tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56402784173084864192023-11-16T02:02:49.426-05:00ChiZine Publications BlogA Canadian dark SF/Fantasy/horror publisher.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378128219491839260noreply@blogger.comBlogger498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-72548262567116985152013-02-09T14:32:00.003-05:002014-03-19T14:26:50.048-04:00We've Moved!<span style="font-size: large;">We've moved the CZP blog. You can now find us—and all of our sites</span><span style="font-size: large;">—a</span><span style="font-size: large;">t the CZP Site: <a href="http://chizinepub.com/">http://chizinepub.com</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">. We'll see you there!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-54868316699672661002013-01-13T11:25:00.000-05:002013-01-13T11:25:00.109-05:00Imaginarium Author Profile: Gemma Files<br />
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I started writing creatively before I could write physically, in that I would dictate stories to my dad and he would write them down for me. We would also illustrate these stories, though his illustrations were a lot better than mine. I seem to recall them all being variations on<i> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i> or <i>The Secret World of Og </i>by Pierre Berton.</div>
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<span class="s1">Speculative fiction is magic, myth, poetry. It’s infinite possibility. As a reader, I don’t want to inhabit something just like my real life, or even reflective of it — it’s annoying enough to have to do that on my own time. For my leisure and pleasure, I want to go elsewhere and be other. Speculative fiction provides that.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Look after my son and attempt not to disappoint, either him or anybody else. You would think both would get easier as he and you get older, but they really don’t.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think everybody potentially has a book like that in their life, a book that either did or might put everything in perspective for them, but I couldn’t possibly presume that what worked for me would work for everyone. For me, it might have been Randall Jarrett’s <i>The Animal Family</i>, a “children’”s book about nature and the cycles of time, told beautifully.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Gemma Files was born in London, Enlgand and raised in Toronto. </span><span class="s2">Her short story 'The Emperor's Old Bones', won the 1999 International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Fiction. She has published two collections of short work (<i>Kissing Carrion</i> and <i>The Worm in Every Heart, </i>both Prime Books) and two chapbooks of poetry (<i>Bent Under Night</i>, from Sinnersphere Production, and <i>Dust Radio</i>, from Kelp Queen Press). <i>A Book of Tongues: Volume One in the Hexslinger Series</i> (ChiZine Publications) was released in April, 2010, and will be followed by two sequels, <i>A Rope of Thorns </i>(2011) and <i>A Tree of Bones </i>(2012).</span></div>
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The voyage. It isn’t just spec fic that has appeal. Bananas also have appeal. As a reader, it is the act of discovery. As a writer, it is creating that world, and for those lucky enough, writing to an impossible deadline as you fight the urge to have the novel end with “it was just a dream”.</div>
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Working at the library to pay the bills. Spending more than I make. Poker. Jigsaw puzzles. Movies. Conventions. TV shows like: “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones” and “Primeval”. Been watching some new shows: “Falling Skies” and “The Last Resort”.</div>
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<span class="s1">It’s not necessarily the best advice ever, but it’s good advice: An editor once told me to reduce my use of the word ‘and’ by about fifty percent. For some reason, it really stuck with me. It did wonders for the rhythm of my stories. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I remember sitting in the garden when I was about five, trying to write a sonnet about flowers. I don’t recall much from that particular poem, except that one of the rhyming words was "flair" (which I believe might have rhymed with "air"?). I would like to say this startling piece of childhood genius was published in <i>The New Yorker</i>. Alas, it was not. I believe it made it onto the fridge though.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Write your weird.” That's it. That’s the piece of advice that has stuck in my mind most over the last six months: whatever obsessions, kinks, and strangenesses you’ve been storing away, the things that you ought to never bring up at the dinner table, those are the things that people want to read. That’s the authentic you. That’s the thing that only you can write.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently: what I love in speculative fiction is the possibility of surprise. I get bored very easily, and I read enough that I can often map out a story from it’s premise. I love the moments when you’re following a plot and there’s that beautiful left turn that seems to come out of nowhere, but that also seems so entirely natural. I love not knowing. I love the mystery of it, the way in which the playing field is opened up. I love seeing strangeness turned human, and humanity turned strange. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">When I’m not writing, I spend my time studying medieval manuscripts in order to finish off my Ph.D in medieval studies, not the beautiful illuminated, gold-leaf ones but the scrappy bits of parchment that most people ignore: measuring punctuation marks, comparing fourteenth-century handwriting, studying dialect change. That either sounds incredibly banal or incredibly exciting, and, honestly, it’s a little bit of both. But I love books — old and new — and my obsession with them has been a huge part of my writing. There’s something glorious about the idea that a guy with quill and ink and a bit of paper could make something that would last six hundred years. There’s a sense of perspective it gives you. History is the great leveler and we never know what’s going to make it through. What’s going to matter. But we do it anyway. I like that.