Magick 4 Terri

If it wasn’t for Terri Windling, much of today’s fantasy would be very different or might not exist at all. Bordertown would not have been created, and there would be no Welcome to Bordertown for me to have a story in.

Right now, Terri is having some difficulties and a huge number of authors, illustrators, fans and admirers have banded together to create an auction to raise funds to help her. There are multiple pages of amazing items up for bid. Use the link above the heading “About Us” to scroll back through previous pages. There are also links to specific items in the left column.

And yes, I have donated something. If you want to bid on a poster of the Cliff Nielsen cover for the first edition hardback of Blood and Chocolate, signed by me, here’s your chance.

Make sure to read some important information on how to bid. The auction ends on December 15, 2011.

Also, check out the Magick 4 Terri page on Facebook.

BOOK SIGNING IN NEW YORK

There is a book signing scheduled for Welcome to Bordertown on Thursday, June 9 at Books of Wonder in New York City from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. I will be there, as will Holly Black, Cory Doctorow, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson.

For more information go to then Books of Wonder Events & Happenings page. The Bordertown event isn't clickable as I write this, but maybe it will be soon. You can pre-order signed books if you can't make it to the signing.

Welcome to Bordertown is Out TODAY!

Yay!

Here are today's posts celebrating Welcome to Bordertown:
Cabinet des Fées
Holly Black's Blog
Terri Windling's Blog
Tim Pratt's post on Tor.com

Bordertown Competition

Win this pendant, fashioned by artist Mia Nutick, on Christopher Barzak's blog by answering a simple question: How would you get to Bordertown?
Do your research here.
Christopher's story in Welcome to Bordertown is called "We Do Not Come in Peace."

Watch the Bordertown Trailer

The Welcome to Bordertown trailer is now up on io9.

Bordertown Wallpaper

Bordertown wallpaper is now available on the official Bordertown series website. The designs are by Tara O'Shea.

If you want to sample one of the tales in Welcome to Bordertown, Cory Doctorow's story, "Shannon's Law", is now posted on Tor.com. You can also download it as a podcast from Escape Pod. It's Read by Mur Lafferty.

The anthology comes out this month!

The Cover, the Website, the Excitement!

There is now an official BORDERTOWN SERIES WEBSITE. Check it out for information about the authors, the city, the news, the reviews, the art, the other books in the series, etc. You can even read three of the original stories from anthologies now out of print. According to Ellen Kushner, "there are plans for contests & blogposts & all manner of delights coming up in the next few weeks . . ."

Welcome to Bordertown will be out on May 24! My story is called "Elf Blood."

COVERS!

This past year has been a great one for foreign editions. I thought I'd share a few covers here.

Swedish B&C



Turkish Silver Kiss



Italian B&C



German B&C



A Croatian edition is in the works. That should be interesting.

An Official Bordertown Review!

Ellen Kushner has posted a delightfully annotated review of Welcome to Bordertown on her blog. Yay! It says there is "no weak link." Whew! It would be awful if my story was a weak link.

Bordertown Galleys at Random House

Ellen Kushner kindly shared pics of her workspace at the Random House offices where she was working on the galleys of Welcome to Bordertown.