The good folks at Pocket Books have just informed us that SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH: Tales of Star-Crossed Love, the latest big crossgenre anthology from me and my partner in crime Gardner Dozois, has been slated for publication on November 16 of this year.
The lineup for this one:
-Jim Butcher, "Love Hurts"
-Jo Beverly, "The Marrying Maid"
-Carrie Vaughn, "Rooftops"
-M.L.N. Hanover, "Hurt Me"
-Cecelia Holland, "Demon Lover"
-Melinda M. Snodgrass, "The Wayfarer's Advice"
-Robin Hobb, "Blue Boots"
-Neil Gaiman, "The Thing About Cassandra"
-Marjorie M. Liu, "After the Blood"
-Jacqueline Carey, "You and You Alone"
-Lisa Tuttle, "His Wolf"
-Linnea Sinclair, "Courting Trouble"
-Mary Jo Putney, "The Demon Dancer"
-Tanith Lee, "Under/Above the Water"
-Peter S. Beagle, "Kashkia"
-Yasmine Galenorn, "Man in the Mirror"
-Diana Gabaldon, "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows"
The anthology will be released as a hardcover under the Gallery imprint.
- Current Mood:
pleased
Comments
Oh well, I guess I'll have to settle for Jim Butcher.. :)
Though I know there'll be those who would have loved your own star-crossed lovers story in there. The Prince of Dragonflies and Jenny of Oldstones, or Prince Aemon the Dragonknight and Queen Naerys, or
Rhaegar and Lyanna... ;) Suppose we'll have to settle for what we got of Jon and Ygritte, and what may be coming down the pike for some of the other characters.Wow! What a great line-up! Looking forward to it!
Thanks to you and Gardner for throwing out another gem for us.
In an completely unrelated note, I've been a huge ASOIAF fan since I picked up the first book 2 years ago. However, yesterday I branched out into your other works and began to read "Fevre Dream". I haven't been able to put it down since, it's got me hooked!
1. first romance one that is already out
2. warriors
3. this one?
Or are #1 and #3 the same?
Do you serve like a regular editor on these short stories? Like when you send your manuscript to your editor? Isn't that a completely different job than being a writer? Do you go through the short stories with a pen like a regular editor does?
The most recent of my anthologies to be published was SUICIDE KINGS, which is part of my long-running Wild Cards series.
SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, formerly known as STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, is a crossgenre anthology, with romance as one of the genres.
WARRIORS is also cross-genre. That one will be out in March.
Gardner Dozois and I are presently putting together another crossgenre anthology, this one blending SF/ fantasy with mystery// private eye stories. That's called DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS.
Solo, I am also editing FORT FREAK, the twenty-first Wild Cards book.
Yes, editing requires somewhat different skills than writing. Editing an anthology is a bit different from editing a magazine, though. For one thing, it is invitation only, so you don't need to deal with hundreds of slush pile manuscripts coming in over the transom. I don't have the time or energy to deal with that, though I admire those valiant editors who do.
Diana's story for LOVE & DEATH is a spinoff from her bestselling OUTLANDER series, but it is not necessary to have read the books to enjoy it.