“The framing of The Very Best of Kate Elliott is clear: feminist stories featuring a diverse group of female characters presented in a variety of roles and journeys. The most obvious extrapolation here for me given my personal interests…
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Short Stories
It’s Tuesday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! (Well, not usually, but today that is the case!) Today, Thea takes over with some list-making with short fiction on the brain… Because sometimes, during the hectic rush of the holidays,…
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The Astronomer Who Met The North Wind: Kate Hall on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana is talking about Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts: She loved this collection of short stories – it’s funny and fun. Go here to read more about…
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A Smugglerific Cover: The Astronomer Who Met The North Wind by Kate Hall
Today we are most delighted to unveil the cover of Book Smugglers Publishing’s fifth short story (just one more to go now!) in our Fairytale Retellings line-up. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story Down there,…
Book Smugglers Publishing Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: In Her Head, In Her Eyes by Yukimi Ogawa
Hello and welcome! Today, we are here – delighted and proud – to unveil the cover of Book Smugglers Publishing‘s second short story in our Fall 2014 lineup. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story Trills…
Today! Today, we are most delighted to unveil the cover of Book Smugglers Publishing’s very first short story. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story “Happy birthday, child. Careful not to shoot any grundwirgen.” Ever since…
BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Six Short Stories for the Discerning Reader Once upon a time, two book smugglers had a dream. They dreamed that they’d use all the knowledge and experience they’ve accumulated with 7 years of book-reviewing…
Ana and Thea here, fresh from a weekend of intense weekend of brainstorming and planning (and eating, drinking & geeking). We have some exciting news: For the past six years we have been reading, commenting on, and sharing our…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana comments on the short stories nominated for this year’s Hugo Awards. It’s a great list and a difficult choice for top 1 story. Go here to read more.…
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Short Story Roundup: The Too-Clever Fox and The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere
It’s SFF awards season! The Hugos and the Nebulas are now open for nominations, and after running through our longlists earlier this week, I found myself appalled at the lack of short stories, novelettes, and novellas I had read…
Welcome, dear readers, to the next stop on The Book Smugglers’ tour of Halloween! Today, we celebrate the wondrous subcategory of the Horror genre that is the Short Story. A little background: Thea actually detests most short stories. Not…
Inspirations and Influences
Life on the Preservation: Jack Skillingstead on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
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Book Review (& Giveaway): Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip Pullman
Title: Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm Author: Philip Pullman Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tales Publisher: Viking Adult Publication Date: November 2012 Hardcover: 400 Pages Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children’s and Household…