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A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente

Coming May 23, 2008 from the Curiosities imprint.

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Bibliophile Stalker reviews The Duke In His Castle by Vera Nazarian.

The Duke In His Castle by Vera Nazarian

An novella in book form, illustrated by the author . . .

Coming June 1, 2008 from Norilana Books Fantasy.

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Here is the first incoming review of the upcoming science fiction anthology Warrior Wisewoman edited by Roby James, this one in the online magazine The Fix:

"In the introduction to Warrior Wisewoman, editor Roby James explains that the anthology is meant to offer stories with strong female protagonists—not characters that could as easily be male as female, but strong women, whose gender informs their actions but does not define them. It seeks to show women protagonists who are both strong and wise..."

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books has acquired the exciting debut short fiction collection Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice by award-winning author Eugie Foster (eugie). The title is scheduled for a trade hardcover release from Norilana Books Fantasy in March, 2009.

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.

Eugie Foster 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, The 3rd Alternative, Interzone, Cricket, Cicada, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Jim Baen's Universe, and anthologies Best New Fantasy (Wildside Press), Heroes in Training (DAW Books), Magic in the Mirrorstone (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books), and Best New Romantic Fantasy 2 (Juno Books). Her articles and interviews have appeared in Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, the Internet Review of Science Fiction, Writing-World, and Absolute Write. Her fiction has been translated into Greek, Hungarian, Polish, and French. She is also the editor of the short fiction and poetry review magazine, The Fix, published by TTA Press.

After receiving her master's degree in Psychology, Foster 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. She now lives in a mildly haunted, fey-infested house in Metro Atlanta that she shares with her husband, Matthew, and her pet skunk, Hobkin.

Official website: http://www.eugiefoster.com.

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 150 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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A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith

The Exciting prequel to Crown Duel . . .

Coming August 1, 2008 from YA Angst.

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Norilana Books has acquired a striking poetry collection The Memory Palace by critically acclaimed poet and author JoSelle Vanderhooft (upstart_crow), a poetic memoir dealing with the raw themes of adolescence, pain, and the challenges of growing up gay, structured around the Renaissance mnemonic device of a building with rooms populated by thoughts and objects. The title is scheduled for a trade hardcover release from the Curiosities imprint in January 2009.

JoSelle Vanderhooft is the author of poetry collections The Minotaur's Last Letter to His Mother (Ash Phoenix), the 2007 Stoker-nominated Ossuary (Sam's Dot Publishing), Desert Songs (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2008), Tales Twice Told (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2008), Fathers, Daughters, Ghosts and Monsters (VanZeno Press, forthcoming) and Death Masks (Papaveria Press, 2008), the novels The Tale of the Miller's Daughter (Papaveria Press) and Owl Skin (Papaveria Press, 2008) and a collection of short stories from Drollerie Press to be released in 2008.

Her poetry and fiction has appeared online and in print in a number of publications, including Cabinet des Fees, Star*Line, Mythic Delirium, Mythic, Jabberwocky, Helix, The Seventh Quarry and several others. An assistant editor of a newspaper by day, she lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Official website: http://www.joselle-vanderhooft.com/

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 150 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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Norilana Books has acquired Leaving Fortusa, a mind-blowing dystopian novel in ten episodes of the future of humanity by award-winning author John Grant. The title is scheduled for trade hardcover release in the fall of 2008.

John Grant is author of some seventy books, of which about twenty-five are fiction, including novels such as The World, Albion, The Hundredfold Problem, The Far-Enough Window, and The Dragons Of Manhattan. His "book-length fiction" Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hugo Award in 2003; its successor was The Stardragons. His first story collection, Take No Prisoners, appeared in 2004.

He is editor of New Writings In The Fantastic and co-editor with John Clute of The Encyclopedia Of Fantasy, and wrote in their entirety all three editions of The Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters; both encyclopedias are standard reference works in their field. Among his latest nonfictions have been Discarded Science and Corrupted Science; he is currently working on their companion volume, Bogus Science, on a book about film noir, and on "a cute rhyming book for kids about a velociraptor."

As John Grant he has received two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and a number of other international literary awards. Under his real name, Paul Barnett, he has written the space operas Strider's Galaxy and Strider's Universe, and for a number of years ran the world-famous fantasy-artbook imprint Paper Tiger, for this work earning a Chesley Award and a nomination for the World Fantasy Award. He is currently Consultant Editor to the publisher AAPPL (Artists' & Photographers' Press Ltd.).

Official website: http://www.johngrantpaulbarnett.com

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 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 IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books has acquired A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith, the exciting prequel to her popular Crown Duel. The novel deals with the early king-making adventures of the young Marquis of Shevraeth when he is sent to a military academy in a faraway warrior land.

