A behind-the-scenes look at “We Who Steal Faces” is now up at Sideshow Freaks, the blog for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show.
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“We Who Steal Faces” reviewed at Locus Online
A nice review from Lois Tilton at Locus Online for “We Who Steal Faces“:
Flea is a spy for England’s Queen Elizabeth in her war against the Spanish, and an assassin is eliminating all his contacts in Europe, one by one. He is also a member of the Elect, a quasi-immortal and a shapeshifter whose magic allows him to assume the face of others. Now he is determined to save his agent in Venice by obtaining the legendary universal poison antidote of Mithridates.
A gondolier by trade, Mafeo had given me my first tour of the city by canal thirty years ago. I had grown fond of the young Venetian during our explorations, even more so after he tried to cut the strings of my purse at the end of the day.
But the antidote is in the possession of a much older, more powerful member of the Elect, who has reason not to trust Flea. And his enemy is older and more powerful still.
A compelling adventure through a deadly labyrinth designed by the original Minotaur, full of traps and treachery.
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Ad Astra Report 2011
So I was at Ad Astra over the weekend and had a great time. This sketch of me is courtesy of Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary fame, whom I sat with during the autograph session. Thanks, Howard! I also sat with Ed Greenwood, and we chatted about the Forgotten Realms and novel-writing. Ed’s also a co-editor on WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME with Gabrielle Harbowy.
When the Hero Comes Home TOC
Here’s the table of contents for WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME, co-edited by Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy, available August 2011 from Dragon Moon Press.
A Place to Come Home To by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
An Evil Not Forgotten by Erik Buchanan
Full Circle by Steve Bornstein
Lessons Learned by Peadar Ó Guilín
Brine Magic by Tony Pi
The Legend of Gluck by Marie Bilodeau
One and Twenty Summers by Brian Cortijo
The Blue Corpse Corps by Jim C. Hines
Ashes of the Bonfire Queen by Rosemary Jones
Keeping Time by Gabrielle Harbowy
Scar Tissue by Chris A. Jackson
Coward by Todd McCaffrey
Nine Letters Found in a Muddied Case on the Road in Baden, Germany by Xander Briggs
The Once and Now-ish King by J.M. Frey
His Last Monster by J.P. Moore
Dark Helm Returns by Ed Greenwood
Mirror, Mirror by Phil Rossi
Knights and Beans by Julie Kagawa
Oathbreaker by Erik Scott de Bie
“We Who Steal Faces” Live at OSC IGMS
My short story, “We Who Steal Faces”, appears in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #22, April 2011 today. It features Flea (from “The Paragon Lure” and “Metamorphoses in Amber”) in a tale set in sixteenth century Venice.
The amazing artwork above is by Jin Han. I share this issue with some great authors:
“Love, Cayce” by Marie Brennan
“Exodus Tides” by Aliette de Bodard
“Exiles in Eden” by Brad Torgersen
“The Long Way Home” by David Lubar
There’s more about these stories, as well as subscription and single-issue purchase information at their blog. I’ve also created a page for the story here. I will be reading an excerpt from this story tonight at Ad Astra at 10 p.m.
My Ad Astra Schedule
I will be appearing at Ad Astra 2011: April 8-10.
Fri 9 pm
Salon 343
Travel, Research and Writing
Tony Pi (m), Jana Paniccia, Gregory WilsonFri 10 pm
Crowne Room
Reading: Stop Watch Gang
Stephen Kotowych, Suzanne Church, Tony Pi, Ian Keeling, Brad Carson, Mike Rimar, Costi GurguSat 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Ballr. East and Centre
Autograph sessionSat 7 pm
Salon 243
Writer’s Group Behind the Scenes
Stephen Kotowych, Suzanne Church, Tony Pi, Ian Keeling, Brad Carson, Mike Rimar, Costi GurguSun 3 pm
Ballr. East
What Could Have Been: Alternate History
Eric Flint, Elisabeth Vonarburg, Eric Choi, Tony Pi, Tim Liebe
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