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Norilana Books is proud to present Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian, an exciting new anthology of cutting-edge literature of the fantastic to awaken your sense of wonder . . .


Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian




". . . intriguingly off-kilter fantasy stories where the unexpected doesn't so much jump out in the reader's path as subtly peek around corners."

— Publishers Weekly

". . . really colorful central ideas. It's a solid book throughout."

— Rich Horton, Locus


Featuring stories of wonder by Tanith Lee, Anna Tambour, Erzebet YellowBoy, Linda J. Dunn, Sonya Taaffe, Lisa Silverthorne, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Mary A. Turzillo, Mike Allen, John Grant, and Robert Brandt.


Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian
Norilana Books Fantasy
December 15, 2009
Trade Paperback
Retail Price: $9.95 USD - 7.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-055-6
ISBN-10: 1-60762-055-3
208 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
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For once, I am proud to announce this great review of my own editorial debut! :-)

Publishers Weekly has good things to say about the fantasy anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Yours Truly, coming December 1, 2009:

"Priced to sell, Norilana founder Nazarian's first anthology presents 11 intriguingly off-kilter fantasy stories where the unexpected doesn't so much jump out in the reader's path as subtly peek around corners..."
—Publishers Weekly

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In a regular series of annual interviews of the contributors to the classic Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies, Jonathan Moeller jonathanmoeller continues this year's interviews for volume 24 by interviewing Teresa Howard.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Dave Smeds...

Read the previous interview with Helen E. Davis...

Read the previous interview with Melissa Mead...

Read the previous interview with Therese Arkenberg...

Read the previous interview with Michael H. Payne...

Read the previous interview with Deborah J. Ross...

. . .
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Norilana Books presents Under the Rose, a new cutting-edge anthology of contemporary stories of the fantastic, edited by Dave Hutchinson, featuring work from some of today's brightest literary talents.

"...a handful of real gems." — Publishers Weekly

Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson



From fantasy to dark fantasy and horror to science fiction and the hard-to-categorize works of the imagination that fall somewhere in-between, there is something here to appeal to the most curious reader.

This volume includes stories by:

Pauline E Dungate, Tim Lieder, William John Watkins, Mel Sterling, Jean Graham, Ken Rand, Teri Smith, Liza Granville, Ralan Conley, Stuart Jaffe, CL Russo, James Targett, Ren Holton, Donna Scott, Justin Stanchfield, Lou Anders and Chris Roberson, Ian Whates, Gaie Sebold, Jean Tschohl Quinn, Angel Arango, Ekaterina Sedia, Edwina Harvey, Sarah Totton, William R Eakin, Uncle River, and John Grant.

Dave Hutchinson was born in Sheffield in 1960. He's the author of the novel The Villages and the short-story collections Thumbprints, Fools Gold, Torn Air, The Paradise Equation and As The Crow Flies. He's the co-editor (with John Grant) of Strange Pleasures 2 and the editor of Strange Pleasures 3. His short stories have appeared in Interzone, SciFiction, Revolution SF, Infinity Plus, Live Without A Net (Lou Anders, ed.) Celebration (Ian Whates, ed.) and Subterfuge (Ian Whates, ed.)
He lives in London.


Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson
Norilana Books Fantasy
Trade Paperback (First Edition)
October 1, 2009
Retail Price: $16.95 USD - £12.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-042-6
ISBN-10: 1-60762-042-1
452 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Publishers Weekly gives a mixed review to the upcoming speculative fiction anthology Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson (hutch0) coming October 1, 2009:

"The quality of the 27 original short stories in this fantasy anthology is wildly inconsistent, but there are a handful of real gems..." —Publishers Weekly

Read the rest of the review...

Proudly presenting the stellar lineup...

This is the Table of Contents for Lace and Blade 3 edited by Deborah J. Ross deborahjross:

LACE AND BLADE 3

Table of Contents

Kari Sperring, "Featherweight"
Sean McMullen, "Culverelle"
Sheila Finch, "Fortune's Stepchild"
Judith Tarr, "The Horned King"
Jay Lake & Shannon Page, "Embers"
Tanith Lee, "Question a Stone"
Dave Smeds, "A Swain of Kneaded Moonlight"
Rosemary Hawley Jarman, "Fire and Frost and Burning Rose"
K. D. Wentworth, "The Garden of Swords"
Diana L. Paxson, "Blue Velvet"
Samantha Henderson, "Outlander"
Carol Berg, "The Heart's Coda"


Also, I realize we did not have a reading period for this anthology, and for that I sincerely apologize to all of you, mea culpa. The editor and I had a mis-communication, and it ended up being an invitational volume this year.

Next year should be different!

Sneak Peek Cover...

Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian

Coming December 1, 2009 from Norilana Books Fantasy.

Cover Artwork: "Sky Whales," © 2009 by Ahyicodae.

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Norilana Books is proud to announce a new original themed speculative fiction anthology of stories about "the world's oldest profession," The Ladies of Trade Town, edited by Lee Martindale ( lee_martindale ).

The volume is scheduled for April 2011 release from Norilana Books Fantasy.

For theme specifics, submission information, reading period, and other detail, please see the Submission Guidelines.

Once again, we look forward to seeing your fabulous stories! :-)

Norilana Books is proud to announce a new original themed fantasy anthology, Scheherazade's Facade: Fantastical Tales of Gender Bending, Cross-Dressing and Transformation, edited by Michael M. Jones ( oneminutemonkey ).

