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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
3:33 pm	RE is up! Reflection's Edge is up! http://reflectionsedge.com RE is up!...three days ago. For the first time in the history of RE, I forgot to send the letter. What can I say? It's amazing how much easier RE is to run (and the change in our response times proves it). Our monthly panic is gone with the wind. And hopefully, you've already been enjoying RE through our new RSS feed. If not - please dive in and enjoy. Enjoy the issue. It's a great one. - Sharon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS ISSUE FEATURES: Feature horror story "The Urban Parasite," by Jamey Robert Stegmaier The talents of Lynn Rushlau, Don Pizarro, Robert Laughlin, Autumn Canter, and Tai Dong Huai A book review by contributing editor Romie Stott A new search engine Reformatted resources (even easier to access) An incredible redesigned website (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 1st, 2009
10:41 pm	RE IS UP! Reflection's Edge is up! RSS FEED NOW AVAILABLE! (Someone kick me if that doesn't work.) This could easily become too wordy, so I will try to restrain myself. The gorgeous new look you'll see when you first go to Reflection's Edge (almost entirely due to Elyse Holladay's marvelous imagination and creativity), while delightful, is only the smallest part of what we've accomplished during our time off. Elyse has taken us in a fantastic new direction, massively overhauling the guts of our (faithful but admittedly antiquated) website, and hugely reducing the amount of manual labor it takes to keep this site running. With the help of extraordinary people (Jesse, Dave, Chad, Romie, Ciro, Catherine, Elyse, Christopher - you are incredible), we've transferred and reformatted an incredible 477 stories, articles, interviews, and other pieces that we've amassed in the (can you believe it?) four-plus years we've been operating. So, although you may see a few stray changes in the coming week, remarkably, everything has come together pretty much exactly as we'd hoped. What that means? Less burdened staff. Cleaner publications. Faster response times on submissions and edits. Fantastically easy (automatic) links, archives, and indexes to help you find, well, everything. And - hoorah! - an RSS feed. It's incredibly exciting, and we hope you enjoy it. We're pretty proud. - Sharon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS ISSUE FEATURES: A story in every major genre we feature The talents of Ann Kolbeck, Allison M. Dickson, LM Myles, Mallory Path, Camille Alexa, and Tabare Alvarez A book review by contributing editor Romie Stott An incredible redesigned website Current Mood: exhausted (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
5:00 pm	Reflection's Edge - February Issue! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com This month we have not one but three unusual book reviews, including a new form of book review, "New Look at an Old Book." Here anyone can submit to discuss a first-time experience with a classic of one of our core genres, and it is initiated this time by Romie Stott on Carrie. A collection of Robert E. Howard stories and a poetry book by previous RE contributing author JoSelle Vanderhooft which is heavy on genre references also come under our lens for review. In fiction, we have three stories where it all depends on your point of view: Ripley Patton's "Sheep Women and Dog Boys," where animals are no longer looking like themselves; Diane Gallant's "All that Glitters," where greed and curses lead to blindness; and Margaret Yang's "Keeping House," where you can put things in place, but nothing is guaranteed to stay where you last saw it. I also have an important announcement. Although we will continue to accept submissions year-round, Reflection's Edge is moving to a six-issue yearly schedule - June through October, plus a holiday issue. Why? Funding is a big part of it. There's also the unfortunate fact that our wonderful new nonfiction editor has unexpectedly had to depart due to health. (Amy, we will miss you!) Rather than close - even temporarily, for a year or so - we have decided instead to adjust to a six-issue/year schedule. Besides allowing us to get our feet back on the ground, this new schedule will also allow us time for the enormous challenge of transferring all our old stories into the new look we've been developing for almost a year. There's been a lot of time and thought put into it, and we're very proud of it, but it's definitely going to take some serious work. Four years' publishing is a lot of html. Please note this change in issue numbers doesn't necessarily mean we'll publish notably less fiction. We have never published fiction based on a planned issue size. If we like something, we publish it, no matter how large or how small this may make our publication - and we'll still be accepting submissions year-round. This isn't necessarily permanent, either. If we find our six issues are so outstanding we can't imagine turning back to the grind of ten, then we will stay at six - but if we find we have the time, funding, and ability, then back to ten we'll go. Regardless, we hope you enjoy this issue. We loved it, and we hope you do, too. Current Mood: satisfied (Comment on this)
