Thanks to Manybooks.net for carrying the Deviations series!
manybooks.net/authors/malcohne.html
ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE wins the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine! -- Issue #14 contains my story "Hermit Crabs," which has made the "recommended reading" list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Edition.
For more on this year's Hugo Awards at the World Science Fiction Convention:
anticipationsf.ca/English/HugosFor more on Electric Velocipede:
www.electricvelocipede.com/
UNSPEAKABLE HORROR: FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOSET wins the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology! -- contains my story "Memento Mori."
To read about this year's Stoker Awards, given by the Horror Writers Association:
www.stokers2009.org/To get anthology details, including links to reviews and interviews:
www.darkscribemagazine.com/abou...logy/To order Unspeakable Horror:
astore.amazon.com/darkscrim...0981863205
RIFFING ON STRINGS: CREATIVE WRITING INSPIRED BY STRING THEORY (Scriblerus Press) wins an IPPY Silver Medal! -- contains my story "Arachne."
More on the IPPY (Independent Publisher) Awards:
bit.ly/BjqdRTo order Riffing on Strings:
bit.ly/11NP1Q
POETRY UP AT STRANGE HORIZONS: "Where Relativity Ends" appears at:
www.strangehorizons.com/2009/2...p.shtml
STORY PUBLISHED IN HELIX: A SPECULATIVE FICTION QUARTERLY: "Prometheus Rebound" appeared in issue #10, the final issue, of Helix. The magazine ceased publication at the end of 2008. You can read a .pdf file of the story here:
home.earthlink.net/~emalcoh...bound.pdfwww.helixsf.com/index.htm
COVENANT, the first volume of my DEVIATIONS series, was released by Aisling Press in 2007. See
hurricanecountry.blogspot.com/200...htmlto learn about publication changes. For more info about the series and for free downloads of COVENANT and Vol. 2, APPETITE, go to
home.earthlink.net/~deviati...ndex.htmlDownloads in more formats are available at Manybooks.net:
manybooks.net/authors/malcohne.htmlForthcoming in December 2009: Vol 3, DESTINY.
Praise for the DEVIATIONS series:
"If you are looking for something different with a great story line, I would suggest reading these books. They are very well written and draw the reader into the story, possibly against their will." -- Rachel Baker, Old Musty Books
www.oldmustybooks.com/review/...ppetite/
What people are saying about COVENANT:
"Take Ms. Elissa Malcohn ... whose novel Covenant shows some killer talent, and reminds this reader of that paragon of science fiction and fantasy: Robert Silverberg; and her oeuvre doesn't stop there." -- Julianne Draper, Miami Examiner
www.examiner.com/x-6332-Ta...sa-Malcohn
"Rich character development and fascinating central conflict quickly addict the reader to this story....the moral issues are so compelling, so thought-provoking, you'll thank the author for presenting this perspective." -- Lady Emily, Redbud Book Club
www.redbudbookclub.info/deviat...-malcoh
"This novel is the first in a projected series, and there is definitely enough material for series of books, series of movies, television series, fan-fic, etc. ... I recommend the novel & the author..." -- Jean Roberta
lizardlez.livejournal.com/tag/covenant
"I state this with all due honesty and with as little bias as humanly possible. Read this woman's work. She's one of the best indie writers out there." -- K.L. Nappier, in a comment here:
blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm
"This book is a must read for any literary enthusiast. Elissa does a wonderful job in creating this world where the Masari and Yata live in this symbiotic relationship that is based upon ritualistic cannibalism (hence the term Covenant). In spite of the subject matter the novel is not some horrific blood bath, but a thoughtful look into the relationship between these two people groups. This balance that was created by the Covenant to preserve both races is threatened by forces from outside and within their own hearts to free themselves of this enslavement to their DNA and ecology, but may lose their societies should it be successfully destroyed. As heart wrenching as the Covenant is, extinction is worse. Join this journey of faith, doubts, heroic actions, and questionable ethics as this saga is played out upon the backdrop of this primordial world where anything can happen..." -- Glenda Finkelstein
blog.myspace.com/index.cfm
Reviews on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/exec/obido...im/sfwa-20/
"This is just the kind of book I like: too good to put down, but when it's over, you wish there were more and are sorry to see it end..." -- Gypsy Wynd
"Malcohn has built a very interesting and very well developed central conflict, and the development of the story is second to none..." -- Alan Petrillo
"The author's tone coaxes and guides the reader to judge the ethics of the situation instead of dictating right and wrong. Without revealing the surprising plot, I can say that the story had me creeped out at first, in the way many vampire novels do. But it has a much higher path to it. It's so well-written that once you're caught up in the action, you can't put the book down." -- FatChickDancing
Recent praise for my story "Hermit Crabs" in Electric Velocipede #14:
"'Hermit Crabs' by Elissa Malcohn is a strong opener and still resonates with me once I was through with the magazine. It features strong characterization and has that powerful, inevitable ending." -- Charles Tan, Bibliophile Stalker
charles-tan.blogspot.com/2008/...4.html
"At first, I thought: 'Oh, no! another SF crab story!' Then I began reading and I thought: 'Oh, no! another depressed teen suicide story!' But unexpectedly, the more I progressed into the story, the more I enjoyed it; the characterization is good, the flashback structure is well done, the ending is surprising and satisfying. A valuable discovery for me..." -- Fabrice Doublet, on the Night Shade Books message boards
nightshadebooks.com/discus/m...3642.htmlDoublet also recommended "Hermit Crabs" on the Asimov's "Best New Stories of 2008" boards
www.asimovs.com/aspnet_for...ssages.aspx
"There’s much to like about 'Hermit Crabs,' and I can see why the editors kicked off the issue with it. Great title, too, as it’s a metaphor for the crustacean that takes its new shell for a home after the old inhabitants have departed from it." -- Marshall Payne in The Fix
thefix-online.com/reviews/e...cipede-14/Payne named "Hermit Crabs" as one of his favorite stories in the issue on his blog
marshall-payne.livejournal.com/58...tml
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