Tayari's Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The striking woman in the photo above is Marie NiDiaye, the first black woman to win France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt. (thanks Raquel! photo from LAT ) Spooky new story by Kelly Link. I haven't read it yet, but I love her so I will print this story out to read on the subway. Y'all know how I feel about NaNo, but if you cough up a novel this month, FastPencil will give you...
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Wrong Grave by Kelly Link [Via The Guardian] Related posts:Free Fiction: Magic For Beginners by Kelly LinkFree Fiction: Solomon’s Grave by Daniel G. KeohaneFree Fiction: Asimov’s Preliminary Award Nominees Related posts: Free Fiction: Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link Free Fiction: Solomon’s Grave by Daniel G. Keohane Free Fiction: Asimov’s...
Trashionista (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
I've just finished reading Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link (it's fantastic - review coming soon!). Pretty Monsters is a collection of nine spooky short stories, and now one is available to read online.The Guardian has recently posted The Wrong Grave...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
In this short story, illustrated by Shaun Tan, from her collection Pretty Monsters, Kelly Link tells the tale of a would-be poet, who decides to retrieve the poems he buried with his girlfriend - but makes a grave mistake Fiction Science fiction, fantasy and horror guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
REAL life has a habit of muscling its way into Kelly Link's remarkable and surreal short stories. Her third collection, Pretty Monsters, is a fizzing alchemy of ghost stor
The Millions (A Blog About Books) (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Is You by Arthur Phillips ( Anne’s review , Arthur Phillips’ Year in Reading , Arthur Phillips on Kelly Link ) Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ( Booker Prize Winner ) Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood ( a most anticipated book )
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... you define the term (Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series) and one short story collection (Kelly Link’s Magic for Beginners ) has some oddities – but since I like both of these series a lot, I shan’t raise a fuss. A thread on best fantasy novels seems like a good Thanksgiving occupation for those so inclined, so here are my 6, in no particular order. (1) John Crowley, Little,...
Ivebeenreadinglately (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
... last year, Poe's Children: The New Horror ) that reads like the offspring of Steven Millhauser and Kelly Link . The title character, Little Red, is a jazz record collector and friend to a certain subset of those in need; he is spoken of only in vague terms, for though it seems clear that he has some unusual powers, their nature is elusive, even to him. He will not remind you of anyone...
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... Morris Free Fiction: 50 Free Fantastic Fictions For Friday Free Fiction: Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link
AnotherPlace Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Stranger Things Happen is a collection of short stories by author Kelly Link, who as well as being known for her stories also manages small publishing company Small Beer Press with her husband Gavin rant, and is one of the editors of the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror series. Link’s work is often categorised as Slipstream, [...]
Ambling Along the Aqueduct (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... review the high points. The guests of honor, Laurie J. Marks, and her editor and also a writer, Kelly Link, interview each other about fantasy writing to open the volume and conduct a dialogue on sf to close it.... Writers might be interested in their description of the process of revising and editing, here in Marks's words: "When you're editing, it only affects the particular...
io9 (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
If you love the work of Kelly Link, you owe it to yourself to check out "Six From Downtown," a collection of six vignettes about despair and alienation by Philippine writer Dean Francis Alfar. Plus,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Government has agreed to sever the trial of William Cellini , a co-defendant of former Ill. Governor Rod Blagojovech. The reason: After dismissing the charges against deceased Chris Kelly, who was the link between Cellini and Blago, and because Cellini's charges, while he was named an unindicted co-conspirator in Blago's counts, had very little to do with either Blagojevich, absent...
Strange Horizons Reviews (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The fantasy stories go in the opposite direction, favoring contemporary, North American urban-suburban settings, found in Holly Black's "Virgin," Holly Phillips's "," Stephen King's "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates," Meghan McCarron's ""and Kelly Link's "Pretty Monsters." Peter S. Beagle's "Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel," despite its slightly earlier period, and...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Blackrock College 15 Shannon 2 Defending champions Shannon overcame the early loss of injured captain Mossie Lawlor to post a deserved 21-15 victory over Blackrock College at Stradbrook this afternoon, with Limerick Gaelic footballer Stephen Kelly scorching through for two first half tries.
