The anthology Fungi is out now. One critic says of it Though this anthology is diverse in genre and tone, the motif of infectious spores features a touch too heavily, and works meant to be humorous often fell flat for me. However, there are a number of well-written and interesting pieces. Wild Mushrooms by Jane Hertenstein is a mature literary piece about a woman and her mushroom-hunting immigrant parents. Mamatas contributes the sophisticated "The Shaft Through the Middle of It All", about gentrification and revenge.
Also, Steampunk III: Revolution is out, and over at Tor.com, the reviewer wrote: The collection then takes a somber turn with stories that explore technology and loss, nostalgic ruin, and salvaging oneself after disaster. A couple of my favorites out of the darker steampunk selections were the elegant vignettes of a wandering circus troupe in Genevieve Valentine’s “Study, for Piano Solo,” and the period-perfect, first-person narrated “Arbeitskraft” by Nick Mamatas, where Friedrich Engels attempts to instigate class revolution while working as a labor organizer for the city’s cyborg matchstick girls.
John Skipp's Psychos has been out for a few months now, but the reviews are trickling in. LJ's own![]()
darkling_tales writes of my story "Willow Tests Well": What is doubly-refreshing is that social commentary seems to be returning to the horror short story. I am not as well-read as I would like, but it seems that Nick Mamatas' story of a woman recruited into a US Department of secret abominations is one of the few scathing critiques to appear in the last few years.
And in why-is-Nick-commenting-on-LJ-after-1am-so-often-these-days news, I am totally preoccupied with ASMR videos. This one is the Ulysses of the form:
Also, Steampunk III: Revolution is out, and over at Tor.com, the reviewer wrote: The collection then takes a somber turn with stories that explore technology and loss, nostalgic ruin, and salvaging oneself after disaster. A couple of my favorites out of the darker steampunk selections were the elegant vignettes of a wandering circus troupe in Genevieve Valentine’s “Study, for Piano Solo,” and the period-perfect, first-person narrated “Arbeitskraft” by Nick Mamatas, where Friedrich Engels attempts to instigate class revolution while working as a labor organizer for the city’s cyborg matchstick girls.
John Skipp's Psychos has been out for a few months now, but the reviews are trickling in. LJ's own
darkling_tales writes of my story "Willow Tests Well": What is doubly-refreshing is that social commentary seems to be returning to the horror short story. I am not as well-read as I would like, but it seems that Nick Mamatas' story of a woman recruited into a US Department of secret abominations is one of the few scathing critiques to appear in the last few years.And in why-is-Nick-commenting-on-LJ-after-1am-so-often-these-days news, I am totally preoccupied with ASMR videos. This one is the Ulysses of the form: