December newsletter: The fourth annual Bull Spec guide to Carolinas science fiction and fantasy, ahead of the first annual regional author holiday book expo this Saturday!

Posted on 2013-12-05 at 17:59 by montsamu

Vol 3. No 12. December 5, 2013:

Finally! It's here! Bull Spec announces the release of the fourth annual guide to regional science fiction and fantasy, covering 2013 in Carolinas (and some friendly neighbors) novels, anthologies, collections, young adult, middle grade, audiobooks, and more. The guide, organized both by format (novel, anthology, audiobook) and genre/age group (fantasy, science fiction, horror, young adult) includes works by Ariel Djanikian, Tony Daniel, David Weber, David Drake, Jay Posey, David Niall Wilson, Jacob Foxx, Alex Cavanaugh, James Maxey, Gail Martin, Tonia Brown, Matt Ross, Danny Birt, J. Michael Shell, Michael J. Sullivan, Maggie Schein, Mindi Meltz, Melissa Scott and Jo Graham, Faith Hunter, John Hartness, Jenna Black, Mur Lafferty, RS Belcher, Diana Bastine, Stuart Jaffe, David B. Coe, Cherie M. Priest, Daniel Wallace, Richard Dansky, Mike Allen, Jason Mott, Alex Wilson, Lewis Shiner, Nathan Ballingrud, Lauren Harris, Kelly Gay, Davey Beauchamp, Hank Davis, Natania Barron, Jason Morningstar, Beth Revis, Megan Shepherd, Author, David Macinnis Gill, Mike Jasper, Bridget Ladd, Alethea Kontis, Nathan Kotecki, L. Jagi Lamplighter, PT McHugh, A.J. Hartley, Ursula Vernon, Gabriel Dunston, Jeremy Whitley, Jason Strutz, Brockton McKinney, Clay Griffith, JM McDermott, Teresa Frohock, Alex Granados, Nancy A. Collins, Gray Rinehart, Jay Requard, Tee Morris, Pip Ballantine, Steve White, Eden Royce, and more.

The guide is released in advance of the first annual regional author holiday book expo at Durham's Atomic Empire on Saturday, December 7 from 3 to 8 pm, which includes nearly 20 of the Carolinas authors from this year's guide, who will be on hand to sign and personalize their books. So far, the lineup includes: Natania Barron (Geek Mom), Clay and Susan Griffith (Vampire Empire), Matthew Ross (The Secret of Ji), James Maxey (Greatshadow), Nathan Kotecki (The Suburban Strange), Ariel Djanikian (The Office of Mercy), Jay Posey (Three), and more.

Meanwhile! Some publication notes and other news:

• K. B. Sluss, "Lost in Transit" in Daily Science Fiction (K.B. also posted a really nice review of Jason Mott's The Returned and another of Kim Stanley Robinson's Shaman)
• In September, Jordan Taylor's short story "The Desire of All Things" was published in Shimmer 17
• Alan Watkins' flash story "Blackout" was published at Dead Mule
• Alex Wilson's Writers of the Future winning story "Vestigial Girl" was podcast on Escape Pod back in July, read by Carolinas author Nathaniel Lee
• Durham author Stephen Messer shared a Herald-Sun article on the opening of a new bookstore in downtown Durham
• Local comics news? Yes. Brockton McKinney posts that Ehmm Theory #4 is out now!
• ECGC 2014 is open for registration: http://ecgconf.com/register/

-Sam

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UPCOMING EVENTS, DECEMBER 2013

3 — Regional book release day for the anthology Kicking It edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price (December 3)

NEW: 7 (Saturday) 2 to 4 pm — Chapel Hill Comics hosts a Man v Liver signing with Neil Hinson and Paul Friedrich. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1430873870461541/

NEW: 7 (Saturday) 3 to 8 pm — First annual regional author holiday book expo at Durham’s Atomic Empire, with (so far) Natania Barron, Clay and Susan Griffith, Matthew Ross, Bully Pulpit Games, Eryk Pruitt, Ariel Djanikian, Stuart Jaffe, and Bull Spec. More info: /2013/11/18/monday-musings-a-local-author-holiday-book-fiesta-at-atomic-empire-on-saturday-december-7-and-miscellaneous-news/

