Month: February 2008

Gregory Frost Interview

My full interview with Frost is now up on SF Site, along with the latest news from Smaragdine. Jeff This time of year at least twenty prominent writers host pity parties in the city of Smaragdine. By February, all of the major newspapers and websites have posted their lists of the best books and stories […]

New Weird Contest–Deadline Sunday

Just a reminder that the New Weird contest ends on Sunday, midnight EST. Someone asked me about whether contest entries had to have a supernatural element, since many of the current entries do. The answer is: absolutely not. Funny-weird is good. Anything out of the ordinary, bizarre, etc. Weird road trips, strange job experiences–anything. Also, […]

Predator Novel: Question and Back Cover Copy

A reader of this blog writes in to ask: I had a small question about your forthcoming Predator novel. I know you talked a bit about the animosity (maybe that’s too strong a word) toward writers who do so-called “tie-in” novels, and I was wondering if you had any second thoughts about writing a Predator […]

Project Runway: Rami’s Drapery Obsession

So in another twenty minutes, Rami might make it to fashion week on Project Runway. For those of you who follow the show, Rami likes to drape. He drapes his dresses. Every damn dress is some kind of drapery. Kinda like the foams of that guy on Top Chef. Well, at least I know why […]

Letter from Singapore: An Interview with Jason Erik Lundberg

In addition to running his livejournal, Jason Erik Lundberg is a writer and editor who, with his wife Janet Chui, runs Two Cranes Press. TCP put out Scattered, Covered, Smothered (fiction about food/cooking) and has a new antho coming out soon. In 2008, his writing will see publication in Subterranean Mag, Farrago’s Wainscot, Sybil’s Garage, […]

Recent Reviews and Features

My SciFi Weekly review of Inferno, edited by Ellen Datlow: This is the brief at the smoldering heart of Inferno: to provide the reader with a heart-pounding moment of shock or dread. But horror is about more than that jolt, and the majority of stories in Inferno work well because the writers are willing to […]

The Year to Come

Ann and I finally have an emerging schedule for the year, and as you can see it’s somewhat crowded–and likely to get more crowded on the events side, since several other things are pending; we are highly chuffed about the Czech thing, which just happened yesterday. Re the projects, you’ll note we have six anthos […]

Off-Line Temporarily

I’m off-line until sometime Wednesday. If you’re expecting an email from me, there might be a slight delay. Keep those NW contest entries coming. – Jeff

CONTEST: Tell Us Your New Weird Story, Win Tons of Cool Stuff!

UPDATE: Just now visiting and want to enter the contest? Note this update about additional prizes, etc. In honor of the publication of The New Weird anthology, which we hope you’ll consider buying, Ann and I have decided to have a little contest. Tell us your “new, weird” story–something strange (but entertaining and either PG-rated […]