stuff for a long weekend

[ellenkushner]

Suzy McKee Charnas' THE VAMPIRE TAPESTRY is my favorite vampire fiction, period: a complex, elegant work for grownups. I was really happy to see oracne invited her to Guest Post about a new vampire story forthcoming in TEETH (!!! - it's a YA vamp anthology that includes stories I really like by Delia & me & a host of rather intimidating others).

This artwork by coppervale  makes me swoon.

Oh, and speaking of interviews & YA anthologies:  I just did a nice interview with Charles Tan over at SF Signal site about my story "The Children of Cadmus" in the new (and splendid) Datlow/Windling antho, THE BEASTLY BRIDE:  TALES OF THE ANIMAL PEOPLE *(cover & interior illo's by Charles Vess) - and the SFSignal interview also posted images from the childhood book of mine that inspired the story.  Cool.

Tan is interviewing every single author from that anthology - they're all listed here.

*...Not a single review has mentioned my story so far - I think they must find it baffling or offputting.  But wait!  I see an Amazon reviewer liked it!  Phew.

Comments

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I haven't read The Vampire Tapestry in...well, however many years it's been since it came out. (I didn't check, because I don't want to feel any older than I already do.) Anyway, rather than hunt for my copy in the teetering pile that is my entire house, I just nabbed it for the Kindle so I can have it with me as soon as I finish my current book (Jeff Vandermeer's amazing Finch) and start right in. Thanks for putting it back on my radar.