The volume is scheduled for October 2010 release from Norilana Books Fantasy.

For theme specifics, submission information, reading period, and other detail, please see the Submission Guidelines.

We look forward to seeing your fabulous stories! :-)

The contracts have all gone out, so, without further ado...

Introducing, the final story lineup for fantasy anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders, coming December 1, 2009 from Norilana Books Fantasy:

Table of Contents

"The Sky Won't Listen" by Tanith Lee

"The Tin and the Damask Rose" by Anna Tambour

"What a Queen Does with her Hands" by Erzebet YellowBoy

"The Gifting of Nyla's Son" by Linda J. Dunn

"Stone Song" by Sonya Taaffe

"Sky Whales" by Lisa Silverthorne

"Death's Appointment Book, or the Dance of Death" by JoSelle Vanderhooft

"The Sugar" by Mary A. Turzillo

"She Who Runs" by Mike Allen

"Breaking Laws" by John Grant

"Only One Story But He Told It Well" by Robert Brandt

preliminary cover

It has been observed that there is an unusual tendency in this lineup to have all the women authors' stories first, followed by the men authors, and honest, I didn't plan it that way, it just seems to be the best order for the stories themselves... :-)

The tireless and marvelous Charles Tan (chartlesatan) reviews over at Bibliophile Stalker the fantasy anthology Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen (time_shark)

"One of the problems with establishing a new anthology series is developing a brand identity. I enjoyed the first Clockwork Phoenix so the question that constantly nagged me is whether the sequel is up to the task. In a certain way, I was setting myself up for disappointment: Clockwork Phoenix 2 is a very different animal from the first and hopefully that's a good thing. There's a lot more willingness here to try and experiment with different modes of storytelling, making each story stand out as it's very different from the one that preceded it. It features a diverse set of styles and techniques while never sacrificing readability...."

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Norilana Books proudly presents Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness edited by Mike Allen (time_shark).

Story marries style. The result is a cornucopia of modern cutting-edge fantasy.

The second volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature dares to surpass the first, with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the manner in which they cross genre boundaries, that aren't afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques, and yet seamlessly blend form with meaningful function.

Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness edited by Mike Allen



"Allen finds his groove for this second annual anthology of weird stories, selecting 16 wonderfully evocative, well-written tales... Each story fits neatly alongside the next, and the diversity of topics, perspectives and authors makes this cosmopolitan anthology a winner."
—Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness edited by Mike Allen
Imprint: Norilana Books Fantasy
Trade Paperback
July 1, 2009
Retail Price:
$11.95 USD - £8.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-027-3
ISBN-10: 1-60762-027-8
296 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 240 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles.
For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print:
http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Sneak Peek Cover...

Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson hutch0

Coming October 1, 2009 from Norilana Books Fantasy.

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Cover jacket flat:

Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian

Coming December 1, 2009...

Gorgeous artwork is: "Sky Whales" by Ahyicodae

Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson hutch0

Coming October 1, 2009...

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Norilana Books is proud to present Warrior Wisewoman 2 edited by Roby James, the second volume of an exciting new annual anthology series of science fiction featuring powerful and remarkable women.

"James has done a good job of assembling a lineup that satisfies more than it disappoints and is a properly varied representation of feminist science fiction."
—Publishers Weekly

"The stories are austere, lyrical, and fuse science with ethics and emotion in a way that is very rare."
—Susan Shwartz
Warrior Wisewoman 2 edited by Roby James



Explore the truth of what it means to be female, and discover the wisdom and the strength of a woman in a grand universe without limits. Far-ranging scientific speculation meets action and adventure, grand space opera, thrilling discovery, and intelligent protagonists...

Warrior Wisewoman 2 edited by Roby James
Norilana Books Science Fiction
June 1, 2009
Retail Price:
$11.95 USD - £8.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-028-0
ISBN-10: 1-60762-028-6
272 pages

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Roby James is the author of Commencement and Commitment (Del Rey, republished by Hawk Books), The Soldier's Daughter (Wildside), and Beyond the Hedge (Juno). She taught short story writing in Los Angeles, and has extensive nonfiction writing credits as well. Her next novel, A Song of Awakening, is forthcoming in March, 2010.

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 240 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles.
For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print:
http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Publishers Weekly reviews the upcoming SF anthology Warrior Wisewoman 2 edited by Roby James:

"...James has done a good job of assembling a lineup that satisfies more than it disappoints and is a properly varied representation of feminist science fiction." —Publishers Weekly

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ATTENTION!

The new Sword and Sorceress reading period begins on Saturday, April 18.

So get your story submissions ready and be sure to check the guidelines for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress #24 for more details. As usual, it's recommended you take a look at any of the previous volumes to see what kind of stories editor Elisabeth Waters is looking for.

Good luck! :-)

Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen. Cover image design also by Mike (time_shark).

Coming July 1, 2009, from Norilana Books.

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Rich Horton reviews Lace and Blade 2 in the March issue of Locus.

"... But the book is well worth it for the high points, particularly the last two pieces. Tanith Lee's "Comfort and Despair" is a sly portrait of an apparently mismatched marriage enlivened by certain secrets, and Madeleine E. Robins's "Writ of Exception" is an unexpectedly romantic, yet practical, story about two women forced into marriage -- to each other -- by dynastic needs, and how they navigate the strictures of their culture.

You can read the complete review in the paper issue.