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Category Archives: Short stories
HORROR FOR THE THRONE
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Ian Randal Strock’s Fantastic Books has contracted with James D. Macdonald, Judith K. Dial, and Tom Easton for an anthology of 40 short horror stories to be called HORROR FOR THE THRONE ONE-SITTING READS We will open for submissions on August 8, 2019. Submissions will close September 15, 2019. Proposed publication date is earlyContinue reading “HORROR FOR THE THRONE”
Special Promotion
From now through the 1st of January, two of our e-books are on sale over at Smashwords at a special promotional price: Free. They represent the two major genres in which we work: fantasy and science fiction. So, if you’ve never read any of our books, here you go: Two From the MageWorlds, and TheContinue reading “Special Promotion”
Dotard!
The news lately is full of the word “dotard,” and all of the news sources feel compelled to add a definition. As if everyone didn’t already know what dotard meant. In the small fishing village whence I come, “Dotard!” is constantly on every man’s lips. Seriously, I’ve known it since I was eight or ten,Continue reading “Dotard!”
One-Sitting Reads
The mail brought our latest authors’ copies of an anthology with one of our stories. This is Science Fiction for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial. A collection of very short stories, mostly if not all reprints, by authors including Jo Walton, Greg Benford, Fran Wilde, Cat Rambo, andContinue reading “One-Sitting Reads”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 