Douglas Smith interviewed me recently as part of the Dark Fantasy and SF Exclusive StoryBundle featuring a bunch of former ChiZine authors.
Check it out! This StoryBundle is only available until September 9th, 2020!
And don’t forget to check out these interviews Douglas Smith did with my fellow bundle authors:
I’m thrilled to have Tombstone Blues and Too Far Gone in a new fantasy and SF StoryBundle! Both Thunder Road and Graveyard Mind have been parts of previous successful bundles, so now’s a fantastic chance to complete the collection, and support a bunch of my fellow former ChiZine authors at the same time!
Check out the details below in Douglas Smith’s introduction to the StoryBundle:
THE EXCLUSIVE DARK FANTASY AND SF BUNDLE
The Exclusive Dark Fantasy and SF Bundle – Curated by Douglas Smith
2020 has been a scary year. Like some dark fantasy or horror story. Or a dystopian tale about the end of the world.
So…
Why not embrace that spirit? Show this year from hell that you can take whatever it dishes out, because you know what dark fantasies and horror stories are really like. And you’ve seen more ends of the world than 2020 could even dream of.
Because you’ve read the stories in this amazing and exclusive bundle.
Read about curses and ghosts, about Norse gods on the Canadian prairies and what happens after Ragnarök and the end of the world. Read how life on Earth may end if we don’t stop killing our planet. Read twenty-one tales of personal apocalypses (because someone’s world is always ending), and stories from a very special and very strange bookstore. Read about post-human biopunk and day-after-tomorrow climate change adventure. Read about the boy who is either a scrawny, bullied, neglected son of insane parents or the imprisoned leader of a death cult dedicated to the goddess of discord.
I’m curating a new Dark Fantasy & SF bundle for StoryBundle.com, a remarkable set of eleven titles by bestselling authors and rising stars. As always, at StoryBundle, you name your own price—whatever you feel the books are worth, and a portion of the proceeds goes to charity (in this case, Black Lives Matter (Canada)).
It is only fitting that this Dark Fantasy & SF bundle was born from a dark event. In late 2019, the award-winning Canadian small press, ChiZine Publications, imploded under the weight of multiple complaints over non-payment of royalties and other issues.
Some good came from the collapse, as the publisher agreed to revert all rights for any title requested by an author. But that meant those titles were no longer available for readers like you to buy and enjoy from your favorite retailer.
So this bundle was born, containing several titles originally published by ChiZine but now independently published exclusively for this bundle. Right now, this bundle is the ONLY place you can buy these former CZP titles. The bundle also features other titles by former CZP authors, including books 2 and 3 in Chadwick Ginther’s critically-acclaimed Thunder Road trilogy.
This exclusive bundle runs for three weeks only. This is a fantastic deal and a great way to pick up a batch of wonderful stories, most of which are not currently available anywhere else, all for one low price. – Douglas Smith
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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you’re feeling generous), you’ll get the basic bundle of four books in any ebook format—WORLDWIDE.
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular books, plus SEVEN more books, for a total of eleven!
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub, .mobi) for all books!
It’s also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.
Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.
StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.
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Nominations opened for the Prix Aurora Awards (and a whole mess of other awards too–though it’s the Auroras that are most likely to impact ’round Thunder Road Way) while I had my head down trying to finish my latest novel.
Instruction for how to nominate a story are available on the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association’s site. But why should you vote? Ottawa author Matt Moore wrote an excellent blog post on why we should participate in the Aurora Awards. The more people participate, and the more they care, the more these awards will matter.
If you’re so inclined, here’s what I did in 2015:
I also want to mention the people that helped me create in 2015:
In addition to being my co-conspirator for the Winnipeg arm of ChiSeries, Samantha Beiko steps up every single time I give her a weird ass request, such as: I want to make story cards, or can you draw me a giant, evil cat? Even I want to put a new book together less than a month before Comic Con.
Sam did this great picture of Ted Callan for my story, “New Year’s Eve”
She also illustrated this super fun (and super creepy) Jólakötturinn, the Christmas Cat.
and she edited and laid out Shared World.
Sam is awesomesauce. Check out her stuff, and her dream book store, Valkyrie Books.
GMB Chomichuk and James Gillespie also wrote a short story for Shared World. “Kaa-Rokaan.”
In addtion to being a great writer, Gregory is an amazing artist. His Infinitum was a wonderful, weird read. Time travel noir!
He also illustrated Underworld, written by another Winnipeg comics mainstay, Lovern Kindzierski. Greek mythology in modern Winnipeg.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia wrote my favourite book of 2015, her novel debut, Signal to Noise. Silvia’s knows her Lovecraft, and everyone involved in Shared World was chuffed when she agreed to write us a kickass introduction.
Michael Matheson was my editor for Too Far Gone. Michael was new to editing the series, anddid a bang up job. I’d love to have a chance to work with Michael again. In the meantime, checkout this anthology published by ChiZine Publications:
David Jón Fuller was my copy editor for Too Far Gone (and the entire Thunder Road Trilogy) and kept all my umlauts in the right spots. David is also a damn fine short story writer.
His story “Caged” appeared in Guns and Romances, and “In Open Air” appeared in Accessing the Future.