10 — Regional book release day for Collection: Cat ‘O Nine Tales: The Jane Yellowrock Stories by Faith Hunter and The Jane Yellowrock World Companion by Faith Hunter with Carol Malcolm (Dec 10)

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2013 holiday book buying guide to regional science fiction and fantasy

Posted on 2013-12-04 at 18:51 by montsamu

Whew. Even though I've been updating the 2013 book preview during the course of the year, there were still quite a few things I learned about only recently here in late 2013, and of course plenty I missed ahead of time and during the year. So! Like I've done in 2012, 2011, and 2010..., here is my run-down of 2013 in regional science fiction and fantasy, and as always, let me know of the (likely many) omissions and errors, and! in a first this year, come by the 2013 Bull Spec regional author holiday book expo on Saturday, December 7, at Durham's Atomic Empire from 3 pm to 8 pm, where a score of the authors below will be gathered to personalize books, chat, and there will also be comics, books, games, collectibles, and indeed beer on hand as well. And! The trusty Underwood manual typewriter which has made a few appearances over the years will be in attendance for a special community holiday fiction project. Enjoy!

SCIENCE FICTION

The Office of Mercy: A Novel by Ariel Djanikian (Viking Adult and Tantor Audio, February 21) — Debut novel for this new Chapel Hill author, recommended for readers who have aged up from The Hunger Games and are looking for something just a bit more meaty. “Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five—a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha’s allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.” (Chapel Hill)

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The Hardest Part: L. Jagi Lamplighter on The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin

Posted on 2013-12-04 at 15:29 by montsamu

I've had my eye caught repeatedly by the covers to Virginia author L. Jagi Lamplighter's Prospero's Daughter series, which borrows from Shakespeare's The Tempest and other classical sources to create a robust modern fantasy. But not all sources of inspiration and creativity and setting are so easily borrowed from, as she writes here for "The Hardest Part" guest column series.

The Hardest Part: Filing off the Serial Numbers

When I was twelve, I started my first novel. My father distributed movies to television stations, and I occasionally worked for him, stuffing Gumby dolls into envelopes and other odd tasks that the children of film distributors are called upon to do. Because of his work, though, I was very familiar with copyright laws and the fact that it was not legal to write about other people’s characters.

Armed with this information, I very carefully put in hours of work to invent my own stuff, rather than write in the worlds of favorite authors, as friends occasionally did.

I was tremendously conscientious about it.

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Friday Quick Updates: Local Black Friday and Small Business Saturday alternatives; another Carolina Book Beat focus on local sf on Monday; and the latest on the regional author holiday book expo next Saturday!

Posted on 2013-11-29 at 14:10 by montsamu

Friday November 29, 2013: While I'm probably somewhere in between the sentiment offered by Shimmer and the most commercial of line-up offerings at the big box stores, I did want to send out a roundup of what's going on this weekend, along with some other news.

FRIDAY

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The Hardest Part: Sofia Samatar on A Stranger in Olondria

Posted on 2013-11-27 at 13:40 by montsamu

I was delighted when Bull Spec poetry editor Dan Campbell bought one of Sofia Samatar's poems, and we worked to sneak "The Year of Disasters" into issue #7 last year as her debut novel, A Stranger in Olondria, was due that summer. Buzz was already building and Small Beer Press soon released a multiple chapter PDF preview which I happily devoured, waiting for more. But, as sometimes happens, the book was moved to this year's publishing schedule instead. Released to some fantastic reviews early on (Library Journal gave it a starred review, and Locus praised its "elegant language" and "revelatory focus", calling it "the rare first novel with no unnecessary parts ... the most impressive and intelligent first novel I expect to see this year, or perhaps for a while longer.") it has remained a book of interest; Strange Horizons published Newcastle University's Nic Clarke's review just last month. And this week, after some months of growing impatience on my part let me tell you, the book was released in audio as well. Now, for the guest column series The Hardest Part, Samatar writes about her 13-year struggle with the book's 7th chapter. Who believes in lucky numbers, anyway?

