by Joe Vaz
We’ve got a great bunch of original stories for you this issue. That’s right, four brand-new, never-before-seen stories, starting with She Can See Tomorrow Today, by Mel Odom, wherein a young woman negotiates for her freedom. Concerning Harmonies and Oceans by K.A. Dean, is about a young boy whose voice could change his family’s destiny. Genevieve Rose Taylor’s The Lighthouse is an intimate, nostalgic story set in a small coastal town. Our feature interview this month is with both Charlie Human and Sam Wilson, two of the five South African authors featured in Pandemonium: Stories of The Apocalypse, which itself is reviewed in this issue by Karen Jeynes. |
From Issue 17 (Dec 2011) |
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The 2012 Hugo Award nominations are in full swing. Eligibility details and nomination forms can be found here.
Below is a list of work that Something Wicked is eligible for.
Short Story (less than 7500 words)
The Silver City & The Green Place – Abi Godsell
Alpha & Omega – Paul Marlowe
Happiest Among Mortals – Glen Damien Campbell
Herman’s Bad Seed – Damien Filer
The Treasons – AA Garrison
Mindflow - Cedar Sanderson
Six Feet Above – Cate Gardner
Pulse - Tom Jolly
Novellette (between 7500 and 17,500 words)
Scission - Domenico Pisanti
Best Editor Short Form
Editor – Joe Vaz
Fiction Editor – Vianne Venter
Best Fan Writer
All Non-Fiction contributors
Best Fan Art
Vincent Sammy
Pierre Smit
Jesca Marisa
Hendrik Gericke
Best Semi-Prozine
interview by Joe Vaz & Karen Jeynes
I OFTEN WISH I could bring the readers of Something Wicked along with me to the interviews I do. They are always a lot more fun and interesting than comes across on the page, mostly because for the written interview I have to edit all the tangents out for brevity. Sam Wilson and Charlie Human were no exception. |
From Issue 17 (Jan 2012) |
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review by Karen Jeynes
| edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin
Published by Jurassic London
PB 288 pages
RRP £14.99 (Kindle £2.48)
I’ve always believed that giving writers a tight brief sparks them to greater heights of creativity and innovation, and this anthology is evidence to just that. This collection brings together a wide array of voices with writing inspired by John Martin’s apocalyptic paintings. Among the mix of contributors are South Africans Lauren Beukes, SL Grey, Charlie Human and Sam Wilson. |
From Issue 17 (Jan 2012 |
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interview by Joe Vaz
It's a ballad about ghosts and a lighthouse, but the similarities end there. The ghost in the rain was inspired by the ghost in the song. |
From Issue 17 (Dec 2011) |
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by Genevieve Rose Taylor
When she's gone, I realize that I've put my hand on my belly, like she did. I wonder if her secret is the same as mine, or if hers was worse. I still can't sleep, and why bother trying? Sleep steals away the only hours I have left, so I make myself another cup of coffee, and return to the window. |
From Issue 17 (Dec 2011) |
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interview by Joe Vaz
The initial seed came from a radio documentary on one of the last great castratos (though I forget the name of the individual). They talked in great detail about how the best castratos were adored and pampered and doted on by the aristocracy. That germinated and ended up combining with an old idea (the floating cities on a flooded |
From Issue 17 (Dec 2011) |
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