Gord Sellar was born in Malawi, raised in Canada, and now is living in South Korea, where he works as a professor and is researching the status and development of Korean SF. His writing has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Interzone, and Apex Magazine, among other places, and his story “Lester Young and the Jupiter’s […]
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I got an email from Neil Clarke, the editor of Clarkesworld magazine, saying: “This month, we’re running our annual Clarkesworld Magazine Reader’s Poll. We’re asking people to pick their three favorite stories and covers published in 2008…” This is relevant because my story, Clockwork Chickadee, is one of the stories published in 2008. If you’ve
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I read this month’s audio fiction for Clarkesworld Magazine, “A Woman’s Best Friend” by Robert Reed. I think the story is utterly charming and that it’s the perfect speculative fiction treat for December.
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Read Worm Within by Cat Rambo at Clarkesworld Magazine. The LED bug kicks feebly, trying to push itself away from the wall. Its wings are rounds of mica, and the hole in its carapace where someone has tacked it to the graying boards reveals cogs and gears, almost microscopic in their dimension. The light from
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Lois Tilton at IRoSF reviewed Clarkesworld, which includes “Clockwork Chickadee.” The chickadee hatches a plot with the live mouse, but it’s hard to believe that the sparrow would have been so foolish as to fall for their trick. I don’t think the chickadee is very nice. Hee hee. I don’t think the chickadee is very
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Scott M. Sandridge at The Fix reviewed Clarkesworld Magazine, #21, which included my story “Clockwork Chickadee.” …don’t let the surface innocence of the story fool you. Kowal delves into shades of gray and exposes the grayness in a fairy-tale style trapping often used (at least in modern times) to compare the usual black-and-white view of
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Shortbits reviewed Clockwork Chickadee and closed with this line. This is a fun little steampunk parable whose apparent moral lesson (pride comes before the fall) is somewhat subverted by the cold, calculated nature of Chickadee’s schemes. What’s interesting to me is that I thought about putting an actual moral at the end, but decided not
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This month, Clarkesworld magazine is offering my story, “Clockwork Chickadee,” as one of their two fiction offerings. Plus, “The Secret in the House of Smiles” by Paul Jessup, and non-fiction by Ekaterina Sedia, Jeff VanderMeer and Neil Clarke. The teaser: The clockwork chickadee was not as pretty as the nightingale. But she did not mind.
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Clarkesworld Magazine just posted a preview of the June cover art, which will have my story “Clockwork Chickadee” in it. I am thrilled to be sharing the issue with this creepy art by Eli Effenberger.
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Yesterday, while working at the theater, I ran to an internet cafe so I could check on the status of a prop I’d ordered. Two things popped up in my email. 1. Your account has been suspended. 2. An IM from Neil Clarke asking if I’d like to sell him “Clockwork Chickadee.” So, while I’m
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I thought you might be curious to know how it ended up… Neil says: The three covers in the poll were presented in chronological order and represent a sampling of our favorites. During the 24 hour period prior to the poll, there was a lot of discussion about color, framing, fonts, and such. I have
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I’m doing the cover design for Realms, the anthology of Clarkesworld Magazine. There is a poll to see which of the three versions people respond to most. Please hop over to the Wyrm Publishing webpage and cast your vote. Which one do you most want to read? Cover 1 Cover 2 Cover 3
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I was ordering a subscription to the Clarkesworld Magazine chapbooks (which look gorgeous) and the order form asks “Who is your favorite author?” This stopped me dead in my tracks. Favorite. I was just having this conversation with my husband last night about The Sparrow. It is the book that I always recommend when people
Shimmer made the list for Clarkesworld Bestsellers for the Week Ending June 25, 2006! Woo-hoo! Magazines 1 – Weird Tales 2 – Fantasy & Science Fiction 3 – Paradox 4 – Asimov’s 5 – Shimmer
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Okay, it’s a small thing, but I’m still pretty excited about it. Shimmer made the top five bestsellers list at Clarkesworld Books for the Week ending April 23, 2006. Kind of cool.
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