Oh.
MY GOD.
Lookee!
Whew!
That was a lot to keep under wraps, this news.
Glad I can say it now!
I am in Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy anthology!
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I am eligible for a Locus Award!
My story, “10 Steps To A Whole New You”, published January 2021 over at Fantasy Magazine, has made the Locus Recommended Reading list, and therefore is on the Locus Awards ballot!
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You can read, and listen to, the story, here:
https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/10-steps-to-a-whole-new-you/
You can also vote for me here:
https://poll.voting.locusmag.com
And thank you! ♥♥♥
Celeste Rita Baker wins World Fantasy Award….!!!
Someone I went out of my way to see if they had something of theirs I could publish, by asking editors of a magazine I saw some fiction of hers in, just won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.
To know that you’re kinda responsible for someone starting a career after helping to put them on the map is, um, hm… a LOT to fucking take in.
I get a bit intimidated by the implications and importance of this occurrence, when it hits me in waves.
And I also secretly want to it to happen again, i.e. to do this again with someone else…
Here’s the link to the official announcement:
Horror Podcast Interview!
Tell Us What’s In The Box interviewed me, and we talked vampires, Caribbean or no; my fiction, especially the one over at Fantasy Magazine (“10 Steps To A Whole New You”); and mental health.
I had a great time.
Go listen:
Welcome our newest Patron!
Calder Hutchinson!
Welcome!
Celeste Rita Baker, someone I LITERALLY broke into the industry, is nominated for a World Fantasy Award…!
Someone I LITERALLY broke into the industry is nominated for a WORLD FANTASY AWARD…!!!
CELESTE RITA BAKER!
Someone banned me from their stream earlier because they thought I was advertising my going to stream on their channel, and now this… all in one day. I had a shrink appointment.
Oh my gooodddd…
I can’t.
What a WAY to shock you out of a depressive FUNK…!
I have nonfiction upcoming in the next issue of Apex Magazine!
Behold the cover:
My article will be called “Dialog, Patois: If It’s Good Enough For Anthony Burgess, It’s Good Enough For You”.
https://www.apexmagazine.com
CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day interviews me!
All in a Day show with Alan Neal interviews me and bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice!
We did a Can-Con virtual convention panel titled “Tales from Home” afterwards.
Check out the CBC interview:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92-all-in-a-day/clip/15836290-tales-home-tonya-liburd-waubgeshig-rice
Newest Patreon Patron!
Let’s all take this moment to welcome out newest patron, Risa Wolf!
We appreciate you!
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Oh, my GOD…
Holy… SH*T…
“’10 Steps to a Whole New You’ by Tonya Liburd
“This story left me breathless. Broken into ten parts, it progresses through the arrival of a suspicious new neighbour to an intense rebirth. It’s as sharp as a wolf’s bite and as unforgiving as death. I don’t even know how else to explain it other than to say it must be read.”
*faints*
https://www.tor.com/2021/03/09/must-read-speculative-short-fiction-february-2021/
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