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ellen_datlow ([personal profile] ellen_datlow) wrote2009-01-12 06:49 pm
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Status of YBFH #22 IMPORTANT

Further to Gavin and Kelly's post about Bad news about YBFH --yes the YBFH is no more but I'm delighted to announce that I've just been offered a two book deal with Night Shade to edit a Best of the Year in Horror anthology (not titled yet)--for this year and next...

The deal is not set in stone but there's no reason to believe it's not a "go."

So thank you Terri, Kelly, Gavin, and of course Jim Frenkel and Tom Canty for the many enjoyable years I've worked with you all on this massive project.

And here's a virtual toast to my new endeavor.

addition: I wrote the above off the cuff yesterday because I felt pressure to get something out but I'd like to add this.

Without Jim Frenkel, the series would haven't existed at all. It was his brainchild from the very first volume, to gather fantasy and horror short fiction in one place. He asked me and Terri Windling to co-edit such a book, she handling fantasy, me horror. We agreed and that's how it all began --Jim was the packager for all twenty-one years of the existence of the anthology.

added January 14:
Terri sums it all up most graciously and eloquently on her blog

[identity profile] martinlivings.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's such a shame to hear about YBFH, it's always been a yardstick and milestone for me personally, always aiming to make it in one day, one day, one day... never succeeding, mind you, but it's always been good to dream about. ;) So losing that is very sad indeed. It's been such an important part of the industry for all these years, the standard by which all others were measured. It's going to be sorely missed.

On the other hand,though, that's excellent news about the Night Shade project, so the torch will be carried onwards. I can't wait to see what you do with it!

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be doing exactly what I've always done. Cover the horror ;-) No difference there. Only a different cover and no fantasy (alas).