Scott Henderson did this gorgeous piece inspired by Too Far Gone.
Scott also illustrated Richard Van Camp’s graphic novel, A Blanket of Butterflies.
Claude Lalumière and David Nickle were my editors for The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir and bought my story, “The Last Good Look.”
This is a killer anthology. I enjoyed reading every story in it.
Sandra Wickham and I are currently writing a novel together. She’s also sort of taken on the Herculean task of getting me back in shape. Her book Health and Fitness for Creative People is a great start.
Kevin Madison has done tons of Thunder Road illustrations for me over the course of the series’ life. Here’s one of his most recent:
Kevin also wrote a comic last year, which was a lot of fun. Different artists illustrating various points in a superhero’s career.
Here’s some other stuff I really dug throughout 2015, heavily weighted towards comics, because that seemed to be the majority of my reading lately.
I helped back Canadian Corps on Kickstarter. Andrew Lorenz’s writing definitely hit me right in the Alpha Flight feels.
Donovan Yaciuk did the colours for Canadian Corps, but he also writes this sweet indie comic:
A space-faring pig. ‘Nuff said.
Justin Shauf is the artist on Spacepig Hamadeus and Canadian Corps. He also drew me this SWEET Dr. Fate.
Rat Queens is written by Kurtis Wiebe, and its one of the highlights of my comic pull list ever time an issue drops.
I adore Fiona Staples’ art on Saga. Another book that’s never disappointed me.
Jim Zub’s Wayward is another great fantasy comic.
No matter how much I read, it still seems like it’s never enough! I feel like I’ve got a lot of cramming to do before I put in my nominations. What have you created or read that I should check out before nominations close?
Write on!
While I had my head down to finish Too Far Gone, nominations opened for the Prix Aurora Awards (and a whole mess of other awards too–though it’s the Auroras that are most likely to impact ’round Thunder Road Way).
There is still a month left to nominate, and if you’re so inclined, here’s what I did in 2014:
Please also consider the people that helped me create in 2014.
On Spec Magazine is eligible in the “Best Related Work” category.
Kevin Madison’s work during his “Thunder Road Trip” art blog read of Thunder Road and Tombstone Blues, is eligible for “Best Fan Related” category
and the cover and interior illustrations he did for “A Simple Twist of Fate” are eligible in the “Artist” category.
I’d also like to give a shout out to Scott Henderson in the “Artist” category for his stunning illustration of Tilda as a valkyrie from Tombstone Blues.
Scott also has a graphic novel that’s eligible this year: The Chronicles of Era.
Check out the awesome sketch he drew in mine:
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If you’re a member of CSFFA, please add eligible works to their data base, please nominate, please vote. The more involvement there is in the award from folks who care about Canadian speculative fiction, the more meaningful the award is.
Instructions on how to nominate are available on the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association’s site. But why should you vote? Ottawa author Matt Moore wrote an excellent blog post on why we should participate in the Aurora Awards. The more people that participate, and the more they care, the more these awards will matter.
I still haven’t put my ballot in, so if you know of something from 2014 that absolutely shouldn’t be missed, drop me a line and I’ll add it to my to-read pile.
Thank you, and write on!
Less than two weeks are left to nominate for the Prix Aurora Awards! Once again, I’ll be a last minute voter. I’m still frantically trying to squeeze some reading in before the deadline.
If you haven’t made your nominations yet, my second novel, Tombstone Blues, is eligible in the Best Novel category and alongside my co-chair Samantha Beiko, I’m eligible for Best Fan Organizational for work in the Winnipeg arm of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series.
Instruction for how to nominate a story are available on the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association’s site. But why should you vote? Ottawa author Matt Moore wrote an excellent blog post on why we should participate in the Aurora Awards. The more people participate, and the more they care, the more these awards will matter.
If you’re looking for a couple of last minute things to fill out your ballot, here’s a list of of stories and things I enjoyed in 2013 (Huge thanks to Michael Matheson for maintaining the CanSpec list!):
Novels:
YA Novels:
Short Fiction:
Poetry/Song:
Graphic Novels:
Best Related Work (Magazine/Anthology/Single Author Collection)
Best Artist:
Best Fan Publication:
Fan Organizational:
Best Fan Music:
August has been busy and it’s not going to let up, it seems.
I’ve started writing up a blog about my trip to Gimli, Manitoba and Islendingadagurrin, and realized that unless I want August to turn into the black hole of broken promises that my trip to Ottawa last summer (still awaiting a blog of its own–probably not going to happen now) has become, I’d better get on writing this trip up. And my trip to brilliant Calgary conference, When Words Collide. And my research trip to the Badlands of Alberta. I will write them. I swear.
But in the meantime, here’s some great news and a quick reminder:
The Winnipeg launch of Tombstone Blues has a time and place! October 15th at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Hope to see you there!
There is also less than one month left to vote for the Prix Aurora Awards, and here is my sole reminder that Thunder Road is short listed in the Best Novel category. Matt Moore has written an excellent blog about the Auroras and why you should vote, even if it’s not for him (or for me), so check it out, and please vote!
Write on!
Chadwick Ginther 