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Joel Lane has passed away
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British author and editor Joel Lane, 50, died suddenly November 25, 2013, reportedly in his sleep.
Joel Lane is the author of these highly regarded collections: The Earth Wire & Other Stories (1994), The Lost District and Other Stories (2006), The Terrible Changes (2009) and Where Furnaces Burn (2012). He is also the author of two mainstream novels, and he edited anthologies.
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The presentation of the 2013 DAVID GEMMELL AWARDS FOR FANTASY will herald a weekend of exceptional events at World Fantasy Convention.
The shortlist for the 2013 David Gemmell Awards was announced on August 11:
Legend Award (Best Novel)
- Joe Abercrombie: The Red Country (Gollancz)
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer (Pan Macmillan UK)
- Mark Lawrence: King of Thorns (HarperCollins/Voyager)
- Helen Lowe: The Gathering of the Lost (Orbit)
- Brent Weeks: The Blinding Knife (Orbit)
Morningstar Award (Best Debut Novel)
- Saladin Ahmed: Throne of the Crescent Moon (Gollancz and DAW Books)
- Miles Cameron: The Red Knight (Gollancz)
- John Gwynne: Malice (Pan Macmillan UK)
- Aidan Harte: Irenicon (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer (Pan Macmillan UK)
Giveaway winners announced
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GIVEAWAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Prophecy of the Kings Trilogy (by David Burrows) will soon be posted to the lucky winners.
The winners are:
- Tim Shuttleworth
- Lynne Hinton
- Michelle Weedall
Congratulations to all the winners!
Discuss this article in the forums (0 replies).World Fantasy Awards nominees 2013
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The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:
Life Achievement:
- Susan Cooper
- Tanith Lee
Novel:
- The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
- The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- Crandolin, Anna Tambour (Chômu)
- Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (Grove; Corvus)
Novella:
- “Hand of Glory”, Laird Barron (The Book of Cthulhu II)
- “Let Maps to Others”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Summer ’12)
- The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon)
- “The Skull”, Lucius Shepard (The Dragon Griaule)
- “Sky”, Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls)
Short Story:
- “The Telling”, Gregory Norman Bossert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11/29/12)
- “A Natural History of Autumn”, Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 7-8/12)
- “The Castle That Jack Built”, Emily Gilman (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/26/12)
- “Breaking the Frame”, Kat Howard (Lightspeed 8/12)
- “Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12)
Anthology:
- Epic: Legends of Fantasy, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Tachyon)
- Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic, Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown, eds. (Small Beer)
- Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris)
- Postscripts #28/#29: Exotic Gothic 4, Danel Olson, ed. (PS Publishing)
- Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Random House)
Collection:
- At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson (Small Beer)
- Where Furnaces Burn, Joel Lane (PS Publishing)
- The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth and Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
- Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman (ChiZine)
- Jagannath, Karin Tidbeck (Cheeky Frawg)
GIVEAWAY: Prophecy of the Kings Trilogy (by David Burrows)
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GIVEAWAY: Prophecy of the Kings Trilogy (by David Burrows)
Three copies of Prophecy of the Kings Trilogy (by David Burrows) will be given to readers who participate in the giveaway.
In order to participate in this giveaway, all you have to do is to...
1) ...find a hidden map and a hidden story (A Meeting of Souls) on the author's official website
or
2) ...send an interview question to the author. (An example question is: What motivated you to write fantasy?)
Check out Risingshadow's review of Prophecy of the Kings Trilogy at www.risingshadow.net/articles/168-a-review-of-david-burrows-prophecy-of-the-kings-trilogy-omnibus.
Conditions
Send the links to a hidden story and a hidden map or an interview question to this e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You must give a valid e-mail address, name and mailing address. Subject of the e-mail message must be: PROPHECY.
The first winner will be the person who finds a hidden map and a hidden story, the second winner will be the person who sends the most interesting interview question (judged by the author and Risingshadow editor) and the third winner will be selected randomly among all the participants. Winners will be contacted by e-mail.
This giveaway ends at August 25th, 2013.
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