Monday, December 1st, 2008
7:03 pm	Reflection's Edge - December/January Issue! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html With winter coming on, we hope you're enjoying the advent of winter sports, warm mufflers, and your holiday music of choice. Or at least, if you're laid up with a cold like I am, that you're snuggling up to a nice cup of tea and some good fiction. To assist you in your cold recovery (or at least a break at work), we have a lovely mix of fiction and nonfiction, starting with Angela Ambroz's heartbreaking science fiction piece, "The Grief Toucan," where nuclear war, hallucinations, and space travel meet. Stephanie Green takes us to the lighter side with some unusual faeries in "Court of the Litterfey," as a young boy deals with a dangerous infestation, and Huw Langridge takes us to the Falkland Islands, where he shows us poignant "Remnants." K.V. Taylor finishes out our fiction selection with "Green," where a literal misstep begets sickness and strange evolution. We also have Contributing Editor Romie Stott (welcome back!) returning with another of her well-researched, heavily insightful reviews, this time of The Watcher out of Time. We hope to persuade her back from her busy schedule whenever we can. And last but not least, we are truly delighted to have prolific (and fabulous - yes, I'm a fan) fantasy author Judith Tarr join us for an interview with our wonderful new Nonfiction Editor, Amy Brozio-Andrews. We hope you enjoy. (With or without the tea.) Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
10:16 pm	Reflection's Edge - November Issue! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html Award-winning author RJ Astruc starts us out with one of her wonderful Zeem stories, "What Would Luminael Do?", where a fallen angel struggles with the complicated morals of miracles. An unexpected tall tale (as a Texan, I admit I was doubly thrilled) follows in "The Devil and Buck Strapner," Evan Lewis' charmer of a story where a man battles the devil himself. Two fantasy stories follow, both with witches, but going in directions as distinct as you could find - one a twisted tale where a witch won't make mischief for a knight just looking for a fight, and another where coal miners and prehistoric creatures minded by witches work together with only grudging acceptance. We also have a ton of book reviews, reviewing "Pandemonium," "The Engine's Child," and "Every Last Drop," from our outstanding staff, including the aforementioned Kyle White and Matt Switliski - which you'll notice has a new member. We are truly delighted to announce the arrival of a nonfiction editor - Amy Brozio-Andrews. She has exciting ideas, great contacts, and she's already working hard on next month's big double issue. As you've probably noticed, we've had a big staff turnaround this past year; we're truly thrilled (and lucky) to have such excellent new folks. 2008 has taken us through a lot of change, and it's extraordinarily exciting to see where we're heading. See you next month (our December-January issue - can't wait to share! Current Mood: happy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
1:46 pm	The new issue of RE is up and ready for your perusal. In true Halloween spirit (because we get excited at least six months before October 31st), Ed Robertson takes us along with a group of werewolf hunters in our featured story, "The Werewolf of Narashtovik." Thane Thompson provides a different kind of scary in "Roots Deep as Mountains," a post-apocalyptic story of life after dirty bombs. If you're in the mood for something lighter, try "Pixies Don't Have Names," by Mercedes M. Yardley, the story of a woman who uses stuffed animals to ward off troublesome fairies, or Shiela Crosby's "The Sock Drawer," about what manuscripts get up to after you put them away. Finally, we round out our fiction with "Trickster Blues," by Brooke Bolander - the tale of an old slide guitarist who returns to the Delta to find the old deals changed. In nonfiction, we have an interview with Texas pulp author A. Lee Martinez, who has published half a dozen books mixing the supernatural with the redneck, including In the Company of Ogres and The Automatic Detective (recently optioned by David Fincher). He tells us about his most recent opus, Too Many Curses, the story of a housekeeper in charge