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think every book that we read with an open mind changes us: when I was in England two years ago, my sister gave me a copy of Scarlett Thomas' <i>Popco</i>, which, nestled amidst an excellent discussion of code-breaking, number puzzles and family secrets, argues persuasively in favour of vegetarianism. It argued so persuasively that it worked for about two months: after which I came home, and my sister declared that she wouldn’t cook for me if I didn’t eat bacon. Well. I confess I was weak. But what was interesting about the whole experience was my own resistance to the book. I didn’t want to change. Change is scary. Even change in favour of a good that is well-articulated. But that being said, I’m the sum of all the books I’ve ever read. Books shape the discussion. They give us something to react against, and they can speak for a helluva long time. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">But I’m not sure I can honestly say that it makes better poetry: but, hey, I think you’re more likely to find me writing <i>The Love Song of Robert Downey, Jr</i>:</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When I was seven I wrote “Samuel and Alice,” which was my first “novel”. It somehow had four chapters but was only two pages long, plus a title page. It had two children disguised as knights, plus a dragon who spoke in a weird font. My younger brother was so impressed that he wrote his own, “Rachel and Jonathan,” which was really just mine with the names changed.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The first real author I ever met told me I needed to join a writing group. Now, not every writer believes in writing groups, and not all of the advice you’ll find in them is helpful. But personally, that was exactly what I needed. I had to develop my skills, but even more than that, I had to learn to deal with showing strangers my stories — and knowing they might not enjoy them very much. Writing groups throw you right into that.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The first time, even in a cushy newbie part of the group, it was TERRIFYING. I actually couldn’t do it on my own, and had to enlist friends to badger me into it. But I gradually learned to thicken my skin, and nowadays I’m hard to faze. I have trusted betas who can rant about how my characters are too stupid to live and I’ll just laugh and work out how to fix it. But every once in a while, I still do something new that brings the nervousness back, and I have to deal with it again. It’s a process.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think in some respects our culture is very blinkered. We’re taught to think of our bills, our waistlines, and whatever’s in front of our faces. Spec fic reminds us that there are whole UNIVERSES of other things to think about, and some of them have never been thought before. That can be a comforting thing or it can be deeply unsettling, but either way I love it.</span><span class="s1"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I go to school. I’m studying up for a M.Sc. and researching things only data miners and social psychologists will care about. I sing soprano and help out with church music. I navigate a set of strange and unusual personal relationships. I read, needless to say. I worry about every topic it is humanly possible to worry about. And I run an online freeform RPG where the players are fantasy steampunk police. (Before that, it was D&D with a sentient planet.)</span><span class="s1"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Ada's most recent published story was "Mama's Sword" in the <a href="http://www.kazkapress.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/V2I2Oct2012.pdf"><span class="s2">Blood Iris 2012</span></a> anthology by <a href="http://redirisbooks.com/"><span class="s2">Red Iris Books</span></a>. Her most recent poem was "Finding Shadow" in <a href="http://eyetothetelescope.com/index.html"><span class="s2">Eye to the Telescope,</span></a> <a href="http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/005issue.html"><span class="s2">Issue #5: LGBTQ</span></a>. Others are upcoming.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598249530969057993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-88396641481842390912012-12-26T11:56:00.001-05:002012-12-26T11:56:18.693-05:00Imaginarium Author Profile: Peter Chiykowski<br />
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<span class="s1">In my Hulkified version of <i>Imaginarium</i>, Cinderella and the Hulk join forces to manually demolish the wicked stepsisters and their homestead, while the Prince, seeing the well-muscled green Goliath at her side, decides he’d better find himself a meeker, less proto-feministic maiden to rescue from poverty</span></div>
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<span class="s1">CZP asked <i><a href="http://chizinepub.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=39" target="_blank">Imaginarium</a></i> authors a few questions. See how they handle being on the spot, and how they handle The Hulk invading their stories! Between now and January 4th, 2013,</span><span class="s1"> </span>CZP is running this special feature, and today’s author is<b> </b>Ian Rogers<b>,</b> who appeared in <i>Imaginarium 2012: The Best of Canadian Speculative Fiction</i> with the story “The Candle”<b>.</b><br />
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<b>When did you start writing creatively, and what was the first piece you remember working on?</b></div>
