I will be in London this weekend, at the British Science Fiction Association Convention.  Look for me in the dealers room– I will be trading as Feral Strumpet, selling handmade jewelry and artisan bookmarks. I will also have copies of my novel, The Desperate Ones, for sale there.  If you’ll be there, stop by and say hello!

Frame from Patrick Farley's "Don't Look Back"

Patrick Farley, cover artist of The Desperate Ones, has a new comic up at Dicebox, Jenn Manley Lee’s gorgeous web comic site.  Patrick’s comic is funny and packed with philosophical verisimilitude, all packaged in his sublimely subversive VR aesthetic.

Mermaid Surgery, one of my earlier sestinas, has been reprinted in the lush, tactile and fascinating Abraxas.  To be among the pages with Aleister Crowley is quite thrilling.

And while you are at it, check out this rollicking sci fi anthology, Thought Crime Experiments, with new art from Patrick Farley (the artist behind the cover of The Desperate Ones).  The anthology wears its DIY cred on its sleeve and even has a how-to appendix and all the source code for the website is gank-able.  It’s available as a free download or POD book.   Keep Circulating the Tapes!

cover design by Patrick Farley

The Desperate Ones, a novel by Allyson Shaw, is now available from Lulu.com as a paperback and free download.