Tuesday, August 26, 2008

fiction - new and upcoming

I have a few new stories out and upcoming.

"The Many Loves of Ramil Alonzo" appears in the latest issue of the Philippines Free Press (Aug 23,2008). While definitely not a poet, I wanted to try writing a story that had poetry in it, and experimented with a few forms. The story is about a man and his menagerie of monstrous lovers.

"I, D.I." appears in October in an antho edited by Erlinda Panlilio and published by Anvil Publishing entitled "Belonging: Stories of Relationships". It's a non-fiction extravaganza with contributions from Edith Tiempo, Rowena Torrevillas, Joi Barrios, Sarge Lacuesta, Ricardo de Ungria, Krip Yuson, and a lot more. My CNF (creative non-fiction) piece is about a dance instructor whose oscillations go beyond the ballroom. Writing it was quite an experience for me, and I deployed fiction techniques to get the story done.

I have a story in "Exotic Gothic 2" edited by Danel Olson, to be published later this year by Ash-Tree Press. Danel, who selected stories from seven continents, provides the links to the table of contents as well as his preface. Here are some advance reviews.

Fingers crossed for a few other submissions out in various markets.

Writing is a bit slow these days, but with an unexpected letter from Night Shade Books, I'm more jazzed up to work on the novels I want to finish.

But, but, but, there is still Philippine Speculative Fiction 4 to get done - so send in your best stories!

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

exotic gothic 2

One of my new stories, "Remembrance", will appear in Exotic Gothic II: New Tales of Taboo, edited by Danel Olson (the sequel to the anthology Exotic Gothic) to be published by Ash Tree Press later this year.

I'm particularly delighted to be part of this international anthology of dark fiction. My story is set in a village beneath the shadows of hundreds of suspended coffins and is about a boy who dies there.

Here's the alphabetical listing of authors from Danel:

Dean Francis Alfar (Philippines)
Peter Bell (England)
Isobelle Carmody (Australia)
George Makana Clark (Zimbabwe/USA)
Nancy A. Collins (USA)
Edward P. Crandall (USA/Japan)
Stephen Dedman (Australia)
Terry Dowling (Australia)
Steve Duffy (Wales/England)
Tony Eprile (South Africa/USA)
Christopher Fowler (England)
Adam Golaski (USA)
Genni Gunn (Canada)
Robert Hood (Australia)
Roberta Lannes (USA)
Elizabeth Massie (USA)
Kenneth McKenney (FIJI)
Deborah Noyes (USA)
Frances Oliver (Austria/England)
Sarah Pinborough (England)
Nicholas Royle (England)
Barbara Roden (Canada)
Claude Seignolle (France)
Michael Marshall Smith (England)
August Tarrier (USA)
Lucy Taylor (USA)
Steve Rasnic Tem (USA)
Thomas Tessier (USA)
Tia V. Travis (Canada/USA)
Douglas Unger (USA)
David Wellington (USA)
John Whitbourn (England)

Podcasts of select stories from the first volume are right over here.

Many thanks to Danel for having me.

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