geardrops [blog]

I’ve been bad and not paying attention, and while my back was turned, my friends did awesome things!

First of all, there’s Sharon Mock’s beautiful story The Armature of Flight up at Fantasy. I won’t ruin it for you, except to say that really, beautiful is the only word I can think to describe it. It’s carefully rendered and subtly tragic. Love it.

And then there’s Shweta Narayan who is always busy with something. Her story, The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, is first available through Shimmer’s Clockwork Jungle edition. And now, it’s going to be reprinted in the Steampunk Reloaded Anthology as edited by the ever-stupendous VanderMeers, Ann and Jeff. (Ann, for those unaware, is EIC of Weird Tales, and is overflowing with passion about writers developing their craft. I’ve mentioned Jeff before, but to recap: he’s an odd one. They did the previous Steampunk Anthology which was, I feel, a good representation of what Steampunk is for beginners, and was in need of a companion, which I’m glad to hear is coming out.) And all of her publication madness means she’s eligible for a Campbell. If you have the ability to nominate her, and appreciate her fiction (first taste is free… — also note that this is another story getting itself into an anthology!), please do so.

Whew. Gotta toddle off and see what else I’ve missed.

ETA: I have also been informed by Monsieur Kaolin (of the awesome GUD Magazine) that indeed a second taste of Shweta’s fiction is free. Which paints me as a dirty, filthy liar. I won’t deny it.

Awesome congrats to Isaac for his story in Bards and Sages Quarterly. But, damnit Isaac, why can’t there be an online version of this magazine, hm? I hope I can read it at some point…

And awesomeness for Shweta for making a sale at Realms of Fantasy. Her story is called Sultana Lena’s Gift, and I can’t wait to read it! And apparently her story “marks my first slush survivor accepted during the new regime” and for those uninformed that praise is rather glowing.

And I think I’ve got a name for the rampant “hooray for publications” posts. Because I think this is the fourth I’ve made in the past two months, and that’s rather frequent.