I just updated my "appearances" page, and it includes several online events coming up in the next two months!
www.swantower.com/appearances/
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I just updated my "appearances" page, and it includes several online events coming up in the next two months!
www.swantower.com/appearances/
@NicoleJLeBoeuf I too had always assumed you couldn't eat the green tops! Fascinating.
I wish my housemate liked that type of potato soup, because *man* is that a fast meal. My soup uses cut-up potatoes (and also kielbasa), so it takes longer, though not too long.
New free-to-read story out in The Sunday Morning Transport today! Let "The Final Voyage of the Ouranos" take you on an eerie journey through a science fantasy realm . . .
https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-final-voyage-of-the-ouranos
@NicoleJLeBoeuf I think I need potato leek soup, myself. <makes notes for this week's dinners>
This is a hell of a day to have to both pay my estimated taxes and report in for jury duty. Under a decent administration I don't mind upholding my civic responsibilities, but under this murderous pack of lying assholes . . .
Favorite (new) #books this year by familiar authors —
The Relentless Moon by @maryrobinette: I loved the rest of the series, but this one may be my favorite. Heartbreaking at points but in the best ways.
Witch King by @marthawells: a new series by a favorite author, fascinating and deeply […]
I initially didn't pay attention to this Kickstarter because, frankly, the title made me assume it was some kind of sex comedy. Instead it's a deeply Jewish comedic noir about demons -- so if that appeals to you, back it now!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/hornytown
@jendefer I'm delighted you enjoyed it!
Even when the world is on fire, we can still have nice things. In fact, we need them now more than ever.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uncannymagazine/uncanny-magazine-year-12-fly-forever-space-unicorns/
LAST CALL for copies of @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social's special edition of the Rook and Rose trilogy! Once these gorgeous volumes are gone, that's it, there's no more!
Signed and numbered: https://thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/rook-rose-tier-1-leftovers
Unsigned […]
We'll be closing our BackerKit store to pre-orders on JULY 22ND, and while we may have a setup for selling the remaining decks afterward, that won't be available for a while. So if you want a Rook & Rose pattern deck by M.A. Carrick, get it while you can! […]
We'll be closing our BackerKit store to pre-orders on JULY 22ND, and while we may have a setup for selling the remaining decks afterward, that won't be available for a while. So if you want a Rook & Rose pattern deck by M.A. Carrick, get it while you can! […]
A poem in staggered stanzas, alternating the lyrics of the original song with new lines: A Work in Progress by Marie Brennan Oh beautiful for spacious skies and endless stolen land For purple mountain majesties above the slave-chained band America! America! God’s mercy may we see And crown thy good with brotherhood for we, not just for thee. O beautiful for pilgrim feet -- -- except those turned away -- A thoroughfare for freedom beat -- -- to Christian God please pray -- America! America! Will you admit your flaws? Confirm they soul in self-control; don’t shrine your sins as laws. O beautiful for heroes proved (including those unsung) Who more than self their country loved and would not hold their tongue. America! America! The road ahead is long, Till all success be nobleness and right replaces wrong. O beautiful for patriot dream that we still work to build, Thine alabaster cities gleam, a promise not yet filled. America! America! God’s mercy may we see And crown thy good with brotherhood For we, not just for thee.
A poem for this Fourth of July.
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The omnibus of my first two novels + a related novella is part of a Kobo box set deal right now -- 2 box sets for $25!
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/july-bundles-us
A poem in staggered stanzas, alternating the lyrics of the original song with new lines: A Work in Progress by Marie Brennan Oh beautiful for spacious skies and endless stolen land For purple mountain majesties above the slave-chained band America! America! God’s mercy may we see And crown thy good with brotherhood for we, not just for thee. O beautiful for pilgrim feet -- -- except those turned away -- A thoroughfare for freedom beat -- -- to Christian God please pray -- America! America! Will you admit your flaws? Confirm they soul in self-control; don’t shrine your sins as laws. O beautiful for heroes proved (including those unsung) Who more than self their country loved and would not hold their tongue. America! America! The road ahead is long, Till all success be nobleness and right replaces wrong. O beautiful for patriot dream that we still work to build, Thine alabaster cities gleam, a promise not yet filled. America! America! God’s mercy may we see And crown thy good with brotherhood For we, not just for thee.
