April 8, 2011 · 5:52 pm

“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.

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March 22, 2011 · 7:55 am

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 Wilson

Fri 10 pm
Crowne Room
Reading: Stop Watch Gang
Stephen Kotowych, Suzanne Church, Tony Pi, Ian Keeling, Brad Carson, Mike Rimar, Costi Gurgu

Sat 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Ballr. East and Centre
Autograph session

Sat 7 pm
Salon 243
Writer’s Group Behind the Scenes
Stephen Kotowych, Suzanne Church, Tony Pi, Ian Keeling, Brad Carson, Mike Rimar, Costi Gurgu

Sun 3 pm
Ballr. East
What Could Have Been: Alternate History
Eric Flint, Elisabeth Vonarburg, Eric Choi, Tony Pi, Tim Liebe

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March 21, 2011 · 6:37 pm

TOC for Tesseracts 15

From the editors Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor:

A Safety of Crowds by E.L. Chen
Fragile Things by Amanda Sun
Just Dance by Whysper Lee
Poem – adaptation by Francine Lewis
Saving the Dead, or The Diary of an Undertaker’s Apprentice by Jennifer Greylyn
Feral by Nicole Luiken
A+ Brain by Katrina Nicholson
The Road to Good Intentions by Cat McDonald
The Windup Heiress by Leslie Brown
The Bridge Builder by Kevin Cockle
My Name is Tommy by Mike Rimar
Darwin’s Vampire by Elise Moser
Costumes by Shen Braun
Poem – Civility by J.J. Steinfeld
Take My Waking Slow by Michele Ann Jenkins
The Weirdo Adventures of Steve Rand by Claude Lalumière
Every You, Every Me by Virginia Modugno
The Oak Girl by Helen Marshall
Edge of Moonglow by Ed Greenwood
Split Decision by Robert Runte
Hide by Rebecca M. Senese
Four Against Chaos by Kurt Kirchmeier
Ice Pirates by Claire Eamer
Poem – You Always Knew by Michelle Barker
The Illumination of Cypher-Space by Lynne M. MacLean
The Tremor Road by Tony Pi
The Memory Junkies by K. Boorman

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March 16, 2011 · 11:47 am

Cover of Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales

Tesseracts 15

This is the spectacular cover to Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, cover art by Michael Oswald. I’m very excited to be part of this volume! (No, the image has little to do with my story…unless she’s holding a stilt!)

Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales
Editors Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor.
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-894063-58-6
$15.95

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March 16, 2011 · 7:36 am

“Silk and Shadow” Reviewed at Bibliophile Stalker

Charles Tan reviewed THE BEST OF BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES, YEAR ONE, at his blog Bibliophile Stalker, and rather liked it. He mentions my story “Silk and Shadow” and had this to say:

…”Silk and Shadow” by Tony Pi which embraces the epic nature it’s drawing inspiration from. The characters do not veer away from your initial expectations but what sets the story apart is its magic system and how the hero uses this to outwit his enemies. One could say this is a plot-driven narrative with a well thought-out cosmology and creative mystery. What adds oomph, however, is the way Pi fashions the ending which leaves room for ambiguity and fits the notions of a Tragedy.

Thanks, Charles!

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March 15, 2011 · 8:10 am

Story Sale to Tesseracts 15

A short story sale to Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing). The theme for this anthology is young adult speculative fiction, and it’s edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor. This will be my first appearance in this long-standing Canadian anthology series.

Congratulations to Mike Rimar from my writing group the Stop-Watch Gang, who also made it into the anthology. Our stories both went through the group’s critique process, so many thanks to the SWG.

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