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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 Cynthia Ward.

Read this week's new interview here...

Read the previous interview with Michael Spence & Elisabeth Waters...

Read the previous interview with Teresa Howard...

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...

SFRevu gives a solid review to Clockwork Phoenix 2 edited by Mike Allen time_shark.

"...a collection worthy of serious attention. I expect I'll see several of these stories again, in a year's best collection or two. Original anthologies of this strength should be encouraged, particularly as we see the digest-sized magazines cutting back and the market for short fiction ever shrinking. Fortunately, it's no sacrifice to support such an endeavor when the stories are this good."
-- Terry Weyna, SFRevu.com

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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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Women of Chivalry and Prophecy!

Norilana Books is proud to present Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters, the twenty-fourth volume of the classic fantasy anthology series featuring stories of powerful and remarkable women, who bravely fight to change their worlds with magic or sword or sheer power of personality.


Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters




For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles de Lint, Diana L. Paxston, Emma Bull, Jennifer Roberson, and countless others.

The seventeen original stories featured here include such stellar authors as Deborah J. Ross, Dave Smeds, Josepha Sherman, and exciting newcomers whose voices are sure to be heard again.


Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters
Norilana Books Fantasy
November 15, 2009
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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:

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Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
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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...

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 Dave Smeds.

Read this week's new interview here...

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 The Captain's Witch, a stunning, erotic, dark epic fantasy by the acclaimed historical novelist Rosemary Hawley Jarman, newly revised and expanded, and detailing the complex story of true love and impossible evil.

"One of the greatest dark fantasies ever written -- in any genre." — Tanith Lee

The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman




Her kiss can maim you
Her eyes can blind you
Her bed is shadows . . .

She is the dark of the moon
She is all that is dear
And she is death

Can you trust her?
Where will her lantern lead you?
To the bliss of death
Or the death of bliss

Know the most dangerous of all . . .

Rosemary Hawley Jarman was born in Worcester, England and came to fame in 1971 with her novel We Speak No Treason. Reprinted many times, the book's hero is the much maligned King Richard III. It sold 30,000 copies in its first week of publication, and gained her the prestigious Author's Club Silver Quill for best first novel, while in the U.S.A. she was nominated as a Daughter of Mark Twain. Further equally successful novels followed, also an illustrated account of the Battle of Agincourt. She lives in an antique stone cottage between sea and mountain in West Wales. The Captain's Witch is her first fantasy novel, and she is now working on a sequel.

Her website is: www.rosemaryhawleyjarman.com


The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
Norilana Books Fantasy
420 pages

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November 1, 2009
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November 5, 2009
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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:

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Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
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The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman

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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
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October 1, 2009
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ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-042-6
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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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Excellent author, artist, publisher, and editor Erzebet YellowBoy (erzebet) does a lovely review at Cabinet Des Fées of the debut collection Returning My Sister's Face by Eugie Foster (eugie):

"Lovers of fairy and folk tales who crave, as I do, stories from cultures not their own will delight in these deceptively simple tales. They are layered with tragedy and superstition, with spirituality and most importantly, with a fine sense of the marvelous..."

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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

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Sky Whales and Other Wonders edited by Vera Nazarian

Coming December 1, 2009 from Norilana Books Fantasy.

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Norilana Books is proud to present the definitive hardcover and trade paperback reissue of a Tanith Lee classic!

Night's Master by Tanith Lee is the first book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.

Long before Vera Nazarian's Dreams of the Compass Rose or Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales, beloved British author Tanith Lee created the first truly complete, modern and sophisticated fantasy version of the Arabian Nights, and spun wondrous stories within stories, unparalleled profound tales of arcane mystery, dark love, and bright desire.

At last, these are the definitive editions, revised and formatted as the author originally intended, containing a new original introduction by Tanith Lee, and a unique previously unpublished interior reproduction of an original handwritten manuscript page. The cover image is a design by Tanith Lee's husband and artist John Kaiine, incorporating her own artwork in the center frame, which makes it a fan and collector's delight.


