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It's very simple: Every Friday, YOU are invited to write anything having to do with fantasy -- a rant, a review, a story -- in our open post. At 5pm PST, we'll choose the day's most entertaining writer and PayPal them $10. Go have a beer! (Or a fudge sundae.) And everyone who posts will be thanked in print in our next anthology!


Excerpt from Seaborn by Chris Howard
Excerpt from Personal Demons by Stacia Kane
Excerpt from “Clockwork Heart” by Dru Pagliassotti
A Sneak Peek: Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears / Black Swan, White Raven!
“Down on the Farm,” by Karen Heuler, from Bandersnatch
 
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Empress by Karen Miller
Puddlejumpers by Mark Jean and Christopher C. Carlson
The Magician and The Fool by Barth Anderson
The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
No Objectivity: AZTEC REX
 
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Superheroes and Property Damage
Friday, July 4, 2008
fantasy friday  / Blog For A Beer - Superheroes and Property Damage
by / copyright 2008

Happy Fourth of July, Fantasy Readers! What a great day to blog and win some beer (or hot chocolate…). Every week we offer up a bloggy prompt and invite you to discuss and debate the topic. The comments will close at 11:59PM Pacific time Saturday and, if we have at least 10 participants, […]

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Wall-e
Thursday, July 3, 2008
news  / “WALL-E” Success, Joss Whedon Musical, and Female Fantasy Writers
by / copyright 2008

Movies

Gary Westfahl Is Ashamed to Admit It: Animated “WALL-E” Is Best SF Film in Years
Where New Superhero Flick “Hancock” Went Wrong, by io9
New Animated Feature “Fly Me to the Moon” Brings Insect Stowaways to Outer Space
io9 Details 10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper

Television

Joss Whedon Announces Air Dates for New Online Musical (Starring […]

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Seaborn by Chris Howard

our books  / Excerpt from Seaborn by Chris Howard
by / copyright 2008

“From the first page of Seaborn, you are immersed. Chris Howards navigates a wild ride through a brilliantly edgy and richly atmospheric alter-world. Here is a fresh, formidable spin on sf/f and Howard is a talent to watch out for. Seaborn will leave you spellbound.” –National Book Awards Finalist Adele Griffin

All Life began in the […]

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Wheelman Press
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
inner view  / Gregory Bernard Banks on Disability in Fantasy and Science Fiction
by / copyright 2008

Last week’s story, The Lodger at Wintertide, featured a hearing-impaired protagonist. It got me thinking about how I rarely see disabled/differently-abled characters in genre stories, much less fiction that handles disability well. I only knew of one author who often included disabled characters in his work: Gregory Bernard Banks.
Banks is a customer […]

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Empress by Karen Miller
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
reviews  / Empress by Karen Miller
by / copyright 2008

Karen Miller’s Empress, the first in the Godspeaker trilogy, is a book of epic high fantasy that clocks in at a whopping 717 pages. The length makes it look like a bit of a chore, but Miller’s tight prose and interesting representations of religious fervor will keep readers riveted. Lush action scenes filled with gore […]

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Bride-To-Be by one-11 on Flickr

author spotlight  / Puppet Strings: Rachel Swirsky
by / copyright 2008

I realized that I wanted to examine the reason why people are drawn to stories about the coupling of gods and mortals. Of course, there are the originals from the myths — Zeus as a golden shower, a bull, or a swan, seducing mortal maidens. At the time I was writing this story, there had […]

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Monday, June 30, 2008
fiction  / Marrying the Sun
by / copyright 2008

The wedding went well until the bride caught fire.
Bridget’s pretty white dress went up in a whoosh, from train-length veil to taffeta skirt to rose-embroidered bodice and Juliet cap with ferronière of pearls. The fabric burned so hot and fast that it went up without igniting Bridget’s skin, leaving her naked, singed, embarrassed, and crying.
Of […]

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Beeer
Friday, June 27, 2008
fantasy friday  / Blog For A Beer: Favorite Female Writers
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It’s Fantasy Friday, that means another installment of Blog For A Beer! Every week we offer up a bloggy prompt and invite you to discuss and debate the topic. The comments will close at 11:59PM Pacific time Saturday and, if we have at least 10 participants, we’ll award $10 in beer (or sundae, if […]

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newsboy by bfistermn on Flickr
Thursday, June 26, 2008
news  / Heroes 3 News; The Return of Slavery; Gender War Continues
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Movies

Neil Gaiman, Fully Booked Present 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards
Guillermo Del Toro Wants Hobbit Movies to Be Just Like Books … Except for Being Movies
Stephen Spielberg to Direct Fantasy Film with Clues
James McAvoy Crosses Physical Boundaries in Wanted

Television

Heroes 3 Delves Into Backstory, Possibly to Forget Season 2 Suckage
Rose Is Back to Doctor Who, and io9 […]

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Personal Demons by Stacia Kane
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
our books  / Excerpt from Personal Demons by Stacia Kane
by / copyright 2008

“…a nice change from the usual tales of vampires and werewolves running around shrieking about mates and soulmates. It is also a fun-filled read that I find so enjoyable from the first page to last.” –Mrs Giggles
“…an exciting new addition to the urban fantasy/paranormal romance genre. It’s action packed, humorous and suspenseful.” –Spotlight Review

Megan promises […]

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