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Tachyon tidbits featuring Peter S. Beagle, Max Gladstone, Joe R. Lansdale, Kameron Hurley, and Tad Williams

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Peter S. Beagle (photo: Rina Weisman), Max Gladstone, Joe R. Lansdale (Karen Lansdale), Kameron Hurley, and Tad Williams

On the B&N SCI-FI & FANTASY BLOG, Maria Haskins includes Peter S. Beagle’s THE OVERNEATH among 10 Recent SFF Short Story Collections to Read from Cover-to-Cover.

Beagle is revered as the author of The Last Unicorn, an iconic fantasy novel, and this collection includes an appearance by Schmendrick the Magician, one of the characters from that beloved book. Elsewhere inside it, there are plenty of mythical beasts, including a unicorn, a karkadann, and dragons in the employ of drug dealers. It’s a book full of wit, whimsy, wisdom, and glorious flights of fantasy, featuring many previously uncollected and never-before-published works. It’s a must-read for both old and new fans of the author.

In episode 3.03, the STORYOLOGICAL podcast discusses Max Galdstones “A Kiss With Teeth,” which appears in Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman’s THE NEW VOICES IN FANTASY.

The thing I love about how this story works is that he only adds details in the sparest possible way.

Thomas Pluck on CRIMINAL ELEMENT explains Why You Should Be Watching Hap & Leonard.

Because it’s Joe Fucking Lansdale.

That really should be the end of this article. If you don’t know the work of Joe R. Lansdale, Hap & Leonard is a wonderful introduction to his most popular books. If you already enjoy his work, watching the series on Sundance is like reading the books for the first time again. They capture the tone and spirit perfectly and bring the characters to life, right down to Hap’s hippie soul and Leonard’s irascible, rugged individualism (and Nilla wafers). Which is quite a feat because, while Joe is a champion storyteller, his voice is a large part of what makes his work so enjoyable. Like Robert Parker, Walter Mosley, and Laura Lippman, he can write about something mundane and make it as gripping as a thriller because he writes with a voice that we follow like the little bouncing red ball over song lyrics, if you’re old enough to remember those.

And somehow, director Jim Mickle and Lansdale himself have translated that to the small screen. They’ve taken the first three books—Savage Season, Mucho Mojo and The Two-Bear Mambo—and made each one a short (savage) season, which has worked wonderfully so far. And if you are behind, you can catch up quickly by watching them on the Sundance TV website or on demand from your cable provider. The current season has them poking their noses into a quaint-looking Texas town that is run by the Klan, after a young black woman journalist disappears. She just happens to be Hap’s ex-girlfriend, and she was on the trail of a supposedly cursed bluesman’s lost tapes.

Illustrated by Adrienne Valdes

B&N SCI-FI & FANTASY BLOG shares the original Kameron Hurley story “Garda.”

Dead young men kept washing up on the crooked sandbar that abutted the black ruins of the palace on the pier. The body lying now at the feet of Inspector Abijah Olivia was positioned face down in the sharp black glass of the beach. Abijah wore heavy boots to protect her from the sand, but the body was not so lucky. Barefoot and mostly naked, thousands of tiny lacerations peppered its sallow grayish skin. Tattered remnants of black and gray clothing still clung to it in places, giving the impression that the corpse was an old, ancient fish that had fought throughout its ascent into the air, then was abandoned here in the ruin of some net. Its lower half lay at an awkward angle, as if the torso and legs had been twisted in opposite directions. Clumps of black hair still clung to the head, but Abijah noted two chunks of scalp missing just above the neck, as if the hair had been yanked so hard that it had come free. The great hooked-beak birds patrolling the coast could have done that after the body washed up, she supposed, hoping to snag the long hair for their nests. More answers would come from the medical examiner.

“Sorry catch, you are,” Abijah muttered, squatting next to the body. She poked at the left wrist with a stylus, pulling up a necklace of pink kelp to reveal a work tattoo. Like the other dead men she had seen on this sandbar, this young man appeared to have been employed at the wight factory upriver, which was run by the last of the operations that accepted off-world labor. Being off-world would account for the body’s tall, slender frame and weak bones. The twist to the lower body could have just as easily happened post-mortem, when the corpse hit the water. If he’d already been a corpse, at that point. One of the previous young men had actually drowned; the others had been dead hours before meeting the salty water.

Isaac Stewart at BRANDONSANDERSON.COM explans his involvement in the Tad Williams’s INDIEGOGO.

Dragonsteel art director Isaac here. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me post about the maps for the latest Osten Ard books by Tad Williams: The Heart of What Was Lost and The Witchwood Crown. The original trilogy was what hooked me on epic fantasy in the late 80s/early 90s, and the maps for the series were part of what got me into cartography. So to be able to create new maps of Osten Ard has been something of a dream project.

These books were also foundational in Brandon’s early reading in the genre. He gave the newest books this quote:

“Tad Williams is a master storyteller, and the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece. Williams’ return to Osten Ard is every bit as compelling, deep, and fully-rendered as the first trilogy, and he continues to write with the experience and polish of an author at the top of his game.”

I was thrilled when Brandon supported the Indiegogo campaign for merchandise based on Tad’s worlds by buying the map of Osten Ard. I’ve tried to make this the essential map for the series. Remember those foil Middle Earth maps from when the movies were big? Well, I was able to get a hold of the original supplier, and that’s who’s printing the Osten Ard map. It’s going to be gorgeous, and the only way to get it is through Tad’s Indiegogo campaign. We might have a few left over after that, but I wouldn’t risk it if you really want one. There’s only a little over a week left.

For more info on THE OVERNEATH, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Camille André

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

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Storyological "Pocket" Interview

Storyological “Pocket” Interview

Some people make art of the interview process. Chris Kammerud and EG Cosh are two such people. I first became aware of the Storyological podcast when Chris and EG discussed my story “Pockets” in their sixth episode. I listened out of curiosity, wanting to hear what they’d thought of my work, but was quickly hooked by their adorable dynamic, their laughter, the beautiful meshing of kind thoughtful…

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E.G. Cosh has just revealed to us the amazing cover she cooked up for 2017′s fundraiser anthology: The Green Volume!

This year’s antho has a prequel to Sam J. Miller’s acclaimed YA novel, The Art of Starving, entitled “Allosaurus Burgers.” It’s got a cool easter eggs from Sam’s Storyological interview with Chris Kammerud. It’s got a cut scene from Lara Elena Donnelly’s sexy spy thriller, Amberlough. And it’s got all the awesome AwkBot content you’ve come to expect since we started this endeavor way back in 2014.

The Green Volume will be released Starting October 31 (a.k.a. goth Christmas), but you can pre-order now! Donate any amount you like to get your hands on a copy (or no amount at all, we won’t judge). All proceeds benefit the Clarion Foundation.

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A podcast review in Storyological

A review of Sabbath Wine in the latest Storyological podcast.

Just a brief post here to be excited about the fact that “Sabbath Wine” has been discussed in a recent podcast by Storyological, in which E.G. Cosh and Chris Kammerud discuss recent stories and segue into interesting associated issues — such as what lies we tell to our children and why. I don’t tend to listen to a lot of non-news podcasts, but I thought that the way they talked about not only the…

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The other night we were visited by graphic artist Dan Archer. Dan was in Australia for the Walkley Foundation’s Storyology festival, but dropped by Squishface Studio on the way for an informal artist’s meet and greet, and to tell us all about his work! Dan Archer is a graphic journalist who uses comics and immersive storytelling to report on human rights issues in situations where cameras can be inappropriate. After showing us an awesome presentation explaining the nature of his work, then we broke out the pizza and pens and sat around showing off each other’s sketchbooks and tools of the trade, such as the carbon pen and the bimoji kuretake brush pen. You can read a great interview about Dan’s work on Junkee.

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It has been recorded that a few bundles of parsley once threw a whole Greek army into panic, because in Greece, the tombs of the dead were strewn with the herb . "To be in need of parsley" was equivalent to being beyond hope.

-Storyology: Folklore, Sealore, and Plant Lore, Benjamin Taylor, 1900.

(picture http://www.johnnyseeds.com/…/l…/titan-parsley-seed-2355.html)

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Last #livesketch from #storyology on interview techniques and that ubiquitous elephant in the room, sexism in the media. Some of the video clips showed top male politicians doling out derrogatory gender-based broadsides that would have made Don Draper blush. Hence the "it's 2015" quote. Still, that wasn't the only focus and it was great to hear from two journos at the top of their game. Looking forward to my drawing/storyboarding workshop tomorrow! #sketchbook #penandink #instaart #australia (at Chauvel Cinema, Paddington)

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This is what we talk about at #Storyology #Gilgamesh (at Chauvel Cinema, Paddington)

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Intro

Today starts my year. 12 months from now everything will be back to the status quo, but until then this year will be what I make of it (literally and figuratively). I'm going to track my journey and my growth through this blog. But most of all I want to keep track of my projects.

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STORYOLOGY write up, day 2

Tuesday, December 2.

Write tight for TV and Radio with Aela Callan - Al Jazeera journalist, just started 101 East

This was a great workshop. It was practical, and difficult. I liked that I felt challenged and kind of embarrassed at my inability to write a story in 6 words because it meant that I needed to improve. Aela was fantastic because she taught well and succinctly but also let us talk back - we reviewed a social media post for 101 East on Myanmar’s Jade trade and I felt like I got a lot out of hearing other people’s opinions as well. Here's an example of what she taught the room:

What makes a good story? (you’re not gonna hit all these points in one story, but try to aim for a few)

a goal

you’ve grabbed their attention

they know why they should care

it’s shareable

they can do something

it ends with a transformation, not just a solution

She also explained how there are several points of entry, and emphasised how an image on social media is crucial to getting someone to click. Obvious, right? But not really - I had never really thought about how the alignment of image, title and tagline could work together to get a message across. You see it on Pedestrian TV all the time, where they just nail this combo.

DIY radio doco with Gretchen Miller - producer and presenter at RN

Gretchen was a great speaker and she showed fantastic samples of work to guide us through the masterclass. For Gretchen, radio is all about voice, sound and good talent. She admitted she “kind of has beef with This American Life” because she didn’t want to hear so much narration, she wanted more of the talent. A piece she showed us, called The Ghost Songs (2008), had this kind of voice that kept interest and attention, and had multi-layered audio that was pretty delicious. She said “sound is a mood maker that underlines the intention of your piece”.

Gretchen also gave some other great tips:

The tension between subjectivity and objectivity in docos when including your voice is a something you need to think about. It can be useful to use your own experience to connect listeners with the story, but don’t talk too much!

Interview tips: again, don’t talk too much.

Interview technique: write your questions in chronological order, so there’s a logical flow. This is helpful for freelancers who don’t have a lot of time, because the subject is guided through the journey

Chronological order also helps subjects talk because it’s hard to re-tell a story/unfold it. Take them from the beginning and don’t start with the hard stuff.

If you have an interview with several guests, have a few questions that is directed at all of them/is the same for each. It’s a good pivot point to steer perspectives.

Interact and record objects with symbolic meaning (strumming a barbed wire fence = loneliness, brutality, the country)

New adventures in storytelling

These two speakers were the most inspiring for me:

Stu Campbell - Artist working with Big hART, an Australian arts and social justice company

This was incredible - he made a film, a comic book and a game with Aboriginal kids from Roebourne, a town in WA. The kids actually did all the work themselves being directed under Stu, so the colouring in of frames, learning how to animate.

Film: Love Punks vs Zombies 

Comic book: Neomad and the making of video

Game: Love Punks

Maria Ressa - Filipino Journo and CEO of Rappler

I fell in love with Maria. Her excitement over news and technology was contagious and her general nerdiness was awesome. This was a nice break from the darkly funny, serious or nonchalant authors.

Lend me your eyes and ears

This post is already way too long, so I’ll choose my favourites again and a few things I loved and learnt.

Julie Shapiro - Radio hero at Radio National who basically just played sounds and spoke little. One of those brief sound clips being a German guy playing the different types of metal (death metal, doom metal, soft core metal, heavy metal)

Nicky Hager - investigative journalist and author based in NZ.

Woah. Just woah. This guy gave me goosebumps. Nicky went through how to keep your sources invisible and protect them, and he was so convincing that I felt like I could use this information to commit a murder and get away with it (discloser: not gonna do this obvs).

Never talk to your source on your mobile phone (Nicky does one better and doesn’t own a mobile)

Have an IT friend who can encrypt/lock/firewall your computer so well that it’ll take decades for the cops to find something

Never meet your source in a compromising place

Write your piece to puzzle the people trying to find your source - if they can map it out with dates, times and places, they might figure it out. So be purposefully ambiguousa