Brock Deskins is a story of Americana. A small-town America boy, who worked on farms, learned hard work and joined the US Army. A tank driver, dental assistant and computer analyst. When you combine these experiences, you get a destructive, analytical, medically skilled dreamer who loves horror, fiction and fantasy. A Stephen King and John Saul disciple since high school,
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Silver turned to gold at Mythcon 50 as Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver took home the star prize of Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. The Mythopoeic Awards are given out to those works that are decided to have best exemplified “the Spirit of the Inklings”, the famous Oxford writing group that counted JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis among its members.
Read moreJohn Gage stepped through the double doors of the Seaside Vista Motel and into the glare of a cloudless dawn. With a deep breath came the realization that a strong rain could wash away just about anything. Even the lingering aroma of the cannery and sour stink of the fishing fleet anchored at road’s end had been replaced with the
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The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, an mouthful made no easier to pronounce by their commonly known acronym IAMTW, have announced the winners for the 2019 Scribe Awards. The awards honour excellence in licensed tie-in writing, and this year’s nominees wrote in such familiar universes as Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who. The top award, for Original Novel
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The British Fantasy Society have announced the winner of their Annual Short Story Competition for 2019. Steven Poore will be taking home the top prize for his entry, “Encumbrance”. The top three in the competition will be published in BFS horizons. A full statement from the competition judge, Allen Ashley, can be read below:
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal continued its domination of the Award scene by adding the Hugo Award for Best Novel to an already impressive array of acclaim. The award also meant that Kowal joined the short list of authors honoured with winning both the Nebula and Hugo awards for the same work! A commonplace achievement in the 1970s,
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20th August 2019 – The Withered King (Tempest Blades) – Ricardo Victoria Fionn – wielder of a legendary Tempest Blade and blessed, or cursed, by the Gift – thought his days as a warrior were over. He cannot grow old and is full of regrets. But life proves that it has other plans for him, once he agreed to help a friend. Gaby and Alex
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Born in the (formerly) frozen landscape of Toluca, Mexico, Ricardo dreamed of being a writer. But needing a job that could pay the rent while writing, he studied Industrial Design and later obtained a PhD in Sustainable Design, while living in the United Kingdom and working in a comic book store to pay for his board game & toy addiction.
Read more“It’s too far away to go by myself. I’m begging you.” Aida Firenze stood before him, and even in Europa’s tiny gravity, slightly less than that of the Earth’s moon, there was no question of pushing her aside. Her expression gave a good clue as to how the quiet-looking ESA exobiologist had gotten herself a ticket on the first ship
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The Dragon Awards have announced the ballot for the 2019 awards. Among the nominees are such well-known names as Kim Stanley Robinson, for Red Moon, and James S.A. Corey, for Tiamat’s Wrath, both up for the Best Science Fiction Novel Award. The full list of nominees can be seen below:
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