of a castle full of hexed inhabitants, why it's a departure from what he's done before, and what goes on at his blog. Kyle White, the interviewer, also provides a review of Greg Bear's City at the End of Time, and guest reviewer Amy Brozio-Andrews takes a look at Peter F. Hamilton's Misspent Youth. This issue welcomes a host of new staff members, including the aforementioned Kyle White, but I'll leave it to another post to make introductions. In the meantime, enjoy the new issue! And finally, if you're in the mood to be extra supportive of RE, jump on over to our website the next time you need to make an Amazon order and search for what you want through our Amazon search engine on the right. This will take you to your item of choice, and at no extra cost to you, RE is given a small percentage of every order you make - instant aid to us (at no cost to you!) helping us toward funding our exciting redesign. (We are dying to share!) Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Monday, September 1st, 2008
7:59 pm	Reflection's Edge - September Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html It's a wildly varied month at RE, with divine beer, intergalactic monsters, heat eaters, aliens, and mountaineer climbing - and that's just the fiction! Our featured author, Matthew Kressel, brings the marvelous "Lullaby of the Ages" to you (see aforementioned intergalactice space monsters), while returning author Claude Lalumière continues his lovely Lost Myths series. Margaret Yang brings in some subtle, sorrowful science fiction with "Men Like That Will Break Your Heart," and Chad Banks continues the familial theme with "Who Shapes the Shaper." And finally in fiction, Brian Haycock wraps it all up with a little enlightenment in "Sky Burial." We've also got a boatload of book reviews, with our two wonderful new book reviewers (welcome aboard!), Kyle White and Matt Switliski, tackling a variety of genres with Whitechapel Gods, The Age of the Conglomerates, and Lord Tophet. (Speaking of which, we love our new Slush Monster as much as we miss Slush Monkey.) We hope you feel the energy in this issue with our wonderful new staffers. I certainly did! (Comment on this)
Friday, August 1st, 2008
9:00 am	Reflection's Edge - August Issue! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html It's another wonderful mix of fiction - from vampires to kanji-dealing magicians to angry kelpies, this issue has it. Aidan Doyle starts off with the featured "Blue Cherry Sky," where the yearly ceremony of the doll gives way to bloodshed in a magical battle. Constance Brewer takes us deeper into fantasy with "The Tale Teller," where those aforementioned kelpies are very unhappy with guilty Johnny, and then Don Norum takes us to the really dark side with "Theo Duga's Cab." Craig Watson brings us a strange and poignant supernatural birthday, while returning author Claude Lalumière rounds it all out with the eerie tale of a whale god in "A Rumbling Deep in the Bowels of the World," one of his Lost Myths stories (which we're delighted to note he'll be returning with next month as well). This month we have also reviewed the elegant collection The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices. It won't disappoint. Well, we're closing out the openings today for book reviewers and looking forward to making decisions this week and bringing new folks on board. And, on that note, we'd like to say a special thanks - our slush monkey of many years is moving on. Anonymous though she may have chosen to be, she was no small part of our success (and our entertainment). We'll miss her. See you next month (with new staff introductions to come!) Current Mood: chipper (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
6:24 pm	Hiring! Please note that we are accepting applications for the following positions through August 1: - Slush readers - Book reviewers - Nonfiction editor Keep 'em coming! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
9:40 pm	Reflection's Edge - July Issue! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html Gerri Leen starts the fun with the luscious feature "The Last Song," where the dead-but-not-departed sing for a beautiful witch as they search for release from limbo. A.C. Wise tackles immortality in another fashion as she returns to RE with the disturbing "Blessed," the story of a Sgt. Roland Dymond who will not, cannot, die. Kassandra Kelly then takes us to the lighter side with "Nine- or Ten-Foot Angels," while Martin Turton takes us all the way down to the dark in "Harrotin Station," where refugees desperately seek sanctuary from civil war and worse. This month we have also two book reviews, Nina Harper's guilty pleasure Succubus in the City and the wildly popular (we were curious!) Twilight. And as a final note, don't forget to call your friends: submissions for positions on the RE staff (book reviewer, nonfiction editor) will be closed as of August 1. Write now! See you next month! (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
