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The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scottish indie Cargo and US publisher McSweeney's are to team up on a four-volume collection of stories from authors including Roddy Doyle and Ali Smith.
Fifty authors are to take part in the project, entitled Elsewhere, providing stories commissioned by the festival over the past 12 months. Cargo will be the main publisher with McSweeney's to contribute the design. Authors Michael Morpurgo, Alan Warner, Jackie Kay and Michel Faber are also to take part.
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Yesterday was professional development at school. For those of you outside the education system, "professional development" means someone who doesn't know any more than you do comes and tells you how to do something you probably already knew how to do.
That sentence needs editing.
Anyway, I stopped into my classroom during a bathroom break, and (like any good junkie) checked Twitter. It seems one of my little tales made Ellen Datlow's honorable mention list for Best Horror of the Year. Practical jokes aren't fun, but this was for real. I checked. Double-checked.
Yes, "Cargo" from Dark Pages volume 1 was on the list, next to my name. Yes, I've checked it each year since I started writing. Yes the list is very long. This is one of those things folks outside the writing loop don't quite understand. What a lovely early birthday present.
Thanks to Brenton Tomlinson, Alan Baxter, and Blade Red for taking my little story about a strange little girl at the end of the world. And thanks, Ellen, for the mention.
I'm off to Topeka for my first signing today. I will have candy, so at least somebody will talk to me.
Have a glorious day.
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Congrats on the honorable mention. I downloaded the list the other day--part 2 anyway--and happened across your name. Very cool, and she's not in the habit of praising "okay" stories, either.
And best of luck with the book signing. May there be a multitude.
Congratulations! I bet that made the rest of the professional development day a lot more bearable. :)
Great news, Aaron. Congratulations on making the list!
Congrats, man! And have fun at the signing!
I got such a thrill out of seeing you and Cate on that list. Well done, mate. I hope the signing goes well.
Thanks, Gef. Multitude? Doubt it. My goal is to give away all my candy and a bunch of bookmarks. Selling books would be nice, too, but people have to pay for that stuff. ;)
K.C. - Thanks! It did.
Thanks, Alan.
Lee - Congrats x3 for you, my friend!
Thanks, Michael. The signing is an experiment. Well shall see...
You rock : )
Thanks, Natalie!
Woot! Woot! Woot!
Cheers, Cate!
Awesome news! Those nods certainly help keep the butt in the seat and the fingers on the keyboard!
Very cool indeed :)
You're so right, Daniel. Just when I feel like quitting, they keep pulling me back in...
Cheers, Danielle!
God, I loved that story.
Yeah, late to the party again...
Excellent news about the Honourable mention list.
A total of 6 stories from the TOC of Dark Pages (from 14) made the list. Not wanting to blow my own horn or anything, but that seems like one great anthology everyone should buy...
But let's be honest, it was never going to be a great antho without great authors providing brilliant tales to fill its covers - and you were definitely one of them. I'm glad Cargo found a home and I'm glad I had something to do with it.