Tag Archives: new weird

My China Miéville Crush: Grime, Birds, Weird.

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Urraca

I’m a big fan of China Miéville. You should be too, me thinks. We’ve talked about the New Weird in this here blog in the past, and Miéville is one of its ambassadors. His fiction floats a line between urban … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from ‘Hybridae’ by Cesar Torres (in The Willows Magazine)

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Urraca

Cesar Torres Copyright, 2008 Purchase the October/November issue of The Willows, which contains the full story “Hybridae.” August, 1899 The train came to a full stop. The station sign beyond the window read “Ciudad de Mexico.” Harvey De Castille picked … Continue reading →

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‘Every silver shell that you crush will be enough’

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Urraca

62,985 words completed. 17, 015 words to go. The end is somewhere off in the distance, but I can see it now. It’s coming. Carapace is moving along. I even found a better title for it. Carapace is only a … Continue reading →

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My Short Story Is Now Out In The Willows Magazine!

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Urraca

Holy crap today’s a good day. My first short story in print, “Hybridae,” is now out in the September/October issue of the quarterly magazine the Willows. I’ve been privileged to see my name in print many times over my lifetime, … Continue reading →

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‘Hybridae’ To Appear in The Willows Magazine!

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Urraca

There’s publishing news in the air, seedlings. My short story “Hybridae” will be published in The Willows literary magazine this fall. Yes, it’s technically my first short story in print. There’s a whole stack of stories sitting in a virtual … Continue reading →

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How to Blog Well: Caitlin R. Kiernan

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Urraca

I’ve been blogging here in this meager pamphlet named Urraca in full since January, after taking off more than a year a half from it. As many of you know, one of the main reasons I returned to the blogosphere … Continue reading →

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