Sherwood Smith is the author of over 25 books, in particular stories for children and young adults, including A Posse Of Princesses, Inda, The Fox, The King's Shield, Senrid, the Exordium series (with Dave Trowbridge) and Wren's World series. She has been writing fantasy since age eight, and her best-known reader favorite novel Crown Duel is currently in its ninth printing.

Official website: www.sherwoodsmith.net

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 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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Good news!

There will be a new Sword and Sorceress volume!

The reading period and Guidelines have been announced for the next anthology
volume #23:

http://mzbworks.home.att.net/s23.htm

To see what kind of stories the MZB Literary Trust editor is looking
for, pick up the current volume or any of the previous ones.

Now, get your stories ready!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books has acquired East Of The Sun And West Of Fort Smith, the definitive short fiction collection by award-winning author William Sanders which combines in one volume all of his previously collected short work in addition to several previously unseen originals. The title is scheduled for publication in September 2008.

William Sanders is the critically acclaimed author of over 20 books, and numerous works of short fiction and articles, including The Ballad Of Billy Badass And The Rose Of Turkestan, A Death On 66, The Next Victim, The Wild Blue And The Gray, Are We Having Fun Yet?, the apocalyptic stunner J., and award-winning stories "The Undiscovered" and "Empire". He is as two-time winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and a multiple finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award, the Nebula, the Hugo, the Theodore Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Award. He is the senior editor of speculative fiction magazine Helix and lives in Oklahoma. Official website: http://www.sff.net/people/sanders/

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 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 IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norilana Books presents a delightful romantic fantasy of courtly
intrigue and adventure for all ages.

New from YA Angst...


A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith



Rhis, princess of a small kingdom, is invited along with all the other princesses in her part of the world to the coming of age party of the Crown Prince of Vesarja, which is the central and most important kingdom. When Iardith, the prettiest and most perfect of all the princesses, is abducted, Rhis and her friends go to the rescue.

What happens to Rhis and her posse has unexpected results not only for the princesses, but for the princes who chase after them. Everyone learns a lot about friendship and hate, politics and laughter, romantic ballads and sleeping in the dirt with nothing but a sword for company. But most of all they learn about the many meanings of love.

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith
YA Angst
March 1, 2008
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$22.95 USD - £16.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-934648-26-1
ISBN-10: 1-934648-26-4
300 pages

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Sherwood Smith is the author of over 25 books, in particular stories
for children and young adults. She has been writing fantasy since age
eight, and her best known novel Crown Duel is currently in its ninth
printing. Visit her website at www.sherwoodsmith.net

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned
and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 130 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/

The following is the preliminary Table of Contents (pending contracts) for the SF anthology Warrior Wisewoman edited by Roby James and scheduled for a June 2008 release. The acceptances are listed in alphabetical order by author. The final story lineup order will be determined later.


WARRIOR WISEWOMAN

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION by Roby James

"Ice Queen" by Colleen Anderson
"Among The Wastes of Time" by Mary Catelli
"An Ashwini Apart" by Bhaskar Dutt
"A New Kind of Sunrise" by Nancy Fulda
"Christmas Wedding" by Vylar Kaftan
"Only a Personal Tragedy" by Sally Kuntz
"Faith" by Fran LaPlaca
"To Find Home Again" by Rose Lemberg
"Heaven Shed Tears" by Catherine Mintz
"As Darwin Decreed" by Peg Robinson
"Keepers of The Corn" by Anna Sykora
"Ungraceful Cliff Dwellers" by Douglas A. Van Belle

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PUBLISHER'S NOTE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Norilana Books proudly presents the debut title of our new romantic fantasy imprint Leda...

Introducing Lace and Blade -- a new anthology series of elegant romantic fantasy, edited by Deborah J. Ross (deborahjross), premiering on Valentine's Day 2008.




In the spirit of classic period swashbucklers, Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and D'Artagnan, brimming with romantic courtly intrigue and dangerous liaisons, with cloak and dagger and perfumed handkerchiefs, the language of the fan and stolen glances, with the manners of Jane Austen and the sparkling rapier wit of Oscar Wilde, here are nine fantastic stories of adventure, derring-do, love, and glamorous yet subtle magic, by such stellar authors as Tanith Lee, Catherine Asaro, Diana L. Paxson, Madeleine E. Robins, Robin Wayne Bailey, Dave Smeds, Mary Rosenblum, Chaz Brenchley, and Sherwood Smith.

En garde, mon amour!

