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Georgia Tech Science Fiction Symposium

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I’ve been invited to participate in Georgia Tech’s Science Fiction Symposium on Nov. 17. Hosted by the Georgia Tech School of Literature, Communication and Culture, the symposium’s goal is to showcase the work Georgia Tech does with science fiction as well as demonstrate its commitment to science fiction as an art form.

Looks like I’ll be doing a reading between 4:30-6PM with other Atlanta-based authors, including J.M. McDermott and Chesya Burke. Sounds like it’ll be great fun…aside from, of course, the inevitable crushing panic and anxiety at the prospect of doing a reading…

Also, I have no idea what I’m going to read.

Another Glowing Review for Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo!

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Oh, squee! Saw another glowing review for “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo.” This one by Michael K. Rose at Myriad Spheres:

…a well-written and intriguing story, Foster’s skill as a writer draws the reader in to the emotional worlds of the characters. In short fiction it is often difficult for readers to have enough invested in the characters to care about them but Foster accomplishes this flawlessly.

This is turning out to be my week for swelled headedness!

Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo Reviewed by Fantasy Matters

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Saw a review of “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo” by Fantasy Matters that totally made my day. Among other glowy things, the reviewer called me “one of the best writers of speculative short fiction currently working”:

Eugie Foster is one of the best writers of speculative short fiction currently working. She has great facility for language and structure, an ability to see beauty and terror in equal measure, and consistently crafts stories that are both harrowing and satisfying…”Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo”…is a story about friendship and grief, about losing your heart to find it…You may cry at the end. You’ll be glad you read it.
—Fantasy Matters

My plan for today is to grow a fantastically swelled head. Yep.

On My Dance Card: Dragon*Con and Outlantacon 2012

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Is there something in the air that’s rousing convention committees to get a massive head start on 2012? First got a “we are excited to have you back as a Guest” email from Dragon*Con’s guest committee last week. And now got a note from the fabulous Edward DeGruy inviting me to reprise my guesthood at Outlantacon for 2012. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining! Just boggling.

And, of course, I said “absolutely, you bet, yes with bells on” to both :).

WREK Sci Fi Lab Radio Show, Women Writing the Weird, and InterGalactic Awards Anthology Vol 1

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Met up with Chesya Burke and J.M. McDermott yesterday afternoon to record a show for WREK radio’s Sci Fi Lab featuring local SF writers, hosted by Travis Gasque. Seems like we managed to touch upon nearly everything: books and fellow writers we admire, the writing industry, publishing trends and directions, writing habits and advice, SF movies, the wibbliness of genre definitions, the ethical issues of cloning and space colonization, writing multicultural fiction, and a slew of other topics.

It was the first time doing radio for all of us (Travis, obviously, excepted) and there was much gladness at the round-robin interview format. After having a data failure moment, as I usually do, on the “what’s your favorite book/author? aka what great book have you read recently?” question—there’s just so many that my brain crashes—I had a great time. Also helped the stress factor that it wasn’t live, with Travis assuring us that he’d edit out any weird pauses or overly rambling diatribes before the show airs, probably in late October or early November. (Stay tuned for details.) Continue reading →

Short Story Reprint Sale to Journey Into: The King of Rabbits and Moon Lake

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Just sold a reprint of “The King of Rabbits and Moon Lake” to Marshal Latham’s new podcast, Journey Into… Originally published in Cricket in 2006, it’s my take on “Moon Lake,” one of the stories from the classic Indian collection of children’s tales, The Panchatantra.

Journey Into… has a stellar crew of accomplished podcaster voices contributing it to it, such as Alasdair Stuart and Lawrence Santoro, so I’m very much looking forward to hearing their production of my story.

Dragon*Con 2011 in the Rearview Mirror

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Think I’m mostly resurrected from my Dragon*Con undeadness. Spent most of last week asleep, in a dazed fog, or contemplating the mounting to-do items with a bleary sense of alarm. But despite being whammied by con crud and having a few stabbity-urgeful moments (I embrace my wrath, ooohmm), I had a great time. Continue reading →

Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo now out in Daily Science Fiction

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Hurray! My short story, “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo,” was published by Daily Science Fiction today. Subscribe to this excellent publication, read, and comment at their FB page!

Slowly coming back to life after Dragon*Con. Had eyeball-deep chaos, had mega stress, had hella good time. Longer post later. Maybe. Still shambling back to life. (Don’t know why, but it seems that I always have something come out while I’m immersed in—or in this case, recovering from—Dragon*Con.)

The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk Now Up at Drabblecast Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft Tribute Month

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Just got word from Norm Sherman, Editor/Producer of the Drabblecast podcast, that my story for their H.P. Lovecraft tribute month, “The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk,” is now up! Checkout the fabulous artwork by David Flett: Continue reading →