Shimmer » The Pirate Issue Pirates! The word evokes the high seas, deep space and bootleg software. Be honest, who hasn’t wanted to be a pirate? Think of plunder, booty–Avast! The MS Shimmer has been captured by the Dred Pirate John Joseph Adams, first-mate of the Fantasy & Science Fiction. For the Summer 2007 issue, […]
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SFRevu had this to say about my story in Apex Digest #6. “Cerbo en Vitra ujo” by Mary Robinette Kowal is a chilling story about a naïve girl investigating the disappearance of her boyfriend.
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Short Fiction Locked In – Samuel, a man afflicted with ALS and locked inside his body, has hopes of communicating when his son brings home the BioDym 3000. Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery – In 1924, a young American heiress uses her powers as a medium to solve a haunting in
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In one of those moments where one plays with technology as a form of procrastination, I created a LiveJournal community for Shimmer Magazine It’s pretty sparse, but there’s a poll up right now about the stories in the Spring issue. Care to let use know what you think?
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I started my Dr. Who story today. It’s going smoothly thus far. I did have to pause in the middle of it to look at photos of the Charles Bridge, where a lot of my action takes place. I had researched it when I wrote the synopsis, but needed to get a better handle on
I just finished another story. This one is short, 1100 words. God. It feels so good to write. I had this conversation with Ken Scholes the other day, and realized that despite my connection with Codex and Shimmer, I miss having someone to shoot the breeze with about a story. We talked about “Ginger” and
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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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Nothing much today. I got to take care of some errands, like running the car to the rental agency so they can replace the brake pad. I spent the rest of the day writing. I finished one story and worked on editing it. After some excellent feedback at Hatrack, this is the current opening. If
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We’ve just been given a lovely review at Tangent Online for our third issue of Shimmer. This issue of Shimmer is full of the well-written slipstream and interstitial stories that show why the magazine has become a favorite with both the fans and the critics. Read the review; buy the magazine.
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I got a big batch of mail from the U.S. today. I got my copies of Apex Digest, which was a lot of fun. The folks in the green room are reading it and making various horrified faces. It’s fun. At the opposite end of the writing spectrum, I also got my official acceptance letter
My story Cerbo en Vitra ujo is in this issue of Apex Digest. It just went on sale. I do feel I should warn some of you that it is horror and fairly icky. But, if you enjoy horror, then please pick up a copy.
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Gmail has this wonderful feature which shows the first line of an email next to the subject line. This evening I was checking my email and saw something from CICADA (a highly prestigious, professional magazine) which said: Dear Ms. Kowal: I’m drafting an acceptance letter for “This Little Pig” and w In a state of
My review of Shannon Hale’s Goose Girl is up at SFFAudio . When I finished listening to Shannon Hale’s The Goose Girl, I wanted to start the story again. I had read the fantasy novel in print form about two years before hearing it and Full Cast Audio brings the characters to life in spot-on
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We’ve got a blurb up at SFFAudio. Shimmer Magazine, the quarterly speculative fiction magazine, is offering “Action Team-Ups Number Thirty-Seven”, a story by Ken Scholes as a free MP3 download. It’s a fun story and was recorded at Willamette Radio Workshop. Click here to listen
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