"Lace and Blade offers a banquet of adventure, intrigue and romance. There's something here to delight the palate of every reader's inner swashbuckler!"
— Jacqueline Carey

"A fun ride from beginning to end, with engaging characters and an interesting setting."
— S. M. Stirling

"Packed with compelling, entertaining, and engaging stories! Outstanding anthology with an intriguing theme."
— Jennifer Roberson, author of the Karavans and Sword-Dancer series

Lace and Blade
edited by Deborah J. Ross
Leda
February 14, 2008
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Deborah J. Ross began writing fantasy and science fiction in the early 1980s. As Deborah Wheeler, she wrote 2 science fiction novels, Jaydium and Northlight, as well as short stories in Asimov's, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sisters of the Night, Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace, Realms of Fantasy, and almost all of the Sword and Sorceress and Darkover anthologies. Her most recent projects -- under her birth name, Ross -- include Darkover novels with the late Marion Zimmer Bradley: The Fall Of Neskaya (DAW 2001), Zandru's Forge (DAW 2003), A Flame in Hali (DAW 2004), and The Alton Gift (June 2007), and an original fantasy series, The Seven-Petaled Shield, based on her "Azkhantian tales." She lives in the redwood forests near Santa Cruz with her husband, writer Dave Trowbridge, two cats, and a German Shepherd Dog. In between writing, she has lived in France, worked as a medical assistant to a cardiologist, revived an elementary school library, and have been active in the women's martial arts network and local Quaker community. Lace and Blade is her first editing project.

Leda titles feature genre-blending fantasy of all flavors, from adventure to literary, from urban modern to ancient worlds and myth. The one unifying factor is the presence of powerful love stories with plenty of erotic tension and sizzle, and soaring emotional impact.

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 130 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:

Deborah J. Ross, Editor
http://www.sff.net/people/deborahjross/contact.html

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
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We are proud to announce the final Table of Contents (in no particular order -- the final story order of appearance will be determined later by the editor) for the anthology CLOCKWORK PHOENIX: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness edited by Mike Allen (time_shark):


CLOCKWORK PHOENIX
Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Table of Contents

Tanith Lee - "The Woman"
Catherynne M. Valente - "The City of Blind Delight"
Leah Bobet - "Bell, Book and Candle"
Laird Barron - "The Occultation"
John Grant - "All the Little Gods We Are"
John C. Wright - "Choosers of the Slain"
Ekaterina Sedia - "There Is a Monster Under Helen's Bed"
Cat Sparks - Palisade"
David Sandner - "Old Foss is the Name of His Cat"
Cat Rambo - "The Dew Drop Coffee Lounge"
Marie Brennan - "A Mask of Flesh"
Jennifer Crow - "Seven Scenes from Harrai's Sacred Mountain"
C.S. MacCath - "Akhila, Divided"
Deborah Biancotti - "The Tailor of Time"
Joanna Galbraith - "The Moon-Keeper's Friend"
Erin Hoffman - "Root and Vein"
Michael J. DeLuca - "The Tarrying Messenger"
Vandana Singh - "Oblivion: A Journey"

ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR ELEGANT ROMANTIC FANTASY? FOR CLASSY SWASHBUCKLERS?

Get ready!

Enter a world where passion is a courtly mistress, mystery is moonlight on steel, and magic is the god of love.

En garde, mon amour!

Introducing... Lace and Blade edited by Deborah J. Ross

Coming on Valentine's Day 2008, the debut title from our romantic fantasy imprint Leda!

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NEW IMPRINT

Announcing a new sword and sorcery, heroic fantasy, and high fantasy imprint: The Sword of Norilana.

With the belief that otherworld fantasy is imagination in its purest form, we are committed to providing an outlet for fine original works that take place in realities other than our own and explore grand and epic themes. There is a time and place for urban fantasy... but it is not here.

The Sword of Norilana will publish outstanding otherworld fantasy starting in 2009.

We have acquired THE JOURNEY TO KAILASH, a poetry collection by Rhysling award winning poet, writer, and editor Mike Allen to be released from the Curiosities Imprint in June 2008.

We have acquired A COLD DAY IN HELL by virtuoso humorist and author Ken Rand, a quirky mainstream novel of outrageous humor, dark satire, and a surprising amount of heart, scheduled for February 2009, to be released under the main Norilana Books imprint.

Norilana Books has come to a seven-book agreement with the legendary British novelist Tanith Lee to reprint her classic Flat Earth Series of books which includes NIGHT'S MASTER, DEATH'S MASTER, DELUSION'S MASTER, DELIRIUM'S MISTRESS, NIGHT'S MYSTERIES, plus two new previously unpublished originals continuing the series -- short story collection THE EARTH IS FLAT and novel EARTH'S MASTER. The books will be released approximately starting in 2009.