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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 (4 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)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
2:04 pm	Reflection's Edge - September issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html In a fantasy-filled month, we begin with our feature, Scott T. Barnes' "Charlotte's Cove," the story of two young girls, bad omens, a Ghost Lady, and more. Nick Franklin's "In Memoriam Memoriae" takes us to very different shores, the cold ones at the extreme south of the world, where the geologist Riti Gill has come to explore rock, but finds more insubstantial history. Kaalii Cargill finishes out the sea theme with "Stormy Weather," where a young woman searches for a husband in the sea. And Daniel Ausema pulls us back to land in "In the Grove of Sickle Grass," where a pre-wedding errand in a sacred grove where names can betray you turns dangerous. In our Resources section, we've supplied you with links to previous RE work and further links on not only the history of genre fiction and its cliches, but critical review. Looking forward to seeing you next month. Enjoy! Current Mood: hopeful (Comment on this)
Friday, August 24th, 2007
9:41 am	Email good to go The website has been back up for a while, but now, at last, so is the email. :) Thanks to everyone for bearing with me! (Comment on this)
Monday, August 20th, 2007
11:11 pm	Technical problems We're undergoing some technical problems. If you are expecting to hear from any staff, please note both the website and our emails are affected. Please feel free to contact by phone or alternate email (reflectionsedge@yahoo.com) for any emergency contact. We'll let you know as soon as the issues are resolved. Thanks! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
6:54 pm	Reflection's Edge - August Issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html It's a fantasy-heavy month, and we're delighted to open that list with A.C. Wise (of "After the Lake"), who returns with yet another featured story, "The Woodwife's Song," a haunting story about the loss of an unborn child. Rebecca Senese brings a little horror to this month's fantasy with "Candy Man," a story that takes the sweet side of candy to a very dark place. Silvia Moreno-Garcia brings us "Water," where one girl disappears, and another tries to find her in magazines, in life, and in dreams. And finally, the wonderful Claude Lalumière returns yet again in his charming short story, "The Beginning of Time," where demons play pranks and children never grow old. In our Resources section, we've supplied you this time with a selection of both online resources and links to RE articles on languages - from dialect to conlangs, translations to neologisms, we've got you covered. It's nice to be back. Hope you enjoy! Current Mood: satisfied (Comment on this)
Friday, June 1st, 2007
11:35 am	Reflection's Edge - June/July issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html We are thrilled to have award-winning Michael A. Burstein with us to discuss the complexities of writing science fiction, laying out the basic rules of language construction in this month's nonfiction article, "Writing the Language of the Future." Mathilde Madden also joins us for a review of this year's Best American Erotica collection. In fiction, we have three new authors: A.M. Muffaz, with her melancholy and moving "Dead Lovers," our featured story; Jacqueline West and her subtle southern tale of highly combustible women, "The Weight of Dew"; and Alex Dally MacFarlane in the pirate-filled adventure "Roseilda's Tale." We hope you enjoy the issue, and don't miss us when we return after our one-month break in August. Happy summer! Current Mood: summery! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
10:13 pm	Reflection's Edge - May 2007 issue Reflection's Edge is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com/index.html We are delighted to have some our favorite authors returning in this issue. Our one new author is our feature, "The Naming at the Pool," an elegant piece by Aliette de Bodard. In it, a young potter by the name of Rhana finds a man in the forest, nameless and lost, and tries to help him. But in naming him in such a magical place, she accidentally gives him far too much - the history of a long-lost king attached to the name, resulting in a craving for power (and more). Next, Hanne Blank returns in the fantastic "Copenhagen or Anywhere," a dark vision of a woman-turned-mermaid who has become a killer to protect her new people. In "Assistant," Mari Ness returns with a dark comedy in, of all things, a resumé for assistant world-destroying - because whether it is destroying worlds, altering timelines, or making the perfect cup of coffee, Sidney Smith wants to be there for it. And finally, JoSelle Vanderhooft joins us again in "The Desert in the North," a companion piece to a previous RE story, "The Tale of the Scorpion Prince." This time, the desert is buried under ice - and deliriously happy to watch her victims crumble and die on her. On the information side, our resources have expanded again, with more information on writers' communities and a whole new research section with links to sites regarding psychotropics, prescription drugs, and even street slang, in addition to having cleaned our resources of dead sites and broken links. We hope you enjoy the issue, and don't miss us next month! Current Mood: relieved Current Music: C-SPAN (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
