It’s the Super-Mega Pimp-My-Peeps Post!

Pimping

It has definitely been a while since I did one of these. Many of my talented writer buddies have been going great guns just lately, and I would be remiss in not pointing you towards these fine new works!

[edit] J.J. Irwin

A fellow Clarionite who isn’t published nearly as much as she deserves to be, J.J. Irwin has a new story in Shimmer, titled “Haniver”. More info here: http://deepfishy.livejournal.com/135154.html

Felicity Dowker

Felicity’s delicious novella Phantasy Moste Grotesk has just been reprinted online over at The Red Penny Papers. I can vouch for this book as a ripper of a read, a great exercise in psychological horror. The creepiness can be found herein:

http://redpennypapers.com/2011/04/17/felicity-dowkers-phantasy-moste-grotesk-begins/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(gotta love that cover!)

Alan Baxter

Alan has just released an e-book summarising a panel he has given at conventions, the book is called “Write the Fight Write”. He knows his stuff, and teaches martial arts when not writing. I’ve already found this book to be an invaluable aid when crafting combat scenes in my fiction, and can’t recommend it highly enough. More on the book here:

http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/write-fight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(he also has a swag of other books available here: http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/books)

Angela Slatter

This lady has got the writing chops, make no mistake. Her story “Lavender and Lych-Gates” is appearing in the upcoming Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 (ed. Stephen Jones), and her series Brisneyland by Night (a fun urban fantasy which originally appeared at the erstwhile Daily Cabal) is being reprinted in the Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, (ed. Paula Guran). She’s also up for *three* Aurealis Awards, one against herself (a piece co-written with her Brain).

Speaking of her brain:

Lisa Hannett

At the end of July, the ever ascendant Lisa will see the publication of her first collection Bluegrass Symphony. Lisa is a truly amazing scribbler, and it was very easy to predict her appearance on all of the recent awards lists. Do yourself a favour and pre-order her book from Ticonderago via this link – that way, you can get your grotty mitts on a copy while saving 20% off: http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/specials.php

These two folks are also working on a joint collection, Midnight and Moonshine, due out November 2012 (apocalypse permitting of course). Here’s the link for those interested:
 
Peter M Ball
 
This dude doesn’t even *need* to be pimped, but while I’m here hollering and waving my swagger stick, here’s the skinny. He has a story “Dying Young” in Eclipse 4. This is a truly top-shelf series of anthologies, caviar spec-fic if you will. A great mile-stone for Peter’s writing, and I recommend that you get all over this book like a cheap suit.
 
 
 
Eric James Stone
I met Eric at WOTF last year, he’s been a stalwart in short fiction markets such as Analog, and is really going places. Not only that, he’s a lovely bloke and really believes in the paying-it-forward stuff that is so important in writing circles. He’s drip-feeding his new novel one chapter at a time onto his blog, and it’s well worth checking out. Have been enjoying this story, a great premise that you, ahem, won’t soon forget 🙂 http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2011/04/05/unforgettable-cover-teaser/
 
Steve Savile
Another WOTF buddy, who describes himself as “the best-selling author you’ve never heard of”, while quietly helping us neo-pro writers with his savvy business sense (and powerful pun resilience). He’s been going great guns with his thriller novel “Silver”, and it’s actually now in the top #5 in the UK Kindle store! Really fun stuff, in the flavour of Dan Brown but with much less bullshit.
 
Brad R Torgerson
Make a note of this dude’s name, he is going gang-busters at the moment and you’ll be seeing plenty of books from him in the near future (or I’ll eat my hat). Since his WOTF win he has had a tonne of pro-sales, and basically owns shares in Analog now or something. He’s got a new piece up at the Intergalactic Medicine Show, get onto it:
 
Jeff Young
Another WOTF peep, Jeff has a story “Blankets” in an upcoming anthology, more details here:
Looks fun!
That will probably do for now, I’m sure there’s some folks that I’ve forgotten or whose emails I’ve misplaced, but I can always bust out the swagger stick and pimp some more upcoming works in the not-too-distant future 🙂

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