Archive for August, 2009

links for 2009-08-15

August 15th 2009 at 1:02 pm

Fright.com reviews How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce: "HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH DEMONS is one of Joyce’s most unique efforts, yet still contains many of the virtues of his more traditional novels, namely several well-rounded characters and a page-turning narrative. … [The] novel [is] witty, chilling and even profound–and every bit [...]

links for 2009-08-13

August 13th 2009 at 1:04 pm

The Cleveland Plain Dealer shows some love for The Mall of Cthulhu by Seamus Cooper: "FREAKY FOOD COURT Lovecraft nerds will have a shivery good time with THE MALL OF CTHULHU by Seamus Cooper. A bored FBI agent and a geeky former folklore student team up to prevent cultists from turning a shopping center into [...]

Congratulations to Hugo Award winners

August 9th 2009 at 8:28 pm

Congratulations to Night Shade’s Hugo Award winners John Klima (Best Fan Magazine, Electric Velocipede) and Ted Chiang (Best Short Story, “Exhalation,” from Eclipse Two).

links for 2009-08-07

August 7th 2009 at 1:02 pm

Famous Monsters of Filmland reviews Lightbreaker by Mark Teppo "Lightbreaker is the best book about magic that I have read since Peter Straub’s Shadowland. This book is simply amazing. It is a richly layered journey into the occult, it is complex, dark and a hell of a ride." (tags: Night_Shade_Books lightbreaker mark_teppo)

In Montreal this weekend?

August 7th 2009 at 5:20 am

The Night Shade posse is in Montreal this weekend, attending AnticipationSF, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention. We’ll be showing off many of our new titles over the next few days, including John Joseph Adams’s By Blood We Live and Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl. If you’re attending WorldCon as well, stop on by our [...]

links for 2009-08-04

August 4th 2009 at 1:04 pm

SciFiChick.com reviews The King’s Daughters by Nathalie Mallet "A very entertaining mystery. With colorful characters, strange magic, suspense, and deceit, Mallet has created an enchanting world. I love the character of Amir. While he is a prince and a bit spoiled and biased, he has a kind heart and can’t stay away from a good [...]

The Living Dead nominated for World Fantasy Award

August 4th 2009 at 10:15 am

The Living Dead has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology! Visit the World Fantasy Awards web site for the full list of nominees.

By Blood We Live Now on Sale + Website Launches

August 3rd 2009 at 10:13 am

By Blood We Live is now on sale, and so we’re launching the anthology’s website. Coming soon (in September) is The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and we’re launching the site for that now as well. Both sites feature the complete text of 8 stories, as well as interviews with many of the authors and [...]

Strange Horizons Fund Drive

August 2nd 2009 at 7:52 pm

For nine years now, Strange Horizons has been showcasing the best and brightest voices in science fiction and fantasy publishing.  Their success rests partly on the talented authors who have published with them, but also partly on the support of their readers and the larger sf/f community.  Strange Horizons is looking to raise $7000 in [...]