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Happy Book Birthday to "Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology"

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, which I co-edited with Julie C Day (publisher and main editor), Carina Bissett, and Julia DeRidder (who did lots of editorial work even though she’s not on the cover) released this week. It features work by Martha Wells, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl among other authors. It’s a diverse group in several ways. Science fiction, horror,…

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Victoria Brownworth, In Memoriam

I didn’t know the trailblazing lesbian Victoria Brownworth, but I remember her as a fighter. She was always on Twitter (when it was still usable), pointing out injustice. She wasn’t afraid to get into arguments with people — I remember her warning me to not engage with her critics. She was made of tough stuff. She, through her micropress Tiny Satchel, published my YA novel, Bereft. Bereft…

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Podcast appearance/Tanith Lee tribute anthology

Surfacing for some quick news….. Last month, I was interviewed by Scott Edelman for his podcast Eating the Fantastic. We conducted the interview at the Unconventional Dinner in the Mt Vernon section of DC. I had brulee’d French Toast.  Eating the Fantastic Interview Next month Storyteller  the Tanith Lee Tribute anthology helped edit with Julie C. Day and Carina Bissett, is released. The…

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Autumn's Grey Solace, "The Dark Space"

The new album opens with “Forever Dreaming” a blissful melody layered over a reworking of one of their older songs, “Redivvus.” Erin Welton’s soprano vocals are clear and her words discernible, harkening back to the band’s earlier material. It’s a warm, slightly anxious love song that’s immediately catchy. The trend continues with “Catch My Canaries,” which starts out as gentle folk-rock before it morphs into an angelic hymn. The following songs, including the excellent title track, are melancholy in tone, boasting strong memorable melodies and gossamer instrumentation, culminating urgent symphonic guitar work of “Scarcity.”  “The Dark Space” highlights Welton and Scott Ferrell’s songcraft more than it does the atmospheric soundscapes in their more esoteric material. “The Dark Space” is dreampop with a strong emphasis on the pop side, and is a perfect introduction to the two decades of the band’s material.  (Reference points: Cocteau Twins, The Sundays).

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Launch Day for the Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology!

The Kickstarter Campaign for STORYTELLER: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, launched today! To celebrate, my co-editors and I read from Tanith’s work for a live event. You can watch it here. Carina Bissett read from the novel White as Snow, Julie C Day read from The Silver Metal Lover, and I read from “The Persecution Machine,” Lee’s loving homage to Edward Gorey. Check out and support the…

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Tanith Lee Tribute Kickstarter about to launch!

The Kickstarter for Storyteller, the Tanith Lee tribute anthology is launching soon! There are amazing authors contributing to the book, many authors who were either influenced by her and fans of her work. We’ve amassed a diverse crowd (both in terms of genre and gender, ethnicity and sexuality–like Tanith’s fiction) and there are 6 open spots for other authors when the project gets funded.…

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An Interview with Author Maya Deane

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Interview about Tanith Lee

I spoke with Julia DeRidder about the influence Tanith Lee has had upon my fiction. You can watch it below! This is part of the build up for the Tanith Lee Kickstarter that will fund a tribute anthology called Storyteller.

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Tanith Lee Roundtable

The roundtable discussion, entitled Storyteller: The Legacy and Work of Tanith Lee panel discussion is now available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube. The Outer Dark hosted the panel, which will be on the OD podcast sometime in the future. I had a blast talking with and listening to fellow panelists editor/author Terri Windling, scholars Lisa Kröger, and Melanie R Anderson. The panel was…

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UPCOMING EVENT: Storyteller: A Roundtable celebrating the legacy of Tanith Lee!

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BOOK REVIEW: The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert. Tragicomic magical realism.

M. Ricket’s novel The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is almost uncategorizable. It’s a magical realist character study/slice of life smalltown drama. The magic in the novel is more in the vibe than it is in concrete acts of wonder. There are hints of fabulism in the stories the characters tell one another, and when ghosts do appear, they are as natural as the sea air that drenches the small New…

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The darkly beautiful dreampop of the new Autumn's Grey Solace album "Cease to Exist"

An outgrowth from the Gothic underground, the microgenre sometimes called etherealwave (Heavenly Voices and dreampop are also used interchangably) has a timeless quality. Built of layers of textural, effects-laden guitar and intricately woven, almost operatic vocals, the music has an otherworldly quality that’s addictive as it is unearthly. AGS has been perfecting their craft for over 20 years,…

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New Story in BLACKENED ROOTS: An Anthology of the Undead

My story “Grayed Out” appears in the newly released Blackened Roots anthology edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz and Tonia Ransom. “Grayed Out” is my zombie gentrification story. Buy here!

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Pride & Horror Roundtable Discussion

The fabulous Gwendolyn Kiste just released the first part of a roundtable discussion on Pride with fellow queer authors Addie Tsai, Christina Ladd, K.P. Kulski, Larissa Glasser, and Mona Swan Lesueur. Link

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Upcoming June 2023 Appearances

June 13 — Reading as part of Queering Sound Spoken Word with Bernard Welt, Mark Osele, Natalie Illum, & Daneille Evennou. 7 PM at the Takoma Beverage Co. Virtual Stoker Con Panels Take Their Hands: Ancestry as Source. Moderated by L.E. Daniels, with Lee Murray, Pamela Jeffs, Eugen Bacon & Cindy O’Quinn.  Something Old, Something New: The Power of Horror Retellings Moderated by Gwendolyn Kiste…

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Spring 2023 Writing News

I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival last week with the authors Jinwoo Chong and Owen King. Flux, Chong’s debut is a speculative fiction novel that has elements of time travel, alternate realities, tech startups, and queer and Asian American identity. King’s novel The Curator is a gaslamp neogothic fantasy set in an unnamed European country at the turn of…