By Sofia Samatar:

The hardest part of writing A Stranger in Olondria was Chapter Seven.

At the end of Chapter Six, Jevick, my main character, sees a ghost. This is a young man enjoying the pleasures of a foreign city—he’s a merchant, a student, an amateur philosopher, a wanderer in bookshops and cafés. The first six chapters of the book have an even, contemplative tone: Jevick’s story is part memoir and part travelogue. Then a ghost starts haunting him, and his whole world changes. My writing needed to reflect that change. How?

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Monday Musings: A local author holiday book expo at Atomic Empire on Saturday December 7; and miscellaneous news

Posted on 2013-11-18 at 16:03 by montsamu

Monday, November 18, 2013: The big news today is that after thinking about it and half-planning to do it for a number of years now, this year we're actually going to have a local author holiday book expo where local authors will be on hand to sign and personalize their books. So far, the lineup includes:

• Natania Barron (Geek Mom and Pilgrim of the Sky)
• Clay and Susan Griffith (Vampire Empire paranormal Steampunk alternate history adventure book trilogy, various graphic novels)
• Matthew Ross (The Secret of Ji epic fantasy book series, books one and two)
• Bully Pulpit Games (Fiasco and Durance)
• Eryk Pruitt (short horror film Foodie and the forthcoming 2014 Southern neo-noir novel Dirtbags)
• James Maxey (fantasy series starting with Bitterwood and second fantasy series starting with Greatshadow, along with superhero novel Nobody Gets the Girl, among other books)
• Nathan Kotecki (young adult paranormal series with books The Suburban Strange and Pull Down the Night)
• Gabriel Dunston (comics and graphic novels, and the picture book The Castle on the Crag)
• Jacob Foxx (science fiction series The Fifth World)
• Ariel Djanikian (dystopian novel The Office of Mercy)
• Jay Posey (post-apocalyptic novel Three) -- from 3 to 4 pm
• Stuart Jaffe (The Max Porter Paranormal-Mysteries and post-apocalyptic fantasy series The Malja Chronicles, among other books)
• Diana Bastine (author of the Young Adult fantasy novels The Source, Shapeshifter and Selkie)
• Debra Killeen (author of the 5-volume award-winning fantasy series, The Myrridian Cycle)
• Gray Rinehart (writer and musician, recent CD Truths and Lies and Make Believe will be on sale and we may even get a musical performance!)
• Bridget Ladd (author, The Lotus Effect)
• Zack Smith (writer, Adventure Time and Regular Show comic scripts)
• Jeremy Whitley (writer, Princeless) -- tentatively, the second half of the expo
• ... and of course Bull Spec magazine individual copies and 4-issue sets
• And! The trusty Underwood manual typewriter which has made a few appearances over the years will be in attendance for a special community holiday fiction project.

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Friday Quick Updates: MACE, Chapel Hill Comics hosts Ed Piskor, and 3 days remain to kickstart Purgatory Pub

Posted on 2013-11-15 at 21:22 by montsamu

Friday, November 15, 2013: All recovered from NC Comicon last weekend? While in the Triangle the sole event this weekend is the Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree) Chapel Hill Comics signing on Saturday, for folks further West, Steve Long is among those heading to MACE, “The Carolinas’ Best Gaming Con”, in Charlotte this weekend, which boasts Paizo Publishing’s Jason Bulmahn along with a trio from Pinnacle Entertainment Group as its guests of honor, and also involves Davey Beauchamp, so there is a high likelihood of some manner of shenanigans.

Meanwhile in local news, Mur Lafferty’s novel The Shambling Guide to New York City was nominated for Best Urban Fantasy Novel of 2013 by RT Book Reviews! and! in news that should delight both fans of Princeless and My Little Pony, local writer Jeremy Whitley was tabbed to write issue 2 of new 2014 IDW title My Little Pony: Friends Forever. More details: “(W) Jeremy Whitley (A) Tony Fleecs (CA) Amy Mebberson — The Cutie Mark Crusaders have done everything they can think of to get their cutie marks. But there’s one creature of chaos who might have some ideas they would never think of… Discord! When our pint-sized heroines start working with the unpredictable trickster, the results are bound to get unusual! Will Ponyville be able to survive their friendship? In Shops 2/14. Preorder in December!”

