014)
“Migration” by Karin Tidbeck (Fearsome Magics: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris)
“Hidden in the Alphabet” by Charles Wilkinson (Shadows & Tall Trees 2014, ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications)
“A Cup of Salt Tears” by Isabel Yap (Tor.com, August 2014)
Searchers After Horror also paid out a little royalty check last week as well, which is nice. I really liked "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and sometimes a story can feel buried in an anthology, but this tale is getting a second life, and its first life was popular enough for a pay-out. Tiny little yays, I suppose.