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Asian-American Authors of Horror

Rose Fox at Genreville is compiling a list of Asian-American authors who write science fiction and fantasy. One person commented that it seemed like once again horror is being treated as a genre fiction “stepchild” and that the list should include Asian-American authors of horror as well (Genreville is supposed to cover horror as well as SF and fantasy). Rose is looking for suggestions. If you have one, you can leave a comment here.

Or, if you’d like to comment here instead, I’d be curious to know who you come up with. Just in case anyone ever asks me.

Another Reason To Read The Classics

No sooner had I written about why readers shouldn’t write off the classics any more than selectors (be they librarians, educators, booksellers, or whoever) should write off popular or genre fiction, than another reason to check them out came my way via reviewer Colleen Wanglund. An article from the excellent science fiction website iO9 shared the incredible, horrifying illustrations that appeared in Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Thinking back, it seems like the first volume of Poe’s short stories that I encountered had at least some of these illustrations in them. What a compelling way to seize a reader, to get pulled into the story before ever encountering the possibly frustrating tone, style, pace, and vocabulary of books written a hundred years ago. Yes, it IS worth it to try the real thing, to have it in your hands. Even if you just choose to find it for the pictures.

Author Michael Louis Calvillo Dies

Michael Louis Calvillo, author of I Will Rise, Blood & Gristle, As Fate Would Have It (reviewed here), and other original and inventive works of horror fiction, passed away on Monday, April 30 after a long battle with cancer. I did not know Michael at all except through the eyes of the reviewers and readers who make up the staff and community here, but their words, and the words of others in the horror community, speak volumes about the kind of writer and the kind of person he was. Greg Lamberson and Benjamin Kane Etheridge have written moving tributes to him, and it’s clear that touched the lives of others both with his work and his personality. If you visit his blog, you’ll see that he remained positive and involved in life in every way he could. Our thoughts are with his family, and we hope yours will be too.