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<span class="s1">I’ve been writing all my life, but I started writing seriously when I was around 18 years old or so. The first major story I remember working on was a Lovecraft pastiche called "Black Iron Shadows." It was published in a small-press magazine called <i>imelod</i>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>What is the best advice you have ever been given from a publisher/fellow author/opinionated reader? </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The best thing I was ever told is that all writing advice is relative. Different things work for different people. But it always pays to listen. Also: if you don’t have time to read, then you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. That last one is from Stephen King’s <i>On Writing</i>, and for me it’s one of the best pieces of writing advice ever.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>What is it about speculative fiction that appeals to you, as a reader and/or an author?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The thing that appeals to me about speculative fiction as both an author and a reader is the boundless opportunity of it all. With other genres you usually know what you’re going to get, but spec fic by its very nature is completely unpredictable. Sure, there are some well-known and well-loved tropes, but the potential for a completely unknown concept or idea is right there waiting to be read — or written. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’m a photographer and an artist, although I don’t have much time for either with the time I spend focusing on my writing. I try to get out every fall to take pictures, because those are my favourite kind to take, and I usually complete one or two art projects every year. It’s nice to have other outlets.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Is there a book that you think would change the world (for better or worse) if every person was to read it?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hard to say. People are different. It’s one of the things we supposedly pride ourselves on. The idea of one book speaking to everyone, and with the power to change the world, is an enticing one. But I can’t think of a specific book that would do that. Maybe that’s your answer right there.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>The Hulk is now a character in your <i>Imaginarium </i>story<i>:</i> how would it change?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Ian Rogers is a writer, artist, and photographer. His short fiction has appeared in several publications, including <i>Cemetery Dance</i>,<i>Supernatural Tales</i>, and <i>Shadows & Tall Trees</i>. He is the author of the Felix Renn series of supernatural-noirs ("superNOIRturals"), including "Temporary Monsters," "The Ash Angels," and "Black-Eyed Kids" from Burning Effigy Press. Ian lives with his wife in Peterborough, Ontario.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598249530969057993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-10608118309803830812012-11-04T06:00:00.000-05:002012-11-04T06:00:07.962-05:00World Fantasy Contest - Last Password<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last day of <a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/" target="_blank">World Fantasy Convention</a> and the last password in our World Fantasy Contest:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I’m looking for the Book of Thomas</b></span></div>
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Come to our dealers table before things shut down and the tell us this phrase. We'll give you an entry form to win a $50 gift card from Amazon. But this password is only good while we're still open!<br />
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And don't forget, we've given you an extra chance with a <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-fantasy-contest-first-password.html" target="_blank">password that you can use to get another entry form</a>.<br />
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You can find <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.ca/2012/10/coming-to-world-fantasy-convention-2012.html" target="_blank">full details about the contest</a> in an earlier post.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105361949280719032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-38632458984146344472012-11-03T06:00:00.000-04:002012-11-03T06:00:02.486-04:00World Fantasy Contest - Fourth Password<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Halfway through <a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/" target="_blank">World Fantasy Convention</a>. We'll be hosting a room party tonight! Today's password is:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I can’t remember why you fear me</b></span></div>
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Come to our dealers table and the tell us this phrase and we'll give you an entry form to win a $50 gift card from Amazon. But this password is only good for today!<br />
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We'll be posting new passwords for each day of the convention (through to Sunday) that are only good for the day they are posted. But, we've given you an extra chance with a <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-fantasy-contest-first-password.html" target="_blank">password that you can use to get another entry form during any day</a> of the convention.<br />
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You can find <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.ca/2012/10/coming-to-world-fantasy-convention-2012.html" target="_blank">full details about the contest</a> in an earlier post.<br />
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First full day of the <a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/" target="_blank">World Fantasy Convention</a> in Toronto! Thanks to everyone who's entered our contest. Today's password is:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What’s hair side of the story?</b></span></div>
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Come to our dealers table and the tell us this phrase and we'll give you an entry form to win a $50 gift card from Amazon. But this password is only good for today!<br />
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We'll be posting new passwords for each day of the convention (through to Sunday) that are only good for the day they are posted. But, we've given you an extra chance with a <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-fantasy-contest-first-password.html" target="_blank">password that you can use to get another entry form on any day</a> of the convention.<br />
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You can find <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.ca/2012/10/coming-to-world-fantasy-convention-2012.html" target="_blank">full details about the contest</a> in an earlier post.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105361949280719032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-63353878006768007742012-11-01T07:38:00.000-04:002012-11-01T07:38:07.232-04:00World Fantasy Contest - Second Password<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is the first day of the <a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/" target="_blank">World Fantasy Convention</a> in Toronto! We're still getting set up, but while we work away here is today's password of our World Fantasy Contest:<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That Rasputin was a bastard</span></b></div>
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Come to our dealers table and the tell us this phrase and we'll give you an entry form to win a $50 gift card from Amazon. But this password is only good for today!<br />
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We'll be posting new passwords for each day of the convention (through to Sunday) that are only good for the day they are posted. But, we've given you an extra chance with a <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-fantasy-contest-first-password.html" target="_blank">password that you can use to get another entry form during any day</a> of the convention.<br />
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You can find <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.ca/2012/10/coming-to-world-fantasy-convention-2012.html" target="_blank">full details about the contest</a> in an earlier post.<br />
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Here is the first password of our World Fantasy Contest:<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know every house is haunted</span></b></div>
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Come to our dealers table at the <a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/" target="_blank">World Fantasy Convention</a> in Toronto (November 1-4), tell us this phrase and we'll give you an entry form to win a $50 gift card from Amazon.<br />
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We're going to post passwords every day of the convention (Thursday-Sunday), but those passwords will only be good for the day they are posted. This password can be used <i>any day</i> during the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto.<br />
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You can find <a href="http://chizinepublications.blogspot.ca/2012/10/coming-to-world-fantasy-convention-2012.html" target="_blank">full details about the contest</a> in an earlier post.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105361949280719032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-48911162194204290282012-10-28T19:28:00.000-04:002012-10-30T20:25:26.353-04:00World Fantasy Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coming to the <a href="http://wfc2012.org/">World Fantasy Convention 2012</a> in Toronto? You could win a $50 Amazon gift card. You just need to know the magic words.<br />
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Starting this week and every day during the World Fantasy Convention (November 1-4), we will be posting a password or phrase to <a href="https://twitter.com/chizinepub">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chizinepub">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/118207379480888450109/posts">Google+</a>. All you need to do is come to our dealers table and tell us a password, and like magic an entry slip will appear. (Okay, we’ll hand it to you.) Fill it out, enter it and that’s it! We’ll announce the winner once the World Fantasy Convention has wrapped up.<br />
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If you follow us on Twitter, keep an eye out for the hashtag <b>#wfcontest</b>.<br />
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<li>The Amazon gift card will be delivered by email. You can decide on Amazon.com or Amazon.ca, and American or Canadian dollars.</li>
<li>We will draw the winner Nov. 5. We’ll announce your name on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and our blog. If you want us to use a pseudonym, write it on the entry form.</li>
<li>We will contact you by the email address you provide us to arrange for delivery. If we don’t get a reply by November 12, we will draw another winner.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105361949280719032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-26481077935607536282012-07-17T13:34:00.003-04:002012-07-17T13:34:34.297-04:00SFRevu review Rasputin's Bastards<strong>SFRevu</strong> wrote a review for <em>Rasputin's Bastards</em>, saying:<br />