10:58 pm	Back up! Reflection's Edge is back online. :) (Darn servers!) (Comment on this)
7:13 pm	Reflection's Edge temporarily down We're working on it! (Comment on this)
8:56 am	Reflection's Edge: April Issue 2007! A new issue is up! http://www.reflectionsedge.com We have a wonderful selection of fiction this month, starting with our feature, William K. Carlson's "Charlie is My Darling," the surprising story of a man who claims to be Charles Dickens in the 21st century - and who, despite all appearance to the contrary, rapidly begins convincing everyone it is so. For a more comic story, you could head on over to S. Foster's "Congestive Heart Success," a hilarious, dark little story with nasty aliens and a motivational speaker. (I don't want to ruin it for you, so just head on over and read it.) Daniel Plate's "What She Learned to Wear" is a wonderfully written piece, the story of a girl not quite dead looking for life through the carnal thrills of others, while "The Lord of Feathers" is a story of a very living kind of obsession, this one of a surprisingly young, stubborn girl over a man who has never even spoken to her (you want to read this ending). And finally, Patricia Correll's "Silver Threads" is a piece of fantasy with bite - the story of a girl who goes to see an Oracle to hear her sister's fortune told, and returns to rescue the seer. In book reviews, Mathilde Madden reviews a short story collection, Filthy: Outrageous Gay Erotica by noted erotica author M. Christian. And for those really in the mood for a good read, she has pulled together her top ten list of erotic novels, plus over a dozen notable honorable mentions. It's a particularly diverse list, covering everything from detective stories to classic erotica to very modern, very controversial works; I was amazed. Enjoy. On a completely different note, 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!) and greatly appreciated. We have a lot of exciting things in the works. Keep an eye on our livejournal (http://reflectionsedge.livejournal.com/) for updates. And watch out for April Fools' Day. : ) Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
9:46 am	Contact! There is nothing more frustrating than falling in love with a story, accepting it, editing it, and placing an offer on it, and never hearing back...unless it's being a submitting writer who thinks he's never been responded to and tentatively asks six months after submitting if we ever received his story, and if we did, why we hated it. Ouch! As a note to all submitters, although we ask for two months to review incoming stories (and sometimes use that full time), we rarely take longer than two weeks, and we always respond. Honest. And if you've been waiting two months, you are very welcome drop us a line and I'll usually get back to you in 24 hours. Because that's just painful. And if you sent us a certain story with Charlie in the title...oh, but we wish we'd heard back from you! We really wanted to buy your story. Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
12:08 am	Reflection's Edge - March issue! Reflection's Edge is up! I am truly delighted to point you to our feature, an interview with the legendary Ray Bradbury by Mike McCarty, where he speaks of Mars, Katherine Hepburn, and how dogs love completely. It's a lovely interview; we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. In book reviews, Mathilde Madden reviews two highly distinctive erotic novels: one a fantasy work, The Strangeling, and the other a fictionalized memoir, Stephen Elliott's My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up. Then she slides on over to our articles side and introduces herself properly in "Why Review Books? My Sort-of Manifesto." In fiction, we start with Bryan Wang's "Catch and Release," a curious tale that starts with fishing and ends with an otherworldly carnival and sin galore. A.S. Morgan's "Headlamps" is the story of a much more innocent girl, albeit one in caste-driven society where a girl without wings will always be second best. And finally, in "Poseidon Blessed" E. Catherine Tobler takes us to the classical side with her version of Dictys' discovery of Danaë. And on a completely different note, I am sorry to announce Romie Stott's departure from Reflection's Edge. While she will from time to time work with us as a consultant or aid us in general maintenance, she no longer has the time to work in the capacity of Associate Editor. She will be greatly missed. From the beginning, she has put an enormous amount of work into RE - not only the nonfiction editing side, but the boring maintenance work that is so vital: the cataloguing, the cleaning up, the late nights, not to mention the numerous incredible articles she's written (http://reflectionsedge.com/archives/authors/romie_stott.html). The one on world building has always been my favorite; don't miss it. Perhaps most importantly, she believed in Reflection's Edge, and in our team. She will be sorely missed. Current Mood: sleepy (1 Comment |Comment on this)