The difference between a princess and a wicked witch can be very hard to see.
I am absolutely delighted to announce that my story, "Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust," will be appearing in the anthology Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond, edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen. It will be available in February 2013.
Let's be honest here. You've always wanted to see a grown-up, embittered, lesbian Dorothy living with her girlfriend (Polychrome, naturally) in the slums of the Emerald City, solving crimes with the aid of her trusty gourd Friday, Jack Pumpkinhead, haven't you? Well, now you can.
And yes, this is the story that inspired me to start working on a dark urban fantasy Oz trilogy. Because sleep is for the weak, or something.
Also, FYI, on my recent plane flights with my toddler I managed to get him sufficiently immersed in Nihao Kai-Lan to permit me to read the first Incryptid book, and oh, it is so delicious. I absolutely love the way you drew this universe; I desperately want my own family of Aeslin mice now (except for all the ways in which I recognize that I actually don't, but -- look, I'm a cleric in my professional life; theological mice, how is that not awesome?); I love Verity's family; I love Verity; and I love the way you wrote Dominic, who is fabulous, and believable in his struggle with Verity's worldview, and also their romance is everything I adore (a character who can make "insufferable" sound like a term of endearment? SIGN ME UP :-), and the dragon, and -- oh, just all of it. Fantastic. Thank you for writing it.
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October 25 2012, 12:30:55 UTC 4 years ago
Also, FYI, on my recent plane flights with my toddler I managed to get him sufficiently immersed in Nihao Kai-Lan to permit me to read the first Incryptid book, and oh, it is so delicious. I absolutely love the way you drew this universe; I desperately want my own family of Aeslin mice now (except for all the ways in which I recognize that I actually don't, but -- look, I'm a cleric in my professional life; theological mice, how is that not awesome?); I love Verity's family; I love Verity; and I love the way you wrote Dominic, who is fabulous, and believable in his struggle with Verity's worldview, and also their romance is everything I adore (a character who can make "insufferable" sound like a term of endearment? SIGN ME UP :-), and the dragon, and -- oh, just all of it. Fantastic. Thank you for writing it.
October 25 2012, 23:19:51 UTC 4 years ago