Chicon 8 today announced that Floyd Norman will be unable to participate in the 2022 Worldcon at the level of Guest of Honor. Floyd Norman, who is 87, was the first African-American animator at Disney, and worked for many other … Continue reading
(1) BURROUGHS ON THE BLOCK. Heritage Auctions will hold The World of Edgar Rice Burroughs Rare Books Signature® Auction on April 25: …featuring more than 120 lots — many of which have never been publicly offered, and some of which come from Burroughs’ … Continue reading
DERRINGER AWARDS SHORTLIST Congratulations to Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Michael Bracken who are among the 2024 Derringer Awards finalists unveiled by The Short Mystery Fiction Society on April 1. FLASH SHORT STORY LONG STORY NOVELETTE GLENCAIRN GLASS CRIME SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS … Continue reading
(1) BRAND NEW AUDIO FEATURE. Daniel Dern sent a music video playlist to accompany his Pixel Scroll title today. “Lullabye of Broadway” (from 42nd Street) “Birdland” Optional play(list) (2) NEW VOICE CHIMES IN. There’s a slight changing of the guard … Continue reading
(1) GAHAN WILSON TV. Episode One of Gahan Wilson’s Tales of Horror TV series debuted on Halloween at GahanWilson.net where it is streaming exclusively. They will be premiering one or two new episodes each month for the next two years. … Continue reading
(1) NEW SFF NOVELLA CONTEST COMING IN SEPTEMBER. The Fantasy Review will take entries in the inaugural Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS) beginning September 2. The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to … Continue reading
(1) GRRM ON STRIKE. George R.R. Martin has written two persuasive and informative posts about the WGA strike for Not A Blog which are excerpted here. In the waning hours of May 1, the Writers Guild of America declared a … Continue reading
(1) MOST CENSORED. “ALA Releases Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022” – see the complete list at Publishers Weekly. This genre work is on it: 10. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, for claims it is sexually … Continue reading
(1) CHANGES IN PUBLISHING. Pete Kahle of Bloodshot Books is stepping down from publishing and Joe Mynhardt of Crystal Like Publishing is stepping in to help Bloodshot Books’s authors by offering them all a new home at Crystal Lake — … Continue reading
(1) KGB. Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Peng Shepherd and Paul Park on Wednesday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Location: KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 (Just … Continue reading