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GIVEAWAY: Jottings from a Far Away Place by Brendan Connell and Blue on Blue by Quentin S. Crisp

Written by Seregil of Rhiminee

Published: 28 January 2016

You have an opportunity to win two exciting and extraordinary books published by Snuggly Books:

Jottings from a Far Away Place by Brendan Connell

Ranging on the fringes of imagination and erudition, forming a mosaic of stories, maxims and sketches, at once fragmentary and cumulative, Jottings from a Far Away Place combines the timeless, mannered assurance of the Eastern discursive essay with the experimentation of the Western avant-garde. As the focus shifts between fantastic tales and studies of viciousness, the reader is treated to, among myriad other things, the adventures of a Taoist guitar player, a bloody episode with Countess de Báthory, a recipe for cinnabar sauce, and the story of a man who has been reincarnated as a spoon.

A book that is like a collection of bulletins from the world of dreams.

Blue on Blue by Quentin S. Crisp

In an artificially engineered loop of parallel time called the Alternative States of the American Fifties, Victor Winton, a talented but unfulfilled cartoonist, struggles with the contradictory forces held in precarious stasis by the loop. While trying to create the perfect pin-up girl for his new comic-strip series, he becomes intrigued with an ‘ordinary girl’ by the name of Jenny Mills. As he struggles to harness the fascinations at work in his life, they expand beyond the range of his control and threaten a fulfilment for which he might not be ready.

This giveaway is open to everybody, worldwide.

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This giveaway ends on February 14th, 2016.

Good luck to all participants!

A Choice of Treasons giveaway has ended

Written by Seregil of Rhiminee

Published: 09 November 2015

A Choice of Treasons giveaway has ended.

Five lucky winners have been selected randomly among all the participants. The winners have been contacted personally via e-mail.

Thank you for all the participants and congratulations to the winners!

David G. Hartwell (1941-2016)

Written by Seregil of Rhiminee

Published: 20 January 2016

Patrick Nielsen Hayden reported on Making Light that David Hartwell has died.

Editor David G. Hartwell, 74, died January 19, 2016. He suffered head trauma in a fall, was hospitalized, and then was taken off life support when it became clear he would not recover from a massive brain bleed. Hartwell was one of the genre's most accomplished editors, and was equally known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the field and his memorable personal style.

More information can be found here:

http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/01/david-g-hartwell-1941-2016/

2015 World Fantasy Award winners

Written by Seregil of Rhiminee

Published: 09 November 2015

2015 World Fantasy Award winners are:

Life Achievement Winners

• Ramsey Campbell
• Sheri S. Tepper

Novel

• David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (Random House/Sceptre UK)

Novella

• Daryl Gregory, We Are All Completely Fine (Tachyon Publications)

Short Story

• Scott Nicolay, Do You Like to Look at Monsters? (Fedogan & Bremer, chapbook)

Anthology

• Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, eds., Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales (Candlewick Press)

Collection

• Helen Marshall, Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine Publications)
• Angela Slatter, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings (Tartarus Press)

Artist

• Samuel Araya

Special Award — Professional

• Sandra Kasturi and Brett Alexander Savory, for ChiZine Publications

Special Award — Non-professional

• Ray B. Russell and Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press

Source: http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/