More stories in e-editions. Three here, two mysteries and one sf novella. Both “Details” and “Coolhunting” are readers’ choice winners. “Stomping Mad” marks the first appearance of my fannish detective, Spade. As always, if you can’t find the editions on your favorite source, either wait a few weeks or go to Smashwords and download what […]
Continue ReadingBecause I was teaching last week and madly finishing up a novel (which I’m still working on), I got behind in posting the new electronic stories. WMG Publishing is reprinting my entire backlist of short stories in electronic editions, and WMG’s imprint, Five Story Publishing, is publishing groups of those stories by theme in collections. […]
Continue ReadingHere are the stories that have gone live this week. There will be more in the coming weeks. As I mentioned before, it takes a while for some of the books to hit sources other than Smashwords and Kindle. Just this week, the ebooks those places published months ago have now arrived at Barnes And […]
Continue ReadingYou guys all inspired Janis Ian to return to the studio so she could do a professional track of the “Welcome Home” song. She also tweaked the lyrics. They’re below. I’m sharing the new versions here, which Janis is providing free. However, I know y’all are very generous with your donations, so I’m also including […]
Continue ReadingSmart Pop Books has put my controversial essay, “Barbarian Confessions,” on their website for free–one week only. If you’ve been reading my nonfiction columns, you’ll see me refer to this essay a lot. Here’s your chance to read it. You can find it here. And, last week, I got interviewed for the nifty podcast site, […]
Continue ReadingI’ll be joining my husband Dean Wesley Smith, editor Ellen Datlow, and Tim Kirk as Guests of Honor at Radcon, a science fiction convention held in Washington State, on February 12-14. There will be a booksigning on February 11. We’re stepping in for a few guests who’re having health issues. It should be a grand […]
Continue ReadingFinally got Scribd working, so that those of you who have e-readers that aren’t Kindles can download The Recovery Man’s Bargain. As a reminder, this is a stand-alone novella in the Retrieval Artist universe. The story happens at the same time as the novel The Recovery Man. You can download The Recovery’s Bargain to read […]
Continue ReadingLast January/February, Analog published my long novella, “The Recovery Man’s Bargain.” It is a stand-alone story in the Retrieval Artist universe. But those of you who have read the novel The Recovery Man might really like this, since the action takes place at the same time as the novel. I know many of you couldn’t […]
Continue ReadingDiving into the Wreck has been nominated for Best Science Fiction novel of the year by RT Book Reviews! For a list of all of the nominees in all the various categories, look here. There are a lot of really good books in various genres on here. As for the nominees in my category, they […]
Continue ReadingMy new column on the Internet Review of Science Fiction‘s website has already generated a few e-mails to me–and that was before I announced it. This one is on sf & the future. Check it out here.
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