SF Canada member Lisa Timpf’s short story “The Switch” was recently published in New Myths Volume 16, Issue 29!
Find it at New Myths and find Lisa on Goodreads.
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New short story by Rebecca M. Senese!
SF Canada member Rebecca M. Senese’s latest short story, “A Future So Bright”, has been published in Blaze Ward Presents 06: Small Gods!
Small Gods.
They aren’t the earth-shakers, but the quiet ones. Or perhaps the loud, brash ones.
We challenged the writers to give us stories without much more than Small Gods.
They came through, as usual, ranging all over the spectrum, as well as all over the emotional map, from the noir of a god created while smoking a cigarette and doing dishes, to the god of pizza delivery (and all the things that might go wrong).
Come take a journey with some of the deities you might not have known until now.
Available at Blaze Ward Presents.
Find more of Rebecca’s writing at her website: rebeccasenese.com
Stories by Edward Willett, Robert Runte, Robert Dawson, and Noah JD Chinn in the Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology!
With stories from SF Canada members Edward Willett, Robert Runte, Robert Dawson, and Noah JD Chinn, the Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One is “a treasure trove of speculative fiction that is sure to excite and captivate even the fussiest of goblins”.
Blast into this black hole of literature, and experience an exciting, lengthy escape with some of the best short stories on the market today. In this volume, we have included 23 stories from 23 very different authors. Whether you love summoned demons on New York subways, a dystopian civilization’s transformation into living, breathing plants, or the discovery of new worlds complete with lost-in-translation space battles with aliens, we have something for everyone.
Published by Saskatoon-based The Author’s Hand. Get a copy today!
Candas Jane Dorsey wins award!
SF Canada member Candas Jane Dorsey’s mystery novel, What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? has won the Crime Writers of Canada’s Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery!
Dorsey manages to write with humour while remaining sensitive to serious issues like grief, gentrification, and privilege as well as how privilege might best be used for the greater good. The mystery itself unwinds as it should with information crucial to the solution sprinkled throughout, eventually arriving at a satisfying, though bittersweet, conclusion.
Crime Writers of Canada’s awards committee
This is the second installation of the Epitome Apartments Mystery Series.
A wise-cracking, grammar-obsessed, pansexual amateur sleuth is thrust into the world of the uber-rich when her enigmatic, now-famous childhood friend breezes back into her life begging for help with a dangerous stalker
Watch the awards ceremony on Youtube and find What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? at ECW Press.
News from Jean-Louis Trudel!
SF Canada member Jean-Louis Trudel has been busy lately!
Along with some story acceptances (watch for their release in the coming months!), his poem, “Summer Encroaching, Winter Yielding”, published in Little Blue Marble, was nominated for a Rhysling Award and will be reprinted in this year’s anthology:
And his academic paper on SF dramaturgy in Québec was the runner-up for this year’s Jamie Bishop Award for non-English-language SF scholarship!
Find out more about Jean-Louis at culturedesfuturs.blogspot.com
Congratulations, Jean-Louis!
New Publication from D. Leitao!
SF Canada member D. Leitao has a new book out on the craft of writing.
Yes, you can hook your readers from page one.
This book is based on a workshop I gave a while ago. Even as I was preparing the workshop, trying to distill the essence of crafting hooky stories in simple, easy-to-understand concepts, I was amazed.
Nobody had ever explained this to me.
Providing all sorts of tips and techniques to help you craft stories that readers won’t quit, Hook Them or Lose Them offers advice that is simple, easy, and flexible enough not to hinder your writing style or dampen your inspiration.
…advice for beginnings and examples of efficient first paragraphs so that you’ll never again freak out wondering how to start your book. Instead, you’ll feel confident that you can hook your reader from page one.
Find Hook Them or Lose Them on D. Leitao’s website and pick up a copy today!