The important thing this month is…
Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction is now officially available. It’s linked to the right in the bookshelf and below in the list of eligible books. Here’s the blurb on the back:
In an anthology that spans from India in the west to Hawai‘i in the east, and as far south as Australia and New Zealand, 24 authors bring you an exciting range of tales set in the past, present, and future.
Discover characters like the Moon Rabbit from Chinese mythology, a kitsune from Japanese mythology, and the aswang from Filipino mythology.
Find out what arises when a struggling Malaysian student seeks help for her studies in Chinatown, and what happens when the garbage in the Pacific Ocean is seen as a valuable treasure.
Futures imagined stretch from amazing advances in technology to depressing dystopias.
Read these stories and so many more in Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction.
My short story in this is called “Gone Fishing” and is a sequel to “Three Little Pigs”, which appeared in Crossed Genres Issue 17 (see below). Although Gone Fishing takes place after Three Little Pigs and uses the same characters, it’s not necessary to read the older story first. I have a story background post that covers both of them here.
Extending The Ink Plan
If you have any advice on how to push a thousand books, know venues where the book should be reviewed, want to buy a copy, want to see the finished tattoos, want to tell me I’m an idiot, want to register interest in any of the books, have some ideas for events, oer blog posts, or anything like that, then comment below.
The Total So Far
As before, I have (that we’re aware of) sold 215 books, and I owe NAS £10.75. The break down of how I got this is below, along with what books are currently available to boost my numbers.
I’m still awaiting numbers for No Monsters Allowed and Amok has only just officially gone on sale, so no numbers to give for that, yet!
The Eligible Books
The following books are available for sale and count towards the final numbers. I’ve used Goodreads linked images for the thumbnails and you can follow them to find out ways of ordering them. Alternatively, you can go to the (linked) publishers’ sites.
Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction Published April 2014 by Solarwyrm Press [External Link] ISBN: 9780980508444 Short story “Gone Fishing” |
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No Monsters Allowed Published October 2013 by Dog Horn Publishing [External Link] ISBN: 9781907133824 Short story “An Honest Woman’s Child” |
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Outlaw Bodies Published November 2012 by Futurefire.net Publishing [External Link] ISBN: 9780957397507 Short story “Good Form” |
74 (24/03/2014) |
£3.70 (x 5p) |
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74 | £3.70 |
Forthcoming Books
These are the books due out fairly soon that will also be in the Ink Plan. As with the books that are out, you can follow the links.
25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf Expected publication: July 2014 by Fox Spirit Books [External Link] |
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Fox Pockets – Monarchs Expected publication: 2014 by Fox Spirit Books [External Link] Short story “The Lost Kingdom” |
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Strange Fortune Expected publication: 2014 by Knightwatch Press / Fringeworks [External Link] Short story “The Bull of Essylt” |
No Longer Available Books
The following books are no longer available to buy but count towards the final number. Again, thumbnails are actually Goodreads links so that you can find out more about the specifics of the book.
Crossed Genres, Quarter 4 Published December 2011 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link] ISBN 9780615578637 Short story “Beaumains” |
103 | £5.15 (x 5p) |
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Crossed Genres, Issue 17 Published March 2010 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link] ISBN 9781451540963 Short story “Three Little Pigs” |
27 | £1.35 (x 5p) |
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Crossed Genres, Issue 2 Published January 2009 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link] ISBN 9781441455376 Short story “Nesting Instinct” |
11 | £0.55 (x 5p) |
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141 | £7.05 (x 5p) |