Add Two Fantastic Story Collections to Your Library

To cap off 2015's Short Story Month, I feel compelled to tell you about what I think is some great news.

On June 9th, two of my all-time favorite short story collections will finally be released in eBook format. Both are by the inimitable Jeffrey Ford.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories 

The Empire of Ice Cream

If you love finely-crafted short fiction and appreciate works of fantasy that contain none of the stereotypical elements that spring to mind when you hear that word, then you should grab these collections.

If you're not an eBook person, and you're interested, then I highly recommend that you hunt down the gorgeous Golden Gryphon hardcover editions of these two books. 

Note: The author and I are not buddies. I get nothing out of recommending these books (aside from the joy in making other readers happy).

You can pre-order the eBooks now, if you're of a mind to.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories

Amazon / B&N / Kobo

The Empire of Ice Cream

Amazon / B&N/ Kobo

Read Jeffrey Ford!

Jeffrey Ford's my favorite author. Sadly, he's not as widely read as he should be, despite the fact that just about everything he's ever written has won some award or another. He writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery and a little bit of horror. But nothing he's ever written falls neatly into any of those categories. Really, he just writes Jeffrey Ford stories, and that's what makes him great.

Here's a list of his books. The nice thing about Ford is that he's equally adept with the short story as he is with the novel. So, if you like one form over the other, he's got you covered.

Well-Built City trilogy (Fantasy/SF)

The Physiognomy (World Fantasy Award)
Memoranda
The Beyond

Novels

Vanitas (Fantasy/SF)
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (Mystery)
The Girl in the Glass (Mystery) (Edgar Allen Poe Award)
The Shadow Year (Literary/Mainstream/Fantasy) (World Fantasy Award)