Posts Tagged ‘Ann VanderMeer’

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    A Last Drink Bird Head for Charity
    Jeff VanderMeer has announced Last Drink Bird Head, a book full of flash fiction by some authors I dig (over 80 of them all told), with proceeds going to charity, namely ProLiteracy.       The deal: Last Drink Bird Head is a variation on a surrealist writing game: we gave the phrase to over 70 writers and asked them “Who or what is Last Drink Bird Head?”...
    by Jay Tomio at September 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Shared Worlds workshop
    A day or two late getting this up, but this a press release about the Shared Worlds Creative Writing Camp. This year the camp’s instructors include people like Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, Holly Black, and Tobias Buckell. Here is the release:      Shared Worlds Creative Writing Camp Seeking Students for 09 Session Shared Worlds, an innovative...
    by Jay Tomio at April 17th, 2009 at 06:04 am
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    Contest – Best American Fantasy 2008 (5 copies signed!)
    For those who have been following our debut of our Short Fiction Round Table you know what the deal is with this anthology. Best American Fantasy 2008 is edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer and the series editor is Matthew Cheney. These will be signed by Ann and Jeff! Table of Contents “Bufo Rex” by Erik Amundsen (Weird Tales) “The Ruby Incomparable”...
    by Jay Tomio at December 12th, 2008 at 05:12 am
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    Short Fiction Round Table – The Introduction: Best American Fantasy 2008
    This is the start of a new mini-feature at BookSpot Central, the Short Fiction Round Table, where members of the BSC will combine forces and focus on a collection or anthology. The purpose of this feature is to be able to cover more short fiction and this provides an interactive and easy way to get as many people involved as I divvy up one, tow, or three stories to various...
    by Jay Tomio at December 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am
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    Contest – Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (signed)
    Arrr! I’ve gone far and wide to bring more literary booty (not the cute librarian we met in Hyarnustar!) to BookSpotCentral buckos and from my last adventure I bring you: I stole this from a couple of carousers, maybe even a carousing couple; two scallywags if I ever layed my eye on one. Me and my mate Corto Maltese met them in San Lorenzo and did them up good...
    by Jay Tomio at October 10th, 2008 at 08:10 am