My short story, “The Miscible Imp”, will be appearing in When the Villain Comes Home (Dragon Moon Press), edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood. It’s scheduled for an August 1, 2012 release (but the online book may appear sooner). See the full table of contents Gabrielle’s blog.
Also, When the Hero Comes Home is a finalist for ForeWord Book of the Year in the Anthology category!
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The Mirror King
copyright © 2005 by Tony Pi
originally published in Flash Me Magazine #9, 2005.
On the wrong side of the glass, in a world beyond my sway, my love lies dying of a broken heart. Blind, she cannot know me; nor can my songs of solace pierce the looking-glass to soothe her. Only my other self ever hears me, and I petition him now: find a spell to free me from my crystal curse, so I might embrace my fair Queen and kiss away her tears. “Or confess that those sonnets were mine, that you only gave my adoration voice. Let her know she is loved. Give her cause to live!” Continue reading
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Pay no attention to the author behind the curtain: the story behind “Remains of the Witch” is up at Side-Show Freaks.
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Happy Chinese New Year!
It’s the Year of the Water Dragon, and I happen to have a free story that features a water dragon that takes place during the Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the new year):
“A Sweet Calling“, Clarkesworld #44
(podcast version)
Enjoy!
“Remains of the Witch” is the cover story for InterGalactic Medicine Show #26, and it’s beautifully illustrated by Anna Repp.
IGMS is subscription-based and allows access to all the back issues, so if you missed two of my previous stories (“We Who Steal Faces” in #22 and “Tekkai Exhales His Avatar” in #11), you can read them at the same time. Enjoy!
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Here’s a summary of my stories in 2011. The links below go to subpages with reviews.
“The Tremor Road”, Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
“Brine Magic”, When the Hero Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press
“We Who Steal Faces”, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
Also a reprint in Polish this year: “The Paragon Lure” (“Przynęta idealna”), Steps Into the Unknown (Kroki w nieznane)
These are also eligible for the Hugo, Nebula, and Aurora awards. I’ve placed “We Who Steal Faces” in the SFWA discussion forums, or email me if you’d like to see it for your consideration. Thank you.
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I know a clown.
He’s a professional stiltwalker, and my story in Tesseracts 15 (“The Tremor Road“) happened to feature stiltwalking, so I decided to stage a promotional shot for the September book launch. I called in a favour last August…
So these are the pole stilts I decided against. They looked…dangerous.
The ones with big feet looked more stable. (But looks can be deceiving.)
F&SF writer and linguist. Finalist, 2009 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; Finalist, 2008 Prix Aurora Award, "Best Short-Form Work in English"; Second Place winner of the Writers of the Future Contest (volume XXIII).
