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What's New at the YardFright Eater -- Perfect bound is here! Fairy Brew Ha-Ha in the Lucky Nickel Saloon by Ken Rand with a cover by Brad Foster.
Still Coming from the Yard in 2008... New perfect-bound edition Gang Approval with a new covers by Jon Kalin. We also have several other irons in the fire. As soon as we have firm deals, we'll let you know what to expect.
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Yard Dog News April/May News
Laura J. Underwood just finished editing Angels of Mercy, a novel
where a small town librarian must battle censorship, goblins, dark elves and the Erl-King
in the backwoods of
Glenn Sixbury will be at ConQuesT in
Melanie Fletcher and Jerry Davis have just kicked off a new podcast, "Don't Quit Your
Day Job: The Podcast," where they talk about day jobs, night jobs, writing, reading,
SF, fantasy, sex, anime, movies, TV, beer, coffee, Diet Coke with Lime and anything else
that passes through their tiny minds. The podcast's website is at
http://dqydjpodcast
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel will be attending the Nebula Weekend in David Niall Wilson recently won the Bram Stoker Award for short fiction from the HWA, and is following up his award nominated collection, Defining Moments, with a new collection from Dark Arts Books titled Ennui & Other States of Madness. His novel MAELSTROM will be out from Full Moon Press later in the summer, and in the fall he has a new Bad Moon Books novella, a second novel from Full Moon Press, Sins of the Flash, closely followed by a dual release Five Star and Bad Moon books of his novel Vintage Soul. Ordering info and more details are always available at his journal.. http://www.macabreink.com Julia Mandala will be attending SoonerCon, June 6-8. James K. Burk says, Im wrapping up a new novel, a fantasy, which I hope to have finished by ConQuesT. I anticipate being at ConQuesT. Gloria Olivers YA Fantasy Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles is now available in trade paperback. Think Harry Potter meets the Dragon Riders of Pern. Available for purchase at Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Cross-Eyed-Dragon-Troubles-Gloria-Oliver/dp/0759944660/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207437632&sr=1-1 Sample Chapter and other info available at www.gloriaoliver.com/crossed.html Lee Killough: After hunkering down waiting for winter to please please go away, she and Denny are looking forward to Condome in Kibler this month. In May Lee and Denny will be doing the two-cons-in-one-weekend madness again, attending the mystery con Mayhem in the Midlands on May 22-23 then rushing down to KC Friday evening to finish the weekend with ConQuesT.
M.H. Bonham has been very, very busy. Her current book, Lachlei, is available
through Dragon Moon Press. It is the prequel of Runestone of Teiwas and Prophecy of
Swords. She is running a contest where you can die in her book being killed by a
werewolf. You can also win a lot of great prizes. Go to www.lachlei.com for more
information. She has another fantasy coming out with a WolfSinger publications,
which is a prequel to Prophecy of Swords and a Romarin and Kalena story. It is
called The Kings Champion. Lastly, she just had a group Of Shadowhelm short
stories accepted by Yard Dog Press. The stories, Serpent Singer and other stories,
should be available sometime very soon. One of
her short stories was part of a collection that was an Eppie finalist. The story is
called, When the Vengeance Is Gone..., and you can read it in Wolfsingers book, A
Time to.... M. H. Bonham will also be
attending the following cons: Miscon (
The paperback of Jody Lynn Nyes fantasy epic, An Unexpected Apprentice, just came out from TOR
Books. The title for the second volume is still TBD; but
the current cover sketch, by the same artist, is magnificent. Jody will be co-guest of
honor with Bob Asprin at MarCon at the end of May in A new story by James Dorr, All One Wants for Christmas, has just been published in the electronic flash fiction journal POSTCARDS FROM..., while reprints Invisible People and Sunrise Revival have come out in SPECFICMES FEATURED FICTION and DEMON MINDS respectively. Dorr has also published three new poems, Whats A Zombie to Do? in Spec House of Poetrys print anthology SFPA POETRY CONTEST - 2007: SONNETS and, electronically, The Fox in RAVEN ELECTRICK and The Assignation in MOUTH FULL OF BULLETS.
Allison Steins short story, Curious George Visits The Solar J Astroport
Diner from the
Mel Tatum took a short break from the convention circuit to concentrate on music -
particularly hosting series of house concerts featuring musicians from Claudia Christian is busy being President of Wald Entertainment and Creative Director of Opus (krakenopus.com) and she is missing her flagrantly decadent previous life as an actress-writer..! Kathy Turski sold her humor essay, My Inner Fat Girl, to the Canadian magazine, Abilities. Its coming out in their Spring issue. Kathys thrilled at becoming a professional humor writer, and her Inner Fat Girl wants cheesecake.
Christopher Donahue has good news, Ive sold a short story to the
Permuted
Susan Satterfield will be attending DemiCon 19 in James K. (Jim) Burk says, "I will be at ConQuesT this year, as well as Soonercon and Conestoga." Paul Carlson says, "I have a short humorous
reprint, 'Waveform,' anthologized in 'SF Waxes Philosophical,' just released by the new ZC
Press. Thanks,
February/March News
Selina Rosen: Sword Masters (from Dragon
Moon Press) is here, and its wonderful! It
has already garnered good reviews. Its
available directly from Selina at www.selinarosen.com
or from Amazon.com.
Selina has already attended ShadowCon in
Maggie Bonham: My book, Lachlei, [was released] in March though Dragon Moon Press.
Its a prequel to Prophecy of Swords and Runestone of Teiwas.
Its on sale, 30% off right now at www.edgewebsite.com or Amazon.com. I should
be at Norwescon. Dont forget that Im the editor for the upcoming
anthology, WolfSong from WolfSinger Pubs. First, my short novel, The
Kings Champion was picked up by a micro press, WolfSinger Pubs. Itll
be out and ready for Worldcon. Second, my short Space Pirate Story, Captain Bardi
Ddu , was picked up for an anthology edited by David Lee Summers, Tales of the
Talisman fame. Sorcerous Signals The February Issue is now live and online.
Laura J. Underwood: THE
GREEN WOMEN is now available from Sam's Dot
Peter Bradley: Here's a link for the convention I'll be at on the weekend of March
28th http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/events/trollcon6.html.
Its a local one in Robert Brown will be at Midsouthcon.
Gloria Oliver: Finally got a review for Willing Sacrifice. Reviewers seem to be Tracy Morris/Godsey: was given an Honorable Mention in the first quarter 2008 L Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future competition for her short story Blame it On the Dragon. The story is set in the same universe as Morris' chapbook Medieval Misfits, which is available from Yard Dog Press (coincidentally enough). I've gotten a job writing articles for Foxfire news. Right now it's reviews of the TV show Moonlight (I've seen one episode, and while I'm not fanatical about it, it's okay.), and articles on the paranormal. Here's the first review. http://firefox.org/news/articles/1144/1/Writer039s-strike-got-you-down--Moonlight-is-worth-a--look/Page1.html My review of Moonlight episode 1.02 is up now. It's a little scathing and a lot snarky, so I'm expecting some negative feedback. http://firefox.org/news/articles/1151/1/Review-Moonlight-quotOut-of-the-Pastquot/Page1.html
I've got another article up on Firefox. This one is a ghost story that I
remember from when I worked in
My latest paranormal article for Firefox.org is up. This one should tickle you guys up in
KC, it's about
Allison Stein: I entered my "Curious George..." story from the Rhonda Eudaly/Simpson: First off: there's a whole new look (which will be changing over the next few weeks) to my website: http://www.rhondaeudaly.com - it will be updated more frequently and is much easier for me to deal with. Right now, it's in a default mode as I get used to it, and as a web designer friend of mine clears up some time. The website does allow for comments, so have fun with that. I'm currently running a contest on it for a tagline -- summary of what I am/do. If you come up with the best/most creative, I'm giving away one of the anthologies I'm in that you may not have yet. Or if you have everything I've been in, you can either appear in an upcoming piece or receive one of the new publications when they come out later in the year. Second: I have had four stories accepted to Anthology Builder. Anthology Builder is a great project where you can pick your stories and your art and have a custom built anthology. Just do a search for either the following titles, or my name. Sarcrifices from APEX DIGEST Issue #5 - which is now sold out. Dream Takers from the 2006 Bram Stoker Finalist Anthology Aegri Somnia Closing Windows from Jeff Turners Fundamentally Challenged with a Frank Wu cover. Why Dont You Get A Real Job? from the RAGE Machine anthology Ghostbreakers: Sinister Sleuths
BOTA= Bubbas of
The Apocalypse
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