A poem for this Fourth of July.
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New short story collection today! THE ATLAS OF ANYWHERE collects eight of my recent secondary-world fantasy tales, plus my Hugo Award-nominated poem "A War of Words":
https://www.swantower.com/writing/the-atlas-of-anywhere/
cover art for NEVER AFTER: THIRTEEN TWISTS ON FAMILIAR TALES by Marie Brennan, showing a dried red rose whose head has been cut off the stem; spatters of blood stain the ground behind
Cover art for MONSTROUS BEAUTY by Marie Brennan, showing a woman wrapped in many lengths of white cloth, one of which covers her eyes, another of which wraps around her throat. She wears black gloves and holds a pair of scissors poised to cut a red thread.
Finally, two smaller ones (~10K words each), both focused on flash-length fairy tale pieces, one darker than the other. Because these are shorter, they're ebook only:
https://www.swantower.com/writing/never-after-thirteen-twists-on-familiar-tales/ […]
[Original post on wandering.shop]
cover art for THE NINE LANDS by Marie Brennan, showing a greyscale map of the titular setting against a parchment-colored background
And I have enough stories set in the Nine Lands -- the first big setting I invented -- that they got their own collection!
https://www.swantower.com/writing/nine-lands/
cover art for DOWN A STREET THAT WASN'T THERE by Marie Brennan, showing a roofed colonnade of dark stone, with a figure silhouetted against the light at the end who has translucent, blue-violet butterfly wings
For those of you who prefer contemporary fantasy, there's DOWN A STREET THAT WASN'T THERE:
https://www.swantower.com/writing/down-a-street-that-wasnt-there/
cover art for ARS HISTORICA by Marie Brennan, showing a gilded Latin inscription carved into a slab of veined grey stone
ARS HISTORICA, as the title suggests, is focused on historical fantasy (including several stories in continuity with my Onyx Court novels):
https://www.swantower.com/writing/ars-historica/
cover art for A BREVIARY OF FIRE by Marie Brennan, showing a zig-zag swirl of golden sparks narrowing down to a point, against a black background
And I have other subgenre-themed collections as well, all the size of a longish novella. A BREVIARY OF FIRE, for example, collects stories based on or retelling folktales and myths:
https://www.swantower.com/writing/a-breviary-of-fire/
cover art for MAPS TO NOWHERE by Marie Brennan, showing steep mountain pinnacles shrouded in sunset clouds, over a twilight lake
It's a follow-up (~sequel, except there's no chronology implied) to my previous collection, MAPS TO NOWHERE, available in ebook and print:
https://www.swantower.com/writing/maps-to-nowhere/
New short story collection today! THE ATLAS OF ANYWHERE collects eight of my recent secondary-world fantasy tales, plus my Hugo Award-nominated poem "A War of Words":
https://www.swantower.com/writing/the-atlas-of-anywhere/
them: write what you know
me: inflicts a Portuguese man o' war sting on a character
The absolute stupidity of going to buy a tiny replacement part for an item . . . and discovering the replacement part pack is nearly twice the price of just buying the entire device new again.
I have *got* to find more ways to throttle the inflow of email. Even with a block of dedicated time set aside each day to doing nothing but wrangling that, I am constantly, constantly behind, with stuff getting buried that shouldn't be.
Happy #Juneteenth. The work of liberating our country from the chains of racism continues.
Topical words from immigrant Thomas Paine:
"Could we [...] trace [kings] to their rise, we should find the first of them nothing better than the principle ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners, or pre-eminence in subtilty obtained him the title of chief among plunderers."
#NoKings
Topical words from immigrant Thomas Paine:
"Could we [...] trace [kings] to their rise, we should find the first of them nothing better than the principle ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners, or pre-eminence in subtilty obtained him the title of chief among plunderers."
#NoKings
@crystalvisits How is it that sometimes we don't want to do even things we generally enjoy? Brains, man. Can't live with 'em, become an inert meat sack on the floor without 'em.