Night's Master by Tanith Lee



Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Azhrarn, Lord of the Demons and the Darkness, was the one who ruled the Night, and many mortal lives were changed because of his cruel whimsy. And yet, Azhrarn held inside his demon heart a profound mystery which would change the very fabric of the Flat Earth forever...

Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.

Discover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.

Tanith Lee is the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories, plus 4 radio plays (broadcast by the BBC) and 2 scripts for the TV cult UK SF series Blake's 7. Her work, which has been translated into over 17 languages, ranges through fantasy, SF, gothic, YA and children's books, contemporary, historical and detective novels, and horror. This year she was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror 2009. Major awards include the August Derleth Award for Death's Master, the second book in the Flat Earth series.

Night's Master by Tanith Lee
TaLeKa
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September 1, 2009
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ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-043-3
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246 pages

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September 15, 2009
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TaLeKa is a new dedicated imprint of Norilana Books, showcasing the works of Tanith Lee and the art of John Kaiine.

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:

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Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
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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

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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... :-)

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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword And Sorceress XXIV edited by Elisabeth Waters

Coming November 15, 2009 from Norilana Books Fantasy.

Cover Artwork: "Captain of the Guard," © 2009 by Ahyicodae.

With all the various "Cover Fail" discussions going on, I am extremely proud to present an Asian warrior woman on the cover of Sword and Sorceress -- this might be a series first!

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The Captain's Witch by Rosemary Hawley Jarman

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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 presents the affordable trade paperback edition of Returning My Sister's Face: and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice by Eugie Foster eugie, a striking debut collection of short fantasy fiction with a Far Eastern flavor, with an introduction by Vonda N. McIntyre.

"Whimsy and malice­—yes­—also mystery, a very female sensuality, and wit. An elegant and entertaining book."

—Ursula K. Le Guin

"The tales are beautifully written, elegant, passionate, funny, and moving. The entire collection is a delightful, magical bridge across cultures. I hope many readers find their way to it."

—Patricia A. McKillip

Returning My Sister's Face:
And Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice
by Eugie Foster
Introduction by Vonda N. McIntyre



Enchantment, peril and romance pervade the shadowy Far East, from the elegant throne room of the emperor's palace to the humble teahouse of a peasant village. In these dozen stories of adventure and magic from the Orient, a maiden encounters an oni demon in the forest, a bride discovers her mother-in-law is a fox woman, a samurai must appease his sister's angry ghost, strange luck is found in a jade locket, and dark and light are two sides of harmony.

"Noted short story author Foster offers a dozen enchanting and sometimes chilling tales alive with elegantly sketched characters and sensibilities drawn from Asian folklore . . . Readers who long for a break from European medieval fantasy will be charmed and entertained by Foster's tales."

—Publishers Weekly

Eugie Foster calls home a mildly haunted, fey-infested house in metro Atlanta that she shares with her husband, Matthew, and her pet skunk, Hobkin. After receiving her master's degree in Psychology, she retired from academia and became a corporate computer drone. When her company asked her to leave the phantoms and fairies in the South and return to the dead-cold lands of the Midwest, she said "no" and retreated to her library to pen flights of fancy.

Eugie's fiction has been translated into Greek, Hungarian, Polish, and French; received the Phobos Award; and been nominated for the British Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and Pushcart awards. Her publication credits number over 100 and include stories in Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Cricket, Cicada, Fantasy Magazine, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Jim Baen's Universe, and anthologies Best New Fantasy (Prime Books), Heroes in Training (DAW Books), Magic in the Mirrorstone (Mirrorstone Books), and Best New Romantic Fantasy 2 (Juno Books).

Visit her online at http://www.EugieFoster.com/

Cover artwork: "Kitsune" © 2009 by Ahyicodae.

Returning My Sister's Face: and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice
by Eugie Foster
Introduction by Vonda N. McIntyre
Norilana Books Fantasy
Trade Paperback
July 5, 2009
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ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-011-2
ISBN-10: 1-60762-011-1
212 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
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Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
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