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April 12, 2022

Join the award-winning, superstar editor Ellen Datlow for StokerCon 2022

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The acclaimed Ellen Datlow will be attending StokerCon 2022, May 12-15 in Denver, CO.

StokerCon is the annual convention hosted by the Horror Writers Association wherein the Bram Stoker Awards for superior achievement in horror writing are awarded.

GUESTS OF HONOR

Kevin Wetmore
Linda Addison
Brian Keene
Sheree Renee Thomas
John Edward Lawson
Ernest Dickerson
Gemma Files
Jennifer McMahon

Datlow will be participating in the extensive programming.

Friday May 13

12PM

Stronger than the Sum of its Parts: The Author-Editor Relationship

Good editors do more than copyedit. They point out where characters or story could be improved. Writers do more than write. They work with editors to improve the work. Our panelists discuss the editor-author relationship, how it works best, and some how to avoid its pitfalls.

Heather Romanowski, Gemma Files, Sheree Renée Thomas, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Jones, Tim Waggoner

Cover by Nihil
Design by Elizabeth Story

Saturday, May 14

11AM

The HWA General Meeting

The HWA General Meeting with the Officers and Trustees. Moderated by HWA Secretary Becky Spratford.

Becky Spratford, Angela Yuriko Smith, Brian Matthews, Ellen Datlow, James Chambers, John Palisano, Linda D. Addison, Lisa Kröger, Maxwell I. Gold, Meghan Arcuri

April 26, 2016

SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, John Joseph Adams, and Sheila Williams garner Hugo Award nominations

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized alastair reynolds, asimov's science fiction magazine 30th anniversary anthology, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, epic: legends of fantasy, Hugo Awards, john coulthart, John Joseph Adams, michael whelan, news, nominations, reiko murakami, science fiction, sheila williams, slow bullets, the monstorus, Thomas Canty

The finalists for the 2016 Hugo Awards were announced this afternoon. Alastair Reynolds’ acclaimed SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, editor of THE MONSTROUS, John Joseph Adams, editor of EPIC: LEGENDS OF FANTASY, and Sheila Williams, editor of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE 30^THANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY all received nominations.

Congratulations to all the finalists.

Best Novel

THE
AERONAUT’S WINDLASS, Jim Butcher (Roc)
THE FIFTH
SEASON, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US)
ANCILLARY
MERCY, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
UPROOTED,
Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
SEVENEVES,
Neal Stephenson (Morrow; The Borough Press)

Best Novella

PENRIC’S
DEMON, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
BINTI, Nnedi
Okorafor (Tor.com)
THE BUILDERS,
Daniel Polansky (Tor.com)
SLOW
BULLETS, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
PERFECT
STATE, Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel Entertainment)

Best Novelette

“And You
Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (LIGHTSPEED
2/15)
“Folding
Beijing”, Hao Jingfang, (UNCANNY 1-2/15)
“Obits”,
Stephen King (THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS)
“What Price
Humanity?”, David VanDyke (THERE WILL BE WAR: VOLUME X)
“Flashpoint:
Titan”, Cheah Kai Wai (THERE WILL BE WAR: VOLUME X)

Best Short Story

“Asymmetrical
Warfare”, S. R. Algernon (NATURE 3/15)
The Commuter,
Thomas A. Mays (STEALTH)
“Seven Kill
Tiger”, Charles Shao (THERE WILL BE WAR: VOLUME X)
“If You
Were an Award, My Love”, Juan Tabo & S. Harris
(voxday.blogspot.com 6/15)
Space Raptor
Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle (self-published)

Best Dramatic
Presentation – Long

AVENGERS: AGE
OF ULTRON
EX MACHINA
MAD MAX: FURY
ROAD
THE MARTIAN
STAR WARS:
THE FORCE AWAKENS

Best Dramatic
Presentation – Short

DOCTOR WHO:
“Heaven Sent”
GRIMM:
“Headache”
JESSICA
JONES: “AKA Smile”
MY LITTLE
PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: “The Cutie Map: Parts 1 and 2”
SUPERNATURAL:
“Just My Imagination”

Best Related Work

BETWEEN LIGHT
AND SHADOW: AN EXPLORATION OF THE FICTION OF GENE WOLFE, 1951 to
1986, Marc Aramini (Castalia House)
SJWS ALWAYS
LIE: TAKING DOWN THE THOUGHT POLICE, Vox Day (Castalia House)
“Safe Space
as Rape Room”, Daniel Eness (castaliahouse.com)
“The Story
of Moira Greyland”, Moira Greyland (askthebigot.com)
“The First
Draft of My Appendix N Book”, Jeffro Johnson (castaliahouse.com)

Best Graphic
Story

INVISIBLE
REPUBLIC: VOL 1, Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman; art by
Gabriel Hardman (Image)
ERIN DIES
ALONE, Grey Carter; art by Cory Rydell (dyingalone.net)
THE SANDMAN:
OVERTURE, Neil Gaiman; art by J.H. Williams III (Vertigo)
THE DIVINE,
Boaz Lavie; art by Asaf Hanuka & Tomer Hanuka (First Second)
FULL FRONTAL
NERDITY, Aaron Williams (ffn.nodwick.com)

Best Professional
Editor Long Form

Vox Day
Sheila E.
Gilbert
Liz Gorinsky
Jim Minz
Toni
Weisskopf

Best Professional
Editor Short Form

John Joseph
Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
Jerry
Pournelle
Sheila
Williams

Best Professional
Artist

Lars Braad
Andersen
Larry Elmore
Michal Karcz
Abigail
Larson
Larry Rostant

Best Semiprozine

BENEATH
CEASELESS SKIES
DAILY SCIENCE
FICTION
SCI PHI
JOURNAL
STRANGE
HORIZONS
UNCANNY

Best Fanzine

BLACK GATE
CASTALIA
HOUSE BLOG
FILE 770
SUPERVERSIVE
SF
TANGENT
ONLINE

Best Fancast

8‐4 PLAY
CANE AND
RINSE
HELLOGREEDO
THE
RAGEAHOLIC
TALES TO
TERRIFY

Best Fan Writer

Douglas Ernst
Mike Glyer
Morgan Holmes
Jeffro
Johnson
Shamus Young

Best Fan Artist

Matthew
Callahan
disse86
Kukuruyo
Christian
Quinot
Steve Stiles

John W. Campbell
Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award]

Pierce Brown
Sebastien de Castell
Brian Niemeier
Andy Weir
Alyssa Wong

For more info about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about EPIC: LEGENDS OF FANTASY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Coulthart

For more info about ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE 30^TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon site.

Cover by Michael Whelan.

February 3, 2016

More year end acclaim for Kate Elliott, Nalo Hopkinson, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, and John Langan

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized afrocaribbean, best of 2015, chuma hill, collection, dark fantasy, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, falling in love with hominids, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, horror, John Langan, julie dillon, kate elliott, kelley armstrong, led astray, led astray: the best of kelley armstrong, lius lasahido, Locus, nalo hopkinson, paranormal romance, paula guran, reiko murakami, science fiction, short stories, slow bullets, the monstorus, the very best of kate elliott, Thomas Canty, urban fantasy

LOCUS announced their 2015 Recommended Reading List. Four Tachyon titles garnered mention: THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, Nalo Hopkinson’s FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, and Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS.

Editor Paula Guran’s THE YEAR’S BEST
DARK FANTASY AND HORROR: 2016 will include “The Door” by Kelley Armstrong from LED ASTRAY: THE BEST OF KELLEY ARMSTRONG and “Corpsemouth” by John Langan from Ellen Datlow’s THE MONSTROUS.

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on LED ASTRAY: THE BEST OF KELLEY ARMSTRONG, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Design by Elizabeth Story

November 3, 2015

Artist John Coulthart discusses his terrifying work on THE MONSTROUS

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized anthology, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, horror, john coulthart, reiko murakami, short stories, the monstorus

On his site FEUILLETON, artist extraordinaire John Coulthart showcases his interior illustrations to Ellen Datlow’s latest anthology THE MONSTROUS.

One of the books I was working on over the summer is officially published this week. THE MONSTROUS is a horror anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, and the third Datlow collection that I’ve designed for Tachyon Publications after LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS (2014) and DARKNESS: TWO DECADES OF MODERN HORROR (2010).

My work on this new collection isn’t as full-on as for the Lovecraft volume: I designed the interior, and also illustrated each story but this time many of the illustrations are details or vignettes rather than full-page pictures. There are still 20 stories and over 20 illustrations, however, illustrating pieces by Jeffrey Ford, Peter Straub, Dale Bailey, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gemma Files, Livia, Adam-Troy Castro, Kim Newman, Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Carole Johnstone, Brian Hodge, Stephen Graham Jones, Adam L. G. Nevill, Sofia Samatar, Terry Dowling, Glen Hirshberg, A. C. Wise, Steve Rasnic Tem, Christopher Fowler, and John Langan. Not everything here is a monster in the common sense of that word, the collection explores monstrousness in many different forms, from Sumerian demons and Japanese ghosts to Peter Straub’s disturbing portrait of a psychotic school teacher.

To see more of the images and read more of Coulthart’s comments, visit FEUILLETON.

For more on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Illustrations by John Coulthart

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Cover design by Elizabeth Story