Lastly, there’s just 3 days to go in Bull Spec art director Gabe Dunston’s Kickstarter for his graphic novel Purgatory Pub, and he’s just $800 short of his $3500 goal. I’ve had the chance to work with Gabe on a few projects now, and this guy:

Is a guy you can trust to deliver the goods as promised. Best of luck, Gabe, in pushing over the finish line, and I look forward to checking out book one!

-Sam

UPCOMING EVENTS, NOVEMBER 2013

15-17 (Friday to Sunday) — MACE, “The Carolinas’ Best Gaming Con”, in Charlotte this weekend, which boasts Paizo Publishing’s Jason Bulmahn along with a trio from Pinnacle Entertainment Group as its guests of honor, and also involves Davey Beauchamp, so there is a high likelihood of some manner of shenanigans.

16 (Saturday) 6-9 pm — Chapel Hill Comics hosts Ed Piskor for a signing of his newest graphic novel Hip Hop Family Tree: Volume 1. More info: http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/content/?p=3259

22 (Friday) — UNC’s Morehead Planetarium hosts a science education benefit, The Jupiter Ball. “The Jupiter Ball is a benefit gala for Morehead Planetarium and Science Center supporting science education for North Carolina schoolchildren. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. William E. Thornton, North Carolina’s first astronaut, will be our honored guest for the 2013 Jupiter Ball. As a member of the Skylab support crew, a veteran of two space flights on the shuttle Challenger and a holder of more than 35 patents, Dr. Thornton fully understands the importance of inspiration and innovation.” More info: http://moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=jupiter_ball.html

24 (Sunday) — Quail Ridge Books hosts Elizabeth Langston – ‘Whisper Falls’.

[As always check the latest newsletter for the full list of events and such.]

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The Hardest Part: Jeremy Zerfoss on Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

Posted on 2013-11-13 at 14:56 by montsamu

Life is sometimes a fortuitous sequence of events and meetings all leading to someplace interesting. For example: artist Jeremy Zerfoss started doing work with Jeff VanderMeer; I was publishing a review of VanderMeer's non-fiction collection Monstrous Creatures and found room for Jeremy's fantastic limited edition dust jacket cover; and then was later able to commission Jeremy to put together his amazing cover for Bull Spec #6 to celebrate all things VanderMeer. Looking back, I barely remember the process on my end of asking for that cover: "Do something weird and cool, thanks!" is probably as far as I got, and before long this amazing thing grew and became the cover. This process was quite short and brief, not taking years of back and forth collaboration via email, phone, and perhaps coded telegraphs or carrier pigeon missives, as the process Jeremy writes about here: that of working with Jeff to create Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="280"] Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
By Jeff VanderMeer and Jeremy Zerfoss
Abrams Image, 2013[/caption]

By Jeremy Zerfoss:

Blunderbook: Or The Hardest Part Of Working With A Murderous Bear

Hello everyone – my name is Jeremy Zerfoss and I’m the main illustrator of Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer, newly released by Abrams and available wherever awesome can be found.

Sam asked me to write a bit about the hardest part of working on this two year (OMG!) project and it took a bit longer than I expected since for a book that was this crazy, and this unprecedented -- there were quite a few obstacles to tackle.

So… let me break this down as best I can:

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Monday miscellany: call for winter short stories for charity; the Odyssey workshop announces winter classes; and the Piedmont Laureate Program seeks candidates for its short fiction award

Posted on 2013-11-11 at 19:15 by montsamu

Monday, November 11, 2013: Here I’m just going to put out three unrelated things that I’ve been meaning to write about but just haven’t found the time or space to do so.

1. TRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE ISSUES CALL FOR LOCAL WRITERS WINTER STORIES

First, and this one’s a long, long time in coming, with a hat tip to Pete Wood for sending along this call for stories, on behalf of Triangle Radio Reading Service:

Triangle Radio Reading Service is planning a "Local Writers' Christmas/Winter Stories" program. Our readers are all volunteers; our listeners are all print-and-visually-impaired. Stories must be twenty minutes or less and "for some reason appropriate to be read on or about December 25." Multiple one-hour episodes with be recorded and aired one or more times on-and-around December 25. Writers must be willing to allow stories to be read this year and in the future.Send stories to (or address questions to) [email protected]. Learn more about the service at trianglereadingservice.org.

Kurt said:

Addressing your questions:

1.  Deadlines:  I can start collecting stories now and can continue to collect until the end of November.  At that point, I should be “calling it” and determining just how many stories we have, thereby establishing how many shows I can put together.

2.  Previously recorded stories:  Yes!  It would certainly save time and trouble on this end.  I listened to the link you sent, however, and I would want to ask permission to edit some of the “extraneous” information before inserting such a story into one of our shows. We normally just have the reader’s name and that of the author. Information to share with potential contributors: We will be broadcasting each show that I “cobble-together” one or more times during the month of December. They will also be available in podcast. And we do re-broadcast holiday programs in following years. Examples of previous Christmas Story programs (note that these are not “local originals”):

• http://www.ibiblio.org/trrs/ChristmasPrograms/YULE04.MP3
• http://www.ibiblio.org/trrs/ChristmasPrograms/YULE08.MP3
• http://www.ibiblio.org/trrs/ChristmasPrograms/YULE11.MP3

Other podcasts of ours are here:  http://www.ibiblio.org/trrs/

I know I'm planning to beg Tina Connolly to lend her reading of my own Bad Elf for this, which I hope there's still time to squeeze in.

2. ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOPS CHARITABLE TRUST ANNOUNCES WINTER 2014 ONLINE CLASSES

• Powerful Dialogue in Fantastic Fiction -- Course Meets:  January 2 - 30, 2014; Instructor:  Jeanne Cavelos; Application Deadline:  December 7, 2013
• The Heart of the Matter:  Bringing Emotional Resonance to Your Storytelling -- Course Meets:  January 6 - February 3, 2014; Instructor:  Barbara Ashford; Application Deadline:  December 10, 2013
• The Secrets of a Satisfying Short Story -- Course Meets:  January 23 - February 20, 2014; Instructor:  Nancy Holder; Application Deadline:  December 27, 2013

3. PIEDMONT LAUREATE PROGRAM SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR ITS SHORT FICTION AWARD

Lastly, the NC Laureate folks wrote to let me know that “The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from writers of short fiction to serve as the 2014 Piedmont Laureate. Would you be kind enough to help us spread the word? Authors must be residents of Wake, Alamance, Durham or Orange counties. The selected Piedmont Laureate will serve from March 1 to December 31, 2014. Laureate activities include presenting readings and workshops, encouraging creative writing and promoting literature at public events. Typical appearances last between twenty minutes and one hour. Honorarium: $6,500. Application Deadline: January 9, 2014.”

Guidelines and Application: http://piedmontlaureate.com/guidelinesapplication.html

Piedmont Laureate website: www.piedmontlaureate.com

For more information, please contact Belva Parker, arts program director for the Office of Raleigh Arts, at 919-996-3610 or [email protected].

I know John Claude Bemis has enjoyed his turn as the Piedmont Laureate for Children’s Fiction; here’s hoping that the area gets a fantastic representative among its collection of fantastic short fiction writers for this posting.

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November newsletter: Bull Spec turns 4; NC Comicon this weekend; event updates for 2014; Kickstarters; and more

Posted on 2013-11-07 at 19:43 by montsamu

Vol 3. No 11. November 7, 2013:

Well, I had hoped to get the regional holiday book buying guide ready before this newsletter, but I haven't, and I need to get the November newsletter sent out before its Ides come marching along. So! Look for the guide in the coming weeks and in the December newsletter, and in the meantime, I've done a decent (though not complete) job of keeping the 2013 preview updated.

So! Bull Spec launched officially on November 6, 2009, making yesterday the 4-year anniversary. Wow. Just... wow. Thanks to all the writers, artists, readers, and supporters who helped get things started and have kept things going.

