{"id":15336,"date":"2014-07-23T20:06:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T00:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=15336"},"modified":"2014-07-23T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T00:06:13","slug":"sale-to-genius-loci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/23\/sale-to-genius-loci\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale to Genius Loci<\/em>!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaym Gates<\/a> has announced the Table of Contents<\/a> for her upcoming anthology Genius Loci<\/em>—and I’m on it!<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of very happy people out there today. And their names and story titles are …<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz\u2013Andy Duncan
\nAnd the Trees Were Happy\u2014Scott Edelman<\/strong>
\nBlackthorn\u2014B. Morris Allen
\nOuroboros in Orbit\u2014Jason Batt
\nReef\u2014Kathleen Miller
\nScab Land\u2014Wendy Wagner
\nThe Forgetting Field\u2014Caroline Ratajski
\nThe Town the Forest Ate\u2014Haralambi Markov
\nImperator Noster\u2014Sonya Taaffe
\nThe Other Shore\u2014Rebecca Campbell
\nThe South China Sea\u2014Z.M. Quynh
\nIron Feliks\u2014Anatoly Belilovsky
\nForest For the Trees\u2014Steven S. Long
\nDrowning Again\u2014Ken Scholes and Katie McCord
\nThe Grudge\u2014Thoraiya Dyer
\nTwilight State\u2014Gemma Files
\nCoaltown\u2014Heather Clitheroe
\nIn the Water, Underneath\u2014Damien Angelica Walters
\nAfterparty\u2014Chaz Brenchly
\nThe Gramadevi\u2019s Lament\u2014Sunil Patel
\nBlue & Grey and Black & Green\u2014Alethea Kontis
\nHeartbeat\u2014Laura Anne Gilman
\nLong Way Down\u2014Seanan McGuire
\nThe Snow Train\u2014Ken Liu
\nThe City\u2013Vivienne Pustell
\nThe Crooked Smile Killers\u2014James Lowder
\nThreadbare Magician\u2014Cat Rambo
\nSerenity Eternal\u2013Steven Silver
\nBeer and Pennies\u2014Rich Dansky
\nThe Sleck\u2013Keris MacDonald
\nThe Transplant Specialist\u2013Sarah Goslee<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what’s the theme of Genius Loci<\/em>? Here’s how Jaym explained it in her original call for submissions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The theme is the Spirit of Place. Some places just seem alive with their own moods and interests, from foggy coastlines to dark forests, or cheerful meadows. Many cultures have sacred places, often guarded by their own spirits or manifestations, powers in their own right, from volcano gods to dryads and their trees.<\/p>\n

Fantasy is full of examples. Think Tolkien\u2019s Old Forest with Tom Bombadil, Barrow Downs, or Fangorn, those places where the land itself seems alive, possibly populated with fae or monstrous creatures. Peter Hamilton\u2019s Great North Road, Gormenghast, Crowley\u2019s Edgewood.<\/p>\n

I want stories about those places and their genius loci, but inspired by real-world settings. Creepy forests, forgotten towns; surly deserts and restless oceans; black dogs and swamp monsters; spirits and voices in the wind. Mingle fantasy and horror in real-world settings, from the Australian outback to American ghost towns. Places that have personally inspired or terrified you are even better.<\/p>\n

Let the land and its spirits speak.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For updates on the anthology, go ahead and “like” the book’s Facebook page<\/a>, or simply keep checking back here, because you know I won’t be able to stop talking about it.<\/p>\n

For those keeping track at home, this means that of the three stories I’ve completed so far in 2014, I’ve already sold two. Not too shabby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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