We’re talking about the speculative fiction anthology that’ll define a decade. Just check out the goddamn line up… Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ai Jiang, Alice James, Antony Johnston, Cynthia Pelayo, D.K. Stone, David Quantick, Dennis K. Crosby, Eugen Bacon, Gemma Amor, Greg van Eekhout, Helen Glynn Jones, J.L. Worrad, John Wiswell, Jonathan L. Howard, Kali Wallace, KC […]
Read more "Of Shadows, Stars And Sabres ready to preorder!"Oh, it’s all worthless, really. Life is committing fully to things and to people that you know will not repay you with any of the passion or respect you hope to receive. This is what I call Zen Nihilism, and you go right on doing it. There is no other way. You continue to work […]
Read more "Guest Post: ‘Art And Worthlessness’ by Marlon Brando"…with all these awesome authors… Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cynthia Pelayo, Stark Holborn, Ai Jiang, Paul Cornell, Bonnie Burton, David Quantick, Eugen Bacon, Peter McLean, Ren Hutchings, Renan Bernardo, Greg van Eekhout, Pedro Iniguez, Jonathan Maberry, Dennis K. Crosby, D.K. Stone, Sarah L. Miles, J.L. Worrad, KC Grifant, Antony Johnston, Mya Duong, Helen Glynn Jones, Alice James, […]
Read more "So I’m In An Upcoming Anthology…"Found this illustration (by Meig Dickson) and it could almost be the cover of the book I’m writing. I’m 97,000 words in and I think it’ll top out at 120.
Read more "Work In Progress Update"Cripes, there’s an image to appear in my FB memories. Sat in Room 3 of Premier Inn Leicester North West during lockdown and editing a manuscript of Pennyblade to the tune of both my editor and agent. A weird time, a crossroads, full of fear and excitement: disease stalked the land and I was caretaker […]
Read more "A Photo From Four Years Past"This was an article I wrote for Risingshadow.com back in ’22 when Pennyblade debuted. I think it still holds true today given the average fantasy reader, much as I love them, can be surprisingly conservative in an unexamined sort of way. Including the progressive ones. My upcoming novel, Pennyblade, has been getting mixed reviews in that […]
Read more "Fantasy And Vulgarity"…the awesome fantasy actor of The Battlemage series and others. He asked me about my books, my process and we even discussed Jason And The Argonauts! He great ‘chat show’ host and even greater guy! Check his channel (and his books!) out…
Read more "Interview With Stephen Aryan…"@sapphiclitbot is a bit of a Twitter (I still don’t call it X ) institution, often getting retweeted into my timeline, so it was lovely to see it quote my novel Pennyblade. It’s bits of cultural recognition that keep you going, you know?
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J.L. Worrad 