They say that anthologies and short story collections are a tough sell; it makes sense, then, that you don’t see that many on the shelves in your local big box bookstore (if you still have one in your neighborhood, that is). The mainstream merchants want product they can move and move fast, so yeah, they’ll stock a collection if it says Stephen King or Daniel Woodrell or Michael Chabon on the cover – otherwise, they might not be so inclined.
Multi-author anthologies with a narrow, albeit intriguing theme? Don’t hold your breath.
Thank goodness once again for the small press, for whom “good business sense” (or the line of thinking the big publishers brand as such) often runs a distant second to “damn, that’s a good idea, let’s assemble twenty stories on that, and be sure to leave a few spots open for relative newcomers, because...
Multi-author anthologies with a narrow, albeit intriguing theme? Don’t hold your breath.
Thank goodness once again for the small press, for whom “good business sense” (or the line of thinking the big publishers brand as such) often runs a distant second to “damn, that’s a good idea, let’s assemble twenty stories on that, and be sure to leave a few spots open for relative newcomers, because...
- 3/19/2013
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
As far as reading goes, 2012 was a strong year for me. I’ve discovered a couple of new authors that I’ll be following for years to come; some of my favorites have weighed in with their strongest work in years; and, most importantly, the duds have been few and far between.
I’m flattered that FEARnet has asked me to present a list of my “Best Reads of 2012.” What follows is not a ranked list. I have trouble ranking things, especially when I’m holding a book I read in January up against a book I read a week or two ago. So, I figure the best approach is to present this list of favorites alphabetically by the author or editor. I think it’s a pretty diverse list, representing something the horror genre proved to me over and over again this year: it’s one of the most...
I’m flattered that FEARnet has asked me to present a list of my “Best Reads of 2012.” What follows is not a ranked list. I have trouble ranking things, especially when I’m holding a book I read in January up against a book I read a week or two ago. So, I figure the best approach is to present this list of favorites alphabetically by the author or editor. I think it’s a pretty diverse list, representing something the horror genre proved to me over and over again this year: it’s one of the most...
- 12/25/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
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