I am over the moon to learn that my short story, “The Yellow Crown,” is on Ellen Datlow’s long list of Recommendations for Best Horror #14. These are stories that were published in 2011. While it is, indeed, a long list–she made multiple posts on her site to be able to include them all–I am delighted! Thank you, Ellen!
https://tinyurl.com/BlackFriday2022-CatLadies
It’s time to turn the “man and his dog wandering through a dystopian world” trope on its head, and tell the stories about cats and their women – their badass women! Only $0.99 thru Monday, November 28.
Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse wanders through broken worlds with stories of survival, technology, magic, and sheer determination. But – like their cats – the authors frequently slipped out the upstairs window or knocked things off of countertops, and their stories are stronger for it.
In these pages, cats help their women find a better life, protect and defend and fight for the women who have sheltered and protected them – and vice-versa. Because these are not only stories about surviving troubled times, but of the relationships between the women and their cats, between the members of communities both small and large, and how they thrive, even in the face of catastrophic loss.
Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse – it’s time to take them seriously!
Contains stories by Mia Moss, Hannah Hulbert, L.C.W. Allingham, Audrey McLennan, Hannah Trusty, Annie Reed, Caryn Larrinaga, Karli Sullivan, Misha Herwin, Joy Kennedy-O’Neill, Leigh Saunders, J. Ivanel Johnson, Carol Gyzander, Joanna Z. Weston, Kathryn Carson, Meyari McFarland, Sidney Williams, Joe Borrelli, Virginia Elizabeth Hayes, Wayland Smith, and C.J. Erick. Edited by Lyn Worthen
Coming to Philcon this weekend? I will be drinking lots of coffee – come find me!
TIME ROOM TITLE
Fri 6:00 pm Plaza 2 Novellas are Hot
Fri 7:00 pm Plaza 5 Octopi: The Ultimate Aliens?
Fri 9:00 pm Plaza 3 Climate Fiction—Hopepunk or Dystopia?
Fri 10:00 pm Readings Late Night Ghost Stories
Sat 12:00 pm Crystal 3 Horror Without Gore
Sat 1:00 pm Plaza 3 Science Fiction Disguised as Mainstream
Sat 3:00 pm Crystal 3 Why Join Professional Associations?
Sat 4:00 pm Readings Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Readings
Sat 8:00 pm ConSuite Book Launch Party by eSpec Books – We are launching Even in the Grave and my cryptid novella Forget Me Not, among other great books, to our Philcon audience.
Sun 11:00 am Plaza 2 Recent Trends in Horror
Sun 1:00 pm Readings Readings: Carol Gyzander (followed by my friend, Sally Weiner Grotta at 1:30 pm)
Sun 2:00 pm Autograph Table: Carol Gyzander
And in between, I’ll likely be at the HWA NY table in the dealer room, where we can tell you more about HWA. I’ll have copies of A Woman Unbecoming!