magic dirt: the best of sean williams

[adelaidesean]

I am very pleased to announce that Ticonderoga Publications will be releasing a hefty tome in March that contains the very best short stories I've ever written. This is it. The definitive collection, covering everything of note from 1992's WOTF prize-winning "Ghosts of the Fall" all the way to 2007's "The Seventh Letter." If it's won or been nominated for the Ditmar, Aurealis or Seiun Awards, it's in here.* If it's been recommended by Locus or any of the various Year's Bests, ditto.** Some of the stories have been reprinted before, but many of them haven't. One has never been on paper at all. Covering science fiction, space opera, fantasy, horror and mainstream (and maybe even a little haiku, if I can twist Russell's arm), with story notes and an introduction, this is huge. I am very excited.

There's more detail here and Ticonderoga's online store is here. There will be two versions, including an uber-special signed and numbered edition. The cover is still on its way, but I assure you it'll be beautiful.

Not only is this the definitive collection of my short stories, but it will most likely be my last. At the rate I'm writing them, it'll take me another fifteen years to fill another.

* Well, most of them. The good ones, anyway.
** Well, ditto again.

Comments

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Yes, but MAGIC dirt...

[angriest.livejournal.com]

I think it would be hilarious if your cover was a photo of your name scrawled with a stick in some ordinary brown dirt.

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Well, if our plans don't work out, that's just what it might be. :-)

[frogworth.livejournal.com]

Or otherwise a picture of Adalita?

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Phreeow. Cover or author's photo--it'd triple my sales for sure!