“From the Sea”, nice mini-review

Thanks to Tom Waters, a Writers of the Future finalist and up and coming writer for his review of the On Spec issue in which my story “From the Sea” appeared. His rating system is quick and to the point and he gave “From the Sea” a four out of five star rating. Yay!
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Prix Aurora Awards

The shortlist for the Prix Aurora Awards have been announced.
BEST NOVEL IN ENGLISH :
THE AMULET OF AMON-RA, by Leslie Carmichael, CBAY Books
DRUIDS, by Barbara Galler-Smith and Josh Langston, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
WAKE, Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada
STEEL WHISPERS, Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
TERRA INSEGURA, Edward Willett, DAW Books
BEST SHORT-FORM WORK IN ENGLISH:
“PAWNS DREAMING [...]

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New review for On Spec Fall 2009

Up at EssentialWriters.com is a review of the Fall 2009 issue of On Spec. Nice things are said about this issue of the magazine, including a new review for my story “From the Sea”.
Thanks to Judy Darley for the kind words and kudos go out to all the other authors who produced such fine [...]

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Review for “From the Sea”

A nice review from SFCrowsnest about my story “From the Sea” in On Spec #78

…This story is not very heavy on fantasy but it’s perceptive about humans. The bleak setting and the hard life of a fishing village were well conveyed and the story was quite moving.

Read the full review here.
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Review On Spec #78

Cover by Cristy Road

Just finished reading the latest On Spec. This is issue #78 (Fall 2009).
From the Sea
by Brent Knowles
Well, I kind of know the author of this one so I’ll just keep my mouth shut here.
Every Witch Way
by Joanna M. Weston
This story is about the only man in a family [...]

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