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• On M. John Harrison’s Sunken Lands

  By editorialmonster on July 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I always struggle to think about what to say about books that are The… Books… Of… The… Season! This is no exception. It’s a brilliant and unsettling thing, like holding a book that slowly turns into a silvery fish in… Read More ›

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• Paul Jessup’s June Short Story Roundup

  By editorialmonster on June 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Here we go, here we go, a read and appreciated list for June 2020. Hold on, you might say, isn’t this a Locus style short story roundup? Are you going to go through a long list of everything published in… Read More ›

• LAUNCH DAY: WAY OF THE LASER FUTURE CRIME STORIES IS HERE!

  By editorialmonster on June 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  With full hearts and hopeful spirits, Eric and I are pleased to see the final version of WAY OF THE LASER: FUTURE CRIME STORIES finally and completely out into the world. We began as a Kickstarter, and turned into something… Read More ›

• British Propaganda Disguised as Historical Fiction: NETFLIX’S THE LAST KINGDOM

  By editorialmonster on June 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Late into the night, sipping strong alcohol, and avoiding the bad news and adult responsibilities, I sat through the male power Fantasy soap opera, on Netflix, “The Last Kingdom”, and found it fine enough while not thinking too hard. As… Read More ›

• By editorialmonster on June 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In our continuing series of mini-interviews, we talk with authors who have a story in our forthcoming collection WAY OF THE LASER: FUTURE CRIME STORIES, recently reviewed positively by ALA Booklist! Today, we talk to Caroline Cormack, who’s story “case_solve”… Read More ›

• Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam talks “Hearty Appetites” from WAY OF THE LASER

  By editorialmonster on June 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Management: We continue our series of short interviews with the contributors to our debut anthology, WAY OF THE LASER: FUTURE CRIME STORIES. Today, we are pleased to hear from Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam! Hey, thanks for being a part of The… Read More ›

• Holly Schofield talks “A Handful of Empty” from THE WAY OF THE LASER

  By editorialmonster on June 10, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Management: In our continuing series of little interviews, we talk with authors about their work from WAY OF THE LASER: FUTURE CRIME STORIES. Today, we sit down with Holly Schofield, who reimagines hardboiled detective stories on a difficult colony world,… Read More ›

• Wendy Wagner talks “Child of Pilumnus” from WAY OF THE LASER

  By editorialmonster on June 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Management: Hey, thanks for being a part of The Way of the Laser, our first anthology. So far, it’s gotten great reviews. Can you tell our readers a little about your story and where you got the idea for it?… Read More ›

• Good News and Good Books While the World is Burning

  By editorialmonster on June 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  It is surreal and unsettling to try and promote a book, coming out later this month, about the future of crime and criminality when all around us law enforcement appear to be rioting in the streets for their right to… Read More ›

• Evil in Technicolor: a New Horror Anthology for Release in October 2020!

  By editorialmonster on June 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  VernacularBooks is thrilled to announce the forthcoming horror and dark fantasy anthology EVIL IN TECHNICOLOR edited by Joe M McDermott, and featuring the work of 10 authors: Stina Leicht, E. Catherine Tobler, A. C. Wise, Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein, Adam Gallardo, Haralambi… Read More ›