So this week I’m reading Railsea, by China Miéville, author of several of my favorite books, including Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and Kraken.
Teaser Tuesday: “Railsea”
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Random Rejection: The Leading Edge, “Draw”
It’s been quite a while since I reached into my giant pile of rejection letters, so today I spun up random.org and it told me to pick the third letter from the “L” folder. As it turns out, this is a rejection from the magazine The Leading Edge for my short story “Draw”, a science fiction Western, previously excerpted in a Teaser Tuesday.
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Teaser Tuesday 3/19/2019: “The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”
Recently I upgraded my eReader to one with a larger screen and, like other eReaders I’ve owned, this one came with a selection of public domain works. In this case, one of the works was The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by some guy nobody has ever heard of.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Range of Ghosts”
So this week I was reading Range of Ghosts, an epic fantasy by Elizabeth Bear, which — unlike most epic fantasies I’ve read — is set in what appears to be an analogue of the Mongolian steppes rather than an analogue of Western Europe, which is enough all on its own to make it interesting. Fortunately I also enjoyed the story.
Teaser Tuesday 12/18/2018: “Mortal Engines”
So this week I’m reading Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve.
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Teaser Tuesday 11/13/2018: “Where the Dead Walk”
This week I’m reading Where the Dead Walk, by John Bowen, in which the crew of one of those ubiquitous paranormal investigation shows unexpectedly runs up against the real thing. Hilarity does not ensue.
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Teaser Tuesday 11/6/2018: “Extinct”
So this week I’m reading Extinct, a post-apocalyptic novel by Ike Hamill:
