{"id":1207,"date":"2011-06-08T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:34:11","slug":"waiting-on-anthologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Anthologies and Alaya Dawn Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Finding Wonderland greets Yearning for Wonderland<\/a> in the name of bookish blogosphere reading. We welcome every fellow booknerd to the party!<\/p>\n

Grrrl Power in science fiction and fantasy is alive and well.<\/p>\n

Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews<\/a> is holding a random drawing giveaway for the new Tor Books anthology, Chicks Kick Butt<\/a> (Tor.com posted an excerpt), Edited by Rachel Caine and Kerrie L. Hughes. Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best things about the urban fantasy genre: strong, independent, and intelligent heroines who are quite capable of solving their own problems and slaying their own dragons (or demons, as the case may be). While this isn’t strictly a YA anthology, I am VERY sure there’s some major crossover potential going on, and this will be a fun one for the older teen “chick” you know.<\/p>\n

Drawing at FSFLN&R closes June 28.<\/b><\/p>\n

If you’re a reader of old skool (“Old.” Oh, how I amuse myself) speculative fiction written by folks like Charles de Lint or Emma Bull, you might know a little something about Bordertown. Apparently it’s a series of linked stories started in the 80’s, all set in an in-between kind of place, a way station between elves and modern times, Tolkien’s high fantasy, and today’s high rises. Bordertown is really an example of the first urban fantasy, and the best example of a shared world. Even before Second Life, people were writing out their adventures in this place — kinda like the magic of Thieves World<\/i>, but even better.
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The anthologies, edited by Terri Windling, came out until the late 90’s, and then the fun was over… Until Holly Black or perhaps Ellen Kushner thought Hey. I’ll bet a whole new generation has never even heard of Bordertown!<\/i> And a new anthology was born.<\/p>\n

You know me and YA-friendly anthologies, right? I want to read this new one like WOW, and OH MY WORD, generally because Black Holly is involved, but also because so is Our Lady, Jane (Yolen), Cory Doctorow<\/a>, Sara Ryan, Patricia A. McKillp, Cassandra Clare, Annette Curtis Klaus, Neil Gaiman… and I want to read this specifically because Alaya Dawn Johnson has a story in the collection<\/a>. (Yes. That IS a link to the story, from FANTASY<\/i>, another story ‘zine I read.)<\/p>\n

Alaya Who What?<\/i> you ask?<\/p>\n

Wait, didn’t you read ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS<\/I>? And have you not been following the SUBTERRANEAN PRESS YA EDITION excerpts on Gwenda’s blog? <\/p>\n

People, people, people. Please follow the blogs which share STORIES, which are MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAN ANYTHING. (Seriously. Do not get between a girl and her stories.) Gwenda hath provided, now, go. Read<\/a>. And come back and tell me that you want to read more from this author, whose tale is both intelligent and hilarious, disturbing<\/b>, and intriguing. And again I say disturbing<\/i>. But, oh, I laughed out loud. And said “Eeew!” And snickered some more. GRRRL Power vs. Vampires, people. JOY.<\/p>\n

To my joy, I found out that Alaya Dawn Johnson has written<\/a> some short pieces for Strange Horizons<\/a>, another online ‘zine that I really like. So, read and enjoy, and look forward with me to reading more tip-tilted speculative fiction YA stories from this writer. <\/p>\n

Just discovered that The Book Depository has this book – which means free worldwide shipping. Which means, I get to have it —<\/p>\n

*wanders off mid-word to find the book*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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