A YA feminist mash up inspired by The Lost Boys and The Craft.
It's 1987 and unfortunately it's not all Madonna and cherry lip balm. Mayhem Brayburn has always known there was something off about her and her mother, Roxy. Maybe it has to do with Roxy's constant physical pain, or maybe with Mayhem's own irresistible pull to water. Either way, she knows they aren't like everyone else. But when May's stepfather finally goes too far, Roxy and Mayhem flee to Santa Maria, California, the coastal beach town that holds the answers to all of Mayhem's questions about who her mother is, her estranged family, and the mysteries of her own self. There she meets the kids who live with her aunt, and it opens the door to the magic that runs through the female lineage in her family, the very magic Mayhem is next in line to inherit and which will change her life for good. But when she gets wrapped up in the search for the man who has been kidnapping girls from the beach, her life takes another dangerous turn and she is forced to face the price of vigilante justice and to ask herself whether revenge is worth the cost.
From the acclaimed author of This Raging Light and But Then I Came Back, Estelle Laure offers a riveting and complex story with magical elements about a family of women contending with what appears to be an irreversible destiny, taking control and saying when enough is enough.
Read more: Mayhem - Estelle Laure
Michael Crichton has died
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Fandom
Best-selling author Michael Crichton has died in Los Angeles aged 66 after a "courageous and private battle against cancer", his family has said.
He penned Jurassic Park, as well as books like Congo and Disclosure, all of which were adapted into films.
His books have sold more than 150m copies. He also created the long-running US hospital TV drama ER.
Source: BBC News
World Fantasy Award Winners
- Written by Sini
- Category: Fandom
World Fantasy Award Winners were announced on 2nd of November in the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, Canada.
- Novel: Ysabel, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
- Novella: Illyria, Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing)
- Short Story: “Singing of Mount Abora”, Theodora Goss (Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra)
- Anthology: Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, Ellen Datlow, Editor (Tor)
- Collection: Tiny Deaths, Robert Shearman (Comma Press)
- Artist: Edward Miller
- Special Award, Professional: Peter Crowther for PS Publishing
- Special Award, Non-Professional: Midori Snyder and Terri Windling for Endicott Studios Website
Three-book deal for debut SF novelist Hannu Rajaniemi
- Written by Thialfi
- Category: Fandom
'I received this chapter from Hannu by e-mail in the morning (and loved it), mentioned it to Simon when we were talking about other matters, and three hours later I had a very strong pre-empt offer,' said John Jarrold. 'After fifteen years in an editor's chair I am very aware how unusual it is for an offer to be made for a debut novelist on only twenty-four double spaced pages – particularly at a time when many publishing executives are more interested in the opinions of their sales and marketing directors than those of their senior editors. So congratulations to Simon for his enthusiasm and the speed of his response, and much respect to those at Orion who trusted his judgement. I think everyone can judge the power of Hannu's writing from the way this deal was done. This chapter leaves me thirsting for more!'
Read more: Three-book deal for debut SF novelist Hannu Rajaniemi
British Fantasy Award
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- Category: Fandom
Best Novel: (The August Derleth Fantasy Award): Ramsey Campbell for The Grin of The Dark (PS Publishing)
Best Short Fiction: Joel Lane for “My Stone Desire” (Black Static #1, TTA Press)
Best Novella: Conrad Williams for The Scalding Rooms (PS Publishing)
The Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award: Scott Lynch
Official homepage was not yet updated. More winners can be found found from Science Fiction Awards Watch.
Next 'Harry Potter' film delayed
- Written by Darkki
- Category: Fandom
Warner Bros. suprisely announced that they have moved back the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from Nov. 11 to July 17, 2009.
Warner president Alan Horn said:
"Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films — changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of," he said. "We agreed the best strategy was to move 'Half-Blood Prince' to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tent pole release for mid-summer."
The studio still has a plan to release the first part of final book, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows', as planned on November 19, 2009.