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"Myrmelon" review and interview
There's a nice review of my latest F&SF story "Curse of the Myrmelon" over at SF Revu. Sam Tomaino calls it, a "fun detective story. Another delightful tale from Hughes."
Meanwhile, I've done an interview about the genesis of the story and what people call "the writing process" with Stephen Mazur for the F&SF blog.
Tomorrow, I start the long drive from Brittany to my new housesit in central Italy. So I may not post anything for a while.
Meanwhile, I've done an interview about the genesis of the story and what people call "the writing process" with Stephen Mazur for the F&SF blog.
Tomorrow, I start the long drive from Brittany to my new housesit in central Italy. So I may not post anything for a while.
Nice review of "Curse of the Myrmelon"
Fletcher Vredenburgh (isn't that a great name?) is the short-fiction reviewer for the Black Gate blog. He's reviewed the stories he read in August that he thought were worthwhile. And one of them is the Raffalon/Cascor story "Curse of the Myrmelon" in the July-August Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
He says, "Hughes is a master at creating Vancian-style stories . . . Like the preceding [Raffalon] stories, this one is filled with humorous turns of phrase, clever plot twists, and a vividly colorful setting."
He says, "Hughes is a master at creating Vancian-style stories . . . Like the preceding [Raffalon] stories, this one is filled with humorous turns of phrase, clever plot twists, and a vividly colorful setting."
Couple of good reviews
SF Crowsnest, a UK-based SF site, has caught up with the July/August edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Paul Mahon has reviewed my story, "Curse of the Myrmelon."
He says: "This is another excellent Raffalon story, even if the star of the show this time is his colleague Cascor. Both are interesting characters and Hughes provides a thoroughly enjoyable plot for them to unravel. Highly entertaining."
And the paperblog review site has given a very early notice to Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. One of the stories is "The Inn of the Seven Blessings," the first Raffalon story, which appeared in the Dozois/Martin-edited (and NYT bestselling) cross-genre anthology, Rogues.
Reviewer Pamela Scott calls it, "a very enjoyable, mad-cap adventure."
He says: "This is another excellent Raffalon story, even if the star of the show this time is his colleague Cascor. Both are interesting characters and Hughes provides a thoroughly enjoyable plot for them to unravel. Highly entertaining."
And the paperblog review site has given a very early notice to Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. One of the stories is "The Inn of the Seven Blessings," the first Raffalon story, which appeared in the Dozois/Martin-edited (and NYT bestselling) cross-genre anthology, Rogues.
Reviewer Pamela Scott calls it, "a very enjoyable, mad-cap adventure."
