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Editorial, Mid-November 2011

by John Joseph Adams

We’d like to ask our readers to participate in our reader survey, in order to get a better idea of who you all are, what you enjoy most about our content, and how you tend to access it, along with general demographic information. It should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here. To thank our readers for taking the time to fill out our survey, one respondent (chosen at random) will win a free one-year subscription to Lightspeed or Fantasy from Weightless Books. The survey ends December 15, 2011. We look forward to hearing from you!

John Joseph Adams

In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Shades of the Nineteenth Century

by Helen Pilinovsky

Stories require a common consensus to become popular and to spread: When the stories in question concern the restless dead, the possibility of an angry past haunting us, what, precisely, does that say?

Shades of the Nineteenth Century

In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Author Spotlight: Theodora Goss

by Jennifer Konieczny

I struggled at first, because I couldn’t find the right voice to write it in. But then I thought of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, that sort of nostalgic tone, and I wrote in that sort of voice.

Theodora Goss

In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Feature Interview: Charlaine Harris

by The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

My initial thought on the series was I wanted to write about a woman dating a vampire. But to make them less frightening, to give them a reason for being out, I had to develop a theory that would let them look less vicious.

In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Author Spotlight: K.M. Ferebee

by T.J. McIntyre

I don’t believe that pain is something extrinsic to goodness. I believe there can be goodness in suffering, but that this does not mean suffering itself is good.

In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Editorial, November 2011

by John Joseph Adams

Welcome to issue fifty-six of Fantasy Magazine! Here’s what we’ve got on tap this month … Fiction: “Seven Spells to Sever the Heart” by K. M. Ferebee, “Christopher Raven” by Theodora Goss, “Red Dawn: A Chow Mein Western” by Lavie Tidhar, “The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death” by Ellen Kushner. Nonfiction: Feature Interview: Charlaine Harris by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley, “Shades of the Nineteenth Century” by Helen Pilinovsky, “Home on the Strange” by Emma Bull, “The Pen and the Sword” by Kat Howard.

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In Nov. 2011 (Issue 56)

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Are You Watching Carefully?

by Christopher Priest

Whenever you see a trick performed you know from the outset that you are going to be tricked, so you set up certain mental safeguards, trying to see where and how the conjuror could possibly deceive you.

Are You Watching Carefully by Christopher Priest

In Oct. 2011 (Issue 55)

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Author Spotlight: Charles De Lint

by T.J. McIntyre

I’d argue that’s the basis for all good fantasy stories: Ground the reader in the familiar so that when you do bring more improbable elements on stage, they’re more readily accepted.

Charles de Lint

In Oct. 2011 (Issue 55)

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Five Ocean-Dwelling Creatures That Look Like Aliens (But Aren’t)

by Jeremiah Tolbert

This week, we at Fantasy Magazine bring you five aquatic organisms that could easily be confused for alien or paranormal life (but are actually real).

In Oct. 2011 (Issue 55)

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Author Spotlight: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

by Wendy N. Wagner

I have many friends in the FBI (that makes my old hippie self shudder) and lots and lots of friends in the legal community. So law enforcement stuff is almost as natural as breathing to me.

In Oct. 2011 (Issue 55)