Author Archives: Natania

Local author release day: Guardian of Night by Tony Daniel

Posted on 2012-02-07 by Natania

Another week has passed, and, lo, there is another local author book newly released to the world. Today, it’s Guardian of Night by Tony Daniel: Here’s the book description: A NEW HOPE FOR CIVILIZATION—A LAST STAND FOR EARTH  For alien Commander … Continue reading →

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Holy slush progress, Batman!

Posted on 2012-02-03 by Natania

Thanks to the efforts of new associate fiction editors, a.k.a. “slushreaders”, JM McDermott and Brenda Kalt, under “senior associate fiction editor” Sarah Rogers who has been pushing the boulder up the hill by herself for a good while now, there’s … Continue reading →

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Local and regional (and Bull Spec alumni!) author release day wrapup, January 31, 2012

Posted on 2012-02-01 by Natania

January 31, 2012 was a good day for fans of local and regional fantasy, as Hillsborough’s James Maxey and Charlotte’s Gail Z. Martin join Bull Spec #4 alum David Tallerman with new books. First, Maxey’s Greatshadow, which is out from … Continue reading →

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Bull Spec local events e-mailing list: February 2012

Posted on 2012-01-31 by Natania

Vol 2. No. 2, January 30, 2012:Welcome to the February 2012 events newsletter from Bull Spec! I hope a lot of you made it out to celebrate new books from local authors JL Hilton, Natania Barron, and Cate Tiernan last … Continue reading →

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An apology to my contributors, readers, and advertisers on the lateness of issue #7.

Posted on 2012-01-16 by Natania

Well, there’s really no hiding it, or “smoothing” it out this time. Issue #7 is no longer the “Winter 2011-12” issue; it’s the “Spring 2012” issue. I want to offer (again) my apologies to my patient readers, my forgiving advertisers, … Continue reading →

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Heading to illogicon, Jan 13-15!

Posted on 2012-01-13 by Natania

Well, it’s time to pack up magazines and the crate that has become the traveling road show for “the year in local sf” and head to illogiCon, this weekend (Friday through Sunday, Jan 13-15) in Raleigh. I don’t have any … Continue reading →

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Wake Forest author Michael Jasper is web serializing his novel A Sudden Outbreak of Magic!

Posted on 2012-01-13 by Natania

Starting with the Prologue today, Wake Forest author Michael Jasper (Gunning for the Buddha, A Gathering of Doorways, The Wannoshay Cycle, …) is web serializing his novel A Sudden Outbreak of Magic: photo by Andy Castro “So here’s the story…   … Continue reading →

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Hugo etc. pandering, 2012 edition:

Posted on 2012-01-05 by Natania

First, the holiday book guide acts as a very good stand-in for repeating a lot of the book-related suggestions — no, seriously, go there and look at the long list of books which were published by local and regional authors … Continue reading →

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Bull Spec local events e-mailing list: January 2012

Posted on 2012-01-04 by Natania

Vol 2. No. 1, January 4, 2012:Welcome to the January 2012 events newsletter from Bull Spec! I hope a lot of you made it out to see Hillary Jordan, John Kessel, and Cassandra Clare last month, and there are a ton of … Continue reading →

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Regional author book release: Faith Hunter’s Raven Cursed (Jane Yellowrock, Book 4)

Posted on 2012-01-03 by Natania

Faith Hunter‘s Raven Cursed is out today, the fourth book in her Jane Yellowrock series of novels: A regional author with a regionally-set book? Indeed: The vampires of Asheville, North Carolina, want to establish their own clan, but since they owe … Continue reading →

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