It's a chill and a thrill to have 'Lady Killer'—originally published in the Aurealis Award winning anthology Bloodlines ed. Amanda Pillar and reprinted in The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror Vol. 6 Ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene—find another home in JayHenge Publishing's Masque & Maelström Volume 1: The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe. What a fabulous extended title! If it's Poe, exhume away! No reluctance at all from my end.
I always like to salute previous anthology mates and this time around they're L.D Colter, Robert Dawson, Gabriel Mara and Stephen A. Roddewig. We all shared a home in another anthology released earlier this year titled The Apparatus Almanac, also edited by Jessica Augustsson.
The complete ToC – congrats to all contributors:
Grim Diggers / T. Fox Dunham
What Happened to Mrs. Eleonora Valdemar, Discovered in a Series of Diary Entries / Carmelo Rafalà
The Family Plant / Gabriel Mara
Terroir / Geoff Hart
Foxley’s Folly / William H. Wandless
A Pinch of Salt / Lorina Stephens
Edgar / Robert Dawson
Root Cellar A Juke Joint Gothic / J. Michael Hayes
The Unread Book / Adam Breckenridge
Ingratitude / J. Weintraub
The Room At the End of the Hall / Anna Cabe
My Foolish Heart / David J. Thirteen
Death Calendar / Brian Bianchi
From Out a Full-Orbed Moon / Laurence Raphael Brothers
The Light Station / Stephen A. Roddewig
Passengers / Kevin Holochwost
The Feast of Saint Mary / David M. Schultz
Annabel Lee, Proprietress, Kingdom by the Sea /LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Behind the Pale Door / Caleb Call
There Has Never Been Anyone Here / J.T. Glover
The Painted Axe / Liam Hogan
The Return / Shikhandin
Yes, the Opium / Stephen Myer
Poetic Licence / Gregg Chamberlain
The Timeless Mirror / Joshua Hester
The Whipping Place / Nancy S. Koven
Inheritance / Stewart C Baker
The Messenger / Julie Dron
The Quiet Couple’s Clock / Barend Nieuwstraten III
Still Life / Kevin Novalina
Monsters / L.D. Colter
In Blood, In Feathers, In Moonlight / Deborah L. Davitt
Tarr and Fether: Two Cases from the Courts of Ulalume / Robert Borski
A Blemish in His Neighbour / Harris Coverley
Lady Killer / Anthony Panegyres
Behind the Glass / C.B. Droege
The Crossing / K. Marvin Bruce
You can buy Masque & Maelström Volume 1 at the following links, and here in Perth at Planet Books.
Current Reads
The Devils Joe Abercrombie
This one reads like an alternative Byzantine era version of DC's Suicide Squad, albeit far wittier as it's in Abercrombie's hands. I dig into Abercrombie as soon as his books are released. Fab escape from the mundane.
For my spec-fic short story fix, I'm reading The Apparatus Almanac, an eclectic anthology with variety for all.
Sultan: A Memoir Wasim Akram with Gideon Haigh
Although I'm a bit of a sports buff, I've never read an autobiography based on a sportsperson. My first so far has been insightful. Wasim Akram was an all-time cricket great, and you can only imagine how better his already impressive record would be if he had a few more decent slip fielders at the time, especially during his early career. Akram openly discusses issues of disruption within a national team rife with personality clashes and politics, along with addressing accusations of ball tampering. Imran Khan is portrayed as a heroic godlike figure. Without being an expert on Pakistani politics, I can only say Imran's present day incarceration seems incredulous. The memoir also takes me back to my high school era when we were all glued to the ODI World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, when a tremendously colourful and talented Pakistani team eventuated triumphant.
The Byzantines Ed. Guglielmo Cavallo
And lastly, some Byzantine history dealing with the various socio-cultural groups of the era.
Other Writing News: A new story out soonish. I'll keep you updated.
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