Storming

I am a bit behind in announcing that “Eye of the Storm,” a story I love so much that I would hug it hard if I could, has been reprinted recently in two excellent anthologies.

Beyond Binary is an anthology of genderqueer and sexually fluid fiction — the first of tis kind, as far as I’m aware — edited by Brit Mandelo. Stories by Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Nalo Hopkison, and Cat Valente, as well as many other terrific established and emerging writers. Nicola did a long interview with Brit, and Brit also talked with Jeff VanderMeer at Omnivoracious. There’s a review at io9 and another at Tor.com to get you started on investigating the book.
 

“Eye of the Storm” was first published by editor Ellen Datlow in Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, which is now available in e-book. It’s a fantastic anthology, folks, well worth your reading dollars, with stories by Neil Gaiman, Pat Murphy, Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Yolen, Mark Teidemann, and Tanith Lee, just to name a few. I was thrilled to be included when Ellen put the anthology together in 1998, and I’m equally thrilled to see it in this gorgeous new edition from Open Road Media (who are also republishing her anthologies Alien Sex and Off Limits). Ellen is one of the formative editors of an entire generation of speculative fiction: she talks about editing in this interview with jim Piniciuk. And she is great to hang out with at the bar (grin).

Thank you to Ellen for loving my story all those years ago, and thank you to Brit for loving it now. I am happy to see “Storm” come out and dance again.

Enjoy your day.