New poetry sale, new novel review, and a little more
Mike Allen / Monday, October 14th, 2013 / No Comments »I’m pleased to report that Strange Horizons is buying my new poem “The Paper Boy,” a grim meditation on a crime’s aftermath. Thanks go to Romie Stott for accepting it and to Dominik Parisien for motivating me to write it. #SFWApro
I’m also pleased to report another nice review for The Black Fire Concerto, this time from blogger Grace Troxal at Books Without Any Pictures. She writes:
The magical apocalypse envisioned in The Black Fire Concerto is unlike anything I’ve ever read. … Mike Allen’s imagery is incredible. He creates great machines fueled by rotting corpses, the friendly fox-like Vulpines, and villains that will give you nightmares and make you feel sympathetic at the same time. A blend of fantasy and horror, The Black Fire Concerto will leave you begging for more.
There’s a couple more Black Fire Concerto-related links I want to share:
- At SF Signal, there’s a guest post I’ve written where I talk in great detail about the book’s influences and the method by which it came to be published.
- At Black Gate, there’s an interview with Lauren K. Cannon, who created the amazing cover art for my novel, conducted by the book’s editor, C.S.E. Cooney!