Wednesday, April 20, 2016

A "strangely different western" story from Casey June Wolf

Casey June Wolf's  story "The Fog" appears in the anthology The Nettle Tree, a "strangely different western anthology" from Chase Enterprises Publishing. 

The Nettle Tree – Jun 12 2016 : by Kenneth Weene (Editor), Bye Clifford Clayton (Editor)

Strangely Different Stories ... The Nettle Tree, edited by Kenneth Weene and Clayton Bye, is a collection of genre stretching and busting stories by some of the most talented writers we have. Their challenge was to write strangely different western stories in a format of 3,000 words or less and to take you to places traditional westerns have never taken you. We think they have succeeded admirably. And with powerhouse writers, some known and others whom readers will find delightful discoveries, you will not be disappointed. Available in e-book and trade paperback.You can find a copy at www.BookFinder.com  and other online sites.

Here's a quote from Casey's story:

Long afterward, when the dark, foggy afternoon had turned to a darker, moonless, still foggy night, and the horses’s shod hooves slipped across sheer rock and crunched over stones, I concentrated on hanging on to the saddle horn over the steepest bits and enjoying the cooling air, and the way the mountain breezes tangled with my hair. When I thought we’d gone as far as we could go for one night I still kept my counsel and rested on the strong, slow, hard-working body of my horse. I let my thoughts drift toward Vancouver, and back again to mother and dad, and finally skitter over to the edge of sleep.

In that half-sleeping, half-waking state I popped in and out of dreams. Mostly my mother, ever a mystery, staring down at me, arms crossed, thinking. And a weird emanation of fog sort of flowing off of her like dry ice. Just a little at first, then more and more till she grew translucent and started to fade away. That’s when I’d jerk awake. She’d be gone, and I’d be swaddled in that ever-present fog.

Friday, April 15, 2016

And more latest news


Nightshade Books has bought Dave Duncan's  latest: a historical fantasy trilogy called 'The Enchanter General' "  Dave notes that it was around this date in April that he  made his first sale. (A Rose-Red City to Del Rey.)

In the March Locus, Gardner Dozois reviews the January/February issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and singles out Matt Hughes' Raffalon story, “Telltale,” as “…the best of the issue’s fantasy stories.” He says, “Matthew Hughes gives us another story of Raffalon the Thief in ‘Telltale’, as Raffalon tries to reason his way out of another of the complex and very sticky magical situations he’s always getting himself entangled in, this one even more difficult to extricate himself from than usual."





The Lonely Cry is an informal west coast association of Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers. Our members are Mary E. Choo, Dave Duncan, Matthew Hughes, Eileen Kernaghan, Linda DeMeulemeester, Clélie Rich, Casey Wolf and Rhea Rose. Visit our website at www.lonelycry.ca