11:08 pm	Reflection's Edge - June Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html Peter Andrews starts off our summer with the unsettling feature "Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier," where a desperate father tries to save his daughter with worms, mad scientists, and more. Chris Ward follows with the more comic "Spruscia's Baby," where Amber finds that goblins are unfortunately not faery tales, while Joshua Allen takes us the full road to horror with "How Do You Say No to a Dying Boy?" The more healing side of genre fiction is rounded out with J.J. Fellows' story of Alaskan healers, "I the Twilight Times," and Alex F. Fayle's "The Soul of Sorcery" finishes the issue with a magic-filled crime scene. In addition, please note we're accepting applications (editor@reflectionsedge.com) for book reviewers, as the editor must confess she's terribly behind on enjoying the pile of publications by her bed. See our submissions page for details. Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
12:02 pm	We will return in June! Just a quick note that the summer double issue has been moved from June/July to April/May due to the editor's recent marriage and subsequent honeymoon. We will return in June with a new issue and an ecstatic editor. Sincerely, Sharon (keeping her name :) Dodge Editor-in-Chief www.reflectionsedge.com (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
11:41 pm	April Issue is up! Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html This month is loaded with fiction - from the book review of Elizabeth Moon's latest, Victory Conditions, to our fabulous authors, starting with the marvelous new author Ed Robertson in "All Men's Children," the story of two robots on the run. The fiction list is long, but you don't want to miss any of it: returning authors, new authors, flat worlds, mutating humans, Noah and his dragon, gods, child-stealing machines, you name it, we've got it - this issue is packed! In publication-related news, keep an eye out for applications on our website as well; we're looking to add to our talented staff. We're also - fingers crossed - looking to update with a whole new look and some wonderful technical doodads to help with formatting this summer. Very, very exciting. And finally, if you're in the mood to be supportive of RE, jump on over to our website the next time you need to make an Amazon order and search for what you want through our Amazon search engine on the right. This will take you to your item of choice, and at no extra cost to you, RE is given a small percentage of every order you make - instant aid to us (at no cost to you!) helping us toward funding our exciting redesign. (We are dying to share!) Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
10:19 pm	Reflection's Edge - March Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html It's a quirky story month, starting off with returning author S. Foster and his "Viscosity Breakdown," where a man with a mouth full of lingo can't seem to stop himself from saying just the wrong thing. Bobbie Metevier's "Styrofoam and Other Hazards" continues the unexpected, as a burger-flipping employee rapidly discovers his coworker's unusual abilities as disaster strikes. Aaron Polson brings up shapeshifters and faeries in a sober "Homecoming," while Jeanna Tendean brings us the dark story behind "The Rosebush." And finally, be sure to read Cedrick Mendoza-Tolentino's utterly adorable "Teddy" - I won't spoil it for you, but let's just say you should read it when you need a pick-me-up. In publication-related news, keep an eye out for applications on our website as well; we're looking to add to our talented staff. And finally, if you're in the mood to be supportive of RE, jump on over to our website the next time you need to make an Amazon order and search for what you want through our Amazon search engine on the right. This will take you to your item of choice, and at no extra cost to you, RE is given a small percentage of every order you make - instant aid to us (at no cost to you!) helping us toward funding our exciting redesign. (We can't wait to show you.) Current Mood: happy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
8:49 pm	Reflection's Edge is up! One computer death and a move later (sigh), here we are (yeah!): http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html In light of this past month's adventures we bring you a mini-issue, including four wonderful fantasy stories: Brian Haycock's eerie "Spell On You," where the dead visits a small Texas town; Michael John Grist's "Sagasu's Life," where a painter is trying to bring about the end of the world; Julie Shapiro's short and sweet "Avenue and Pleasure," where a lonely ghost is visiting her old beau; and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz's "Rituals of Grief," where a wife and mother must defend her husband from supernatural predators beyond the grave. We hope you enjoy, and we'll be seeing you again soon! Current Mood: satisfied (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
10:13 am	RE - Small February Issue Delayed Reflection's Edge is currently moving locations (physically - our website isn't going anywhere!). Due to this, our February issue will be a small update made later this month. We look forward to returning with a regular-sized issue in March, however, and hope you're having a wonderful winter. See you soon - Sharon Dodge Editor-in-Chief www.reflectionsedge.com Current Mood: busy (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
2:06 pm	Reflection's Edge - December/January Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html We've a large number of fiction stories this month to keep you entertained this holiday season, starting with the appropriate "Wintertide Surprise," a holiday spirit story that I hope makes you laugh as much as it did me, by the talented Ann De Carrasco. Frequent author Daniel Ausema adds to the holiday feel with the unusual "A Winter Solstice Sun," where a sentient tree-like creature must deal with a pesky goblin. Shaylen A. Maxwell's "The Lunar Balloon" is all about finding a home in a lonely world - in this case, for a little girl who's been alone for over four million years. If you're wanting something a little warmer, Michael Kelly and Jonathan William Hodges team up to bring you "Desert of Sharp Sorrows," where a dying woman goes to the desert and encounters a strange man and an even stranger gift. Joanna Gardner's "The Cave of the Winds" has some very different gifts for a haunted woman who cannot escape a violent dream; and returning author A.C. Wise's "At the Altar of Pan" is a frightening look at a woman who cannot stop worrying to remember to fear the truly dangerous. And in book reviews, Mathilde Madden takes us back to 2000's Cruel Enchantment, a collection of short faery tale/paranormal erotica stories well ahead of their time - a collection from before such mixed genre works were the flavor du jour, and much more original. Hope you enjoy. Happiest of holidays, and see you in February! Current Mood: proud (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
10:10 am	Reflection's Edge - November Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html We've plenty of fiction this month, starting with our dark feature, John Bowker's "Redemption Tattoo." There, Rachel thinks she's just gotten lucky finding Paul - but after a jaunt out for coffee, circumstances rapidly begin to prove otherwise. We also have two of our favorite authors returning, including the lovely Nisi Shawl, whom we interviewed just last month. This time she gives us "To the Moment," a wonderful bit of dark fantasy where a very hungry mother is pushed into some complicated decisions. Meredith Schwartz also returns with the evilly delightful "Heroic Measures," where toys are mad and and taking a stand. We also have two other new authors, Venesa Burranupakorn with "Brothers," a mythic story of magic powers, sex, death, and more fun things, as well as Lindsey Duncan with "Coldsnap," where a lonely woman is trying to find a home in the distant north. On the research side of things, we've supplied you with additional links to war in history as well as new slang links, the latter due to reader contribution. (Thanks, Leigh Green!) Hope you enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you next month for our December/January issue! (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
7:26 pm	And we're back Nothing like coming home from vacation to find your website offline. Argh. We're back! Hasweb, we have a serious discussion coming up... Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Monday, October 1st, 2007
8:47 pm	Reflection's Edge - October Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html It's a pleasing variety this month, including an interview with author Nisi Shawl, a book review of Naomi Novik's latest Temeraire novel, a we-couldn't-help-ourselves "Don't" list of stories RE has seen too often, plus new fiction. There, Sean Eads brings a dark world with a monster always overhead in "And the Raindrops, Its Tears"; Dru Pagliassotti brings us the deliciously fun "Boomarked," with wizards and monsters galore; Mike Moran returns in "The Nekky-Bird Song," a sweet piece about two birds and an abandoned woman; and Aidan Doyle provides an October-worthy chill in his unnerving "How to Be a Good Citizen." Enjoy! Current Mood: chipper (2 Comments |Comment on this)