Meanwhile, this weekend brings NC Comicon and Comiquest Film Festival to the Durham Convention Center, after the DCC's October date with The Escapist Expo. It's a fairly quiet November, events-wise, though I hope at least some folks got out last night to see James Dashner at Quail Ridge Books, and hey, it isn't every month that a "double the size of last year" Comicon rolls into town.

Local sf in the news! Some links to share since the last newsletter:

• Durham author Nathan Kotecki on Carolina Book Beat in October [link]
• Jeremy Whitley and Tommy Lee Edwards on WUNC's The State of Things yesterday [link] along with a write-up of the convention by Brian Howe in the current Indy Week
• Diana Bastine and Debra Killeen on Carolina Book Beat in November (no link yet, but should be available soon)

• As I mentioned in Monday's quick updates, Bull Spec art director Gabriel Dunston has two weeks to go on his Purgatory Pub (Book 1) Kickstarter, where he’s already collected pledges of $1500 towards his goal of of $3500. The first of a five book graphic novel series on the afterlife, Purgatory Pub asks “What do the Angel and Devil on your shoulders do when they are done harassing you?” and answers “They go to a bar and talk about you.” There’s a 2-chapter PDF preview available as well, so go check it out!
• An interview with Jaym Gates touches on the ongoing Kickstarter for her "War Stories" military sf anthology, which includes SC author T.C. McCarthy, previous illogiCon guest of honor Joe Haldeman, and a further lineup including Maurice Broaddus, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Karin Lowachee, Linda Nagata, Mike Sizemore, and more. Check out both the interview and the War Stories Kickstarter, which is about 75% funded with 7 days to go.

• The Hardest Part: Nathan Kotecki on Pull Down the Night
• The Hardest Part: Gail Z. Martin on Deadly Curiosities
• The Hardest Part: Mike Allen on The Black Fire Concerto

• Durham author Nathan Kotecki's second novel, Pull Down the Night, was out early in the month; it is a follow-on to his 2012 debut The Suburban Strange
• Becca Gomez Farrel has a new short story in Beneath Ceasless Skies: "It’s out on Amazon: http://t.co/hMTaUKWdkA  and Weightless: http://t.co/43MUyIvw2u as of late last week, I believe. The story should be up for free on Beneath Ceaseless Skies’ website on 10/10. Called “Blow ‘Em Down.” Issue #131, 5^th Anniversary Double Issue."
• Georgia author JM McDermott, who is both a Bull Spec contributor and has come up for one of our Speculative Fiction Nights as well as local conventions, has his two most recent novels (Never Knew Another and When We Were Executioners, in his Dogsland series) now out in audio, and they're my lead picks in my most recent AudioBookaneers Release Week roundup
• Speaking of new audiobooks, NC author Teresa Frohock's novel Miserere: An Autumn Tale (reviewed in Bull Spec along with an interview of the author) is also newly out in audio
• John G. Hartness has a new addition to his Black Knight Chronicles series: Paint it Black: 4 (The Black Knight Chronicles)

• Author Laura Anne Gilman is joining the lineup for illogiCon! So, along with guests of honor Mary Robinette Kowal and Lawrence M. Shoen, and already-announced participants John Kessel, Gail Z. Martin, James Maxey, Tony Daniel, Misty Massey, Richard Dansky, Natania Barron, and more, there's quite a good crowd of fantastic authors converging in Raleigh-Durham on January 10-12.
• As I announced yesterday, Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books will host author Carrie Vaughn, bestselling author of the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, on Friday, January 17 at 7:30 pm, for her forthcoming superhero novel Dreams of the Golden Age, a follow-on to her 2011 novel After the Golden Age.
• Another late-breaking, just-confirmed event to share with you is that Chapel Hill's Flyleaf Books will host Wendy Webb for her forthcoming ghost story / occult / haunted house novel The Vanishing on Saturday Feb 1 at 11 am.
• And our regional friends up in Roanoke, VA, MystiCon, have announced John de Lancie, best known as "Q" from Star Trek: The Next Generation, as the media guest of honor for their Feb 21-23 convention.

UPCOMING EVENTS, NOVEMBER 2013

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