Nick Gevers interviews short fiction editors and authors

He writes:
" Locus Online has just launched my new interview series, focusing on short fiction and titled "SF Quintessential". In this slot, I'll be talking regularly with influential figures in the field--authors and editors--tying in with the publication of new collections and anthologies, and looking at the state of the magazines. First up is Jonathan Strahan, discussing his superb anthology Eclipse Two. Soon: Lou Anders, on the dynamic Fast Forward 2.

I intend that the series will help promote valuable short fiction publications and provide a forum for discussion of trends in the short form: creative movements and the rather troubled state of the market. There's a huge amount to talk about; I hope "SF Quintessential" can supplement and augment existing debate, at a vital time in the history of genre literature."

Lovecraft Unbound

I just found out that my new anthology will be published by M Press in October 2009! I haven't yet decided on the order of the stories but here's the table of contents. The first four stories are reprints:


Houses Under the Sea Caitlin R. Kiernan

The Din of Celestial Birds Brian Evenson

In the Black Mill Michael Chabon

Commencement Joyce Carol Oates

One Day, Soon Lavie Tidhar

Catch Hell Laird Barron

Machines of Concrete Light and Dark Michael Cisco

Leng Marc Laidlaw

Sight Unseen Joel Lane

Vernon, Driving Simon Kurt Unsworth

Marya Nox Gemma Files


That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable Nick Mamatas

Sincerely, Petrified Anna Tambour

The Tenderness of Jackals Amanda Downum

The Office of Doom Richard Bowes

Mongoose Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear

Cold Water Survival Holly Phillips

The Recruiter Michael Shea

The Crevasse Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud

Come Lurk with Me and Be My Love William Browning Spencer