Not yet available in stores, but Amazon does have it for preorder here:
WotF 24.
If you can't wait, the audio book version is available now at Audible.
WotF 24 audio book.
Here's what's inside:
First up in this overview is Laura Rede, my “twin”
from the workshop who writes some of the best YA stuff around. Check out her
story “Smacking Back" at the e-zine Coyote Wild – winning the WotF
award was no fluke. Her WotF story, “Epiphany,” features circus
freaks, murder, and general mayhem. And that’s just the first two pages.
Be sure to read the whole tale, it gets even better.
Next up is Dr. Philip Kaldon, or “Dr. Phil” as
he is known in the on-line world. Dr. Phil, a physics teacher in the real
world, was the sole published finalist in Vol 24 and his story “A Man in
the Moon” not only asks what will happen when mankind lives and
dies on the moon, answers it. We’re all rooting for him to win this
year, as being a published finalist doesn’t exempt you from the contest.
Ian McHugh, my roommate at WotF, won the Gold award with his
story “Bitter Dreams.” But this story of Outback zombies and shadow
magic doesn’t end here. He has both a graphic novel of the story and novel
in the same setting in the works. He has upcoming stories in ASIM and Asimov’s.
“A Warbird in the Belly of the Mouse” by David
Parish-Whittaker features time travel, World War I dogfights, and the ultimate
amusement park – but it’s a character story too! David flies airplanes
for a living, so expect true-to-life aerobics, I mean aerobatics in this story.
More tomorrow.
