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pbrayBack in my Regency days, my editor invited me to participate in one of Zebra's holiday-theme anthologies. Specifically a Halloween Regency collection, where each story had to feature a kitten. I was a new author but nonetheless had the presence of mind to point out that Halloween wasn't typically celebrated in Regency England, an objection which he brushed aside as an unimportant detail.
And so I wrote the novella Charlotte's Kitten for the collection BEWITCHING KITTENS. And it sold. And sold. It earned out immediately and then they sold foreign rights which kept selling and selling. In fact, the German language editions are still in print and available on Amazon.de
And that was my only venture into the short fiction market. Until today, when I signed a contract for my short story LAST CALL which will be included in the After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar anthology. My close relationship to both co-editors was obviously the deciding factor in my decision to join this anthology project.
LAST CALL by Patricia Bray: George Harker hunts demons in eighteenth century Europe, but when he discovers an immortal bartender he finds he has finally met his match.
I'm thrilled with the collection of stories that co-conspirator (and fellow contributor) jpsorrow and I have put together. Expect more announcements to come as the participating authors sign their contracts and step into the limelight. And stay tuned for the book's release in March 2011--with this cast of characters, the signings will be legendary.
And so I wrote the novella Charlotte's Kitten for the collection BEWITCHING KITTENS. And it sold. And sold. It earned out immediately and then they sold foreign rights which kept selling and selling. In fact, the German language editions are still in print and available on Amazon.de
And that was my only venture into the short fiction market. Until today, when I signed a contract for my short story LAST CALL which will be included in the After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar anthology. My close relationship to both co-editors was obviously the deciding factor in my decision to join this anthology project.
LAST CALL by Patricia Bray: George Harker hunts demons in eighteenth century Europe, but when he discovers an immortal bartender he finds he has finally met his match.
I'm thrilled with the collection of stories that co-conspirator (and fellow contributor) jpsorrow and I have put together. Expect more announcements to come as the participating authors sign their contracts and step into the limelight. And stay tuned for the book's release in March 2011--with this cast of characters, the signings will be legendary.
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Date: 2010-07-02 04:14 am (UTC)Having been to the Book Pushers Launch at this year's Balticon, I have to agree. :-) But seeing some of the shout-outs here, on Twitter and elsewhere, forget the parties, I can't wait to read the book.
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Date: 2010-07-02 10:35 am (UTC)Our not-so-secret criteria for invitation to the anthology went something like this:
- Who do we think will write a great story for us?
- Will they be fun to hang out with at signings?
As you may have guessed :-) similar criteria are being used for our next project....