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More on <a href="http://chizinepub.com/books/rasputins_bastards.php"><em>Rasputin's Bastards</em>!</a><br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157618619584840253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-50790660366832896522012-07-17T13:30:00.001-04:002012-07-17T13:30:24.704-04:00SFRevu reviews A Tree of Bones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkW25ffPn9uJKNto62b8vkPHf6hryAGxCsstQerieA5Q2x-qaKCHZJjD72iYeH1J_CZ7NZnMPXOIReMEnCOKKun806PLFWGKw7RbE2zXexxOg9SkRpey4xeUDN10hImDSwn89MBsznpEQ/s1600/bones_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkW25ffPn9uJKNto62b8vkPHf6hryAGxCsstQerieA5Q2x-qaKCHZJjD72iYeH1J_CZ7NZnMPXOIReMEnCOKKun806PLFWGKw7RbE2zXexxOg9SkRpey4xeUDN10hImDSwn89MBsznpEQ/s320/bones_cover.jpg" width="206" /></a><strong>SFRevu </strong>added a review of <em>A Tree of Bones</em>, saying: <span id="ecxyiv1022900800yui_3_2_0_18_1342031824055177" style="font-weight: normal;">"</span><span id="ecxyiv1022900800yui_3_2_0_18_1342031824055204" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Tree of Bones has...plenty of spectacle and action to keep the plot moving.</span><span id="ecxyiv1022900800yui_3_2_0_18_1342031824055197" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> I highly recommend the series as a whole, it provides a refreshingly different variety of fantasy.</span><br />
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<strong>Publisher's Weekly </strong>reviewed <em>Bullettime</em>, saying: <span style="font-weight: normal;">"[R]eaders willing to venture off the beaten path will be intrigued by Dave's sometimes pathetic and sometimes oddly endearing life stories."</span><br />
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Learn about <a href="http://chizinepub.com/books/bullettime.php"><em>Bullettime</em>!</a>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157618619584840253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-591064455534743382012-07-17T13:18:00.000-04:002012-07-17T13:18:00.953-04:00Speculating Canada reviews Objects of Worship<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VXf5y5Aft2qAdyQqNOJXDLAvcdBxAMCRz39F95mFEbxQbF06h4wTjadqOOqdhiVpWWbqtEGHZfOxR3mpO_VccGyy5Kx0j5U-cd4UyTnK0Q3ObyM9MEVvlelueTDuUxtvn_wryWY_MvfZ/s1600/objects-worship_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VXf5y5Aft2qAdyQqNOJXDLAvcdBxAMCRz39F95mFEbxQbF06h4wTjadqOOqdhiVpWWbqtEGHZfOxR3mpO_VccGyy5Kx0j5U-cd4UyTnK0Q3ObyM9MEVvlelueTDuUxtvn_wryWY_MvfZ/s320/objects-worship_cover.jpg" width="207" /></a><strong>Speculating Canada</strong> has wrote a review of <em>Objects of Worship</em>, saying: <span style="font-weight: normal;">"</span><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Objects of Worship</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a short story where the reader is cast into a gloomy world of shadowy (im)morality where he or she simultaneously sympathizes with characters while being repulsed by them. It leaves the reader with a feeling of delicious depression and the pondering of the world that comes with it."</span><br />
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Here's the rest of CZP's schedule for Readercon 2012:<br />
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<b>ChiZine authors read Saturday 11:00 a.m. in NH/MA. Authors include Nick Mamatas, Paul Tremblay, Nick Kaufmann, Gemma Files, Mike Marano and Yves Meynard</b><br />
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<b>Nick Mamatas</b> is a panelist in "If it Doesn't Sell, What's the Point?" Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Salon G<br />
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<b style="background-color: black;">Gemma Files:</b><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saturday Noon in RI, Gemma Files is a panelist in "The Works of Caitlin R. Kiernan"</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saturday 3:00 p.m. Kaffeeklatsch with Gemma Files and Shawna McCarthy</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saturday 7:30 p.m.reading in NH/MA</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Autographs Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in Salon E</span></li>
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<b>Nicholas Kaufmann </b>reads at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in NH/MA<br />
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Not only are our authors taking part in these events (and some on Thursday and Friday,) but we're also in the Bookshop. Come say hello!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640278417308486419.post-55900637756787476292012-06-23T11:41:00.000-04:002012-06-23T11:41:57.485-04:00Guy Boy Man's Conservative Plan to End American Unemployment<br />
<span style="background-color: #141414; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">An excerpt from Guy Boy Man's website <a href="http://howtoendhumansuffering.com/" style="color: #808040; text-decoration: none;">HowToEndHumanSuffering.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">"Speaking as a trillionaire, I know I create all kinds of jobs by hoarding vast sums of wealth. (I assume I do, anyway.) And I'm sure we, the rich, will get around to creating all kinds of really great jobs for the unemployed that will make everybody super happy but, if I can speak for the rich, and since I'm richer than the rich, I can, let me just say, we don't like to be rushed. We do things at our own pace. (We're always pretty busy adjusting our ascots, pocket squares, and monocles.) And it's pretty much impossible to create jobs when everybody is watching us. (We hate it when you're watching us.) Also, in truth, we might never get around to creating any jobs. If you give us tax cuts, we might just roll around naked in all that extra money. (We really like doing that.)"</span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: #141414; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">Click </span><a href="http://www.howtoendhumansuffering.com/Ending_Unemployment.html" style="background-color: #141414; color: #808040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here </a><span style="background-color: #141414; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;">for the full text, but only if you think you're ready for Guy Boy Man's powerful truth!</span><br />
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