Prime Books is pleased to announce acquisition of four anthologies from editor Steve Berman. All are a mix of original and reprinted stories. Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny (for publication July 2013) features treacherous tykes and wicked children who lead adults into the direst danger. Shades of Blue and Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War (for publication August 2013) relates tales of the supernatural based in the bloodiest war and most divisive era of U.S. history. Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages (for publication August 2013) demonstrates that zombies have been with us since ancient times with thrilling stories of carnage and mayhem from throughout history. Handsome Devil: Tales of Sin and Seduction highlights Lucifer’s role as the beautiful trickster who steals hearts as well as souls. It will be published in 2014.

This is Nala “working” on a galley proof. It was a neat pile of proof pages on the floor next to my chair. My assistant editor decided it was a threat to my safety and attacked. Or maybe she has decided to become a paper shredder…

Future Games edited by Paula Guran
Publication Date: January 16, 201

Human competition is eternal. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? Will aliens be our opponents or machines? What rules will we play by? What will be at stake? What rewards will be reaped by the victors? What fates await the defeated? Will the entire universe be our arena or will our world be smaller than today? Visionary authors speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger will mean in the near and distant future.

CONTENTS (alphabetical order):
“Distance” by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
“Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
“Anda’s Game” by Cory Doctorow
“Breakaway” by George Alec Effinger
“Pawn” by Timons Esaias
“Will the Chill” by John Shirley
“Diamond Girls” by Louise Marley
“Run to Starlight” by George R.R. Martin
“The Fate of Nations” by James Morrow
“The Survivor” by Walter F. Moudy
“Listen” by Joel Richards
“Name That Planet!” by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
“Man-Mountain Gentian” by Howard Waldrop
“Unsportsmanlike Conduct” by Scott Westerfeld
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis!” by Kate Wilhelm
“Kip Running” by Genevieve Williams

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Look for the Prime Books table in the dealers room, otherwise here’s my schedule:

Friday July 13
11:00 AM ME The Year in Short Fiction. Ellen Datlow (leader), Paula Guran, Richard Bowes. We will discuss the speculative short fiction published since last Readercon.

1:00 PM CL Kaffeeklatsch.

4:00 PM F Wet Dreams and Nightmares. Samuel R. Delany, Gemma Files, Paula Guran (leader), Caitlín R. Kiernan, Sonya Taaffe. Writers such as Caitlín R. Kiernan, M. Christian, Cecilia Tan, and Paula Guran are well known in both speculative fiction and erotic fiction circles for creating what Kiernan calls “weird and transgressive” erotica. How does this subgenre use the tools and tropes of horror and dark fantasy to explore taboo aspects of sexuality and gender? How has it changed over the decades as sexual culture has evolved? And as the romance genre becomes more welcoming of both the erotic and the undead, how will weird erotica maintain its identity as something separate from paranormal porn?

Season of Wonder
Edited by Paula Guran
ISBN: 9781607013587
384pp | $15.95

Wonders abound with the winter holidays. Yuletide brings marvels and miracles both fantastic and futuristic. Christmas spirits can bring haunting holidays, seasonal songs might be sung by unearthly choirs, and magical celebrations are the norm during this very special time of the year. The best stories from many realms of fantasy and a multitude of future universes, gift-wrapped in one spectacular treasury of wintertime wonder.

CONTENTS

Dana Cameron, “The Night Things Changed”
Orson Scott Card, “Wise Men”
Harlan Ellison, “Go Toward the Light”
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, “Home for Christmas”
Janet Kagan, “The Nutcracker Coup”
James Patrick Kelly, “The Best Christmas Ever”
Ellen Kushner, “Dulce Domum”
Charles de Lint, “Pal o’ Mine”
Robert Reed, “A Woman’s Best Friend”
M. Rickert, “The Christmas Witch”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Loop”
Sarban, “A Christmas Story”
Ken Scholes, “If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear”
James Stoddard, “Christmas at Hostage Canyon”
Evelyn Vaughn, “The Winter Solstice”
Connie Willis, “Newsletter”
Robert Charles Wilson, “Julian: A Christmas Story”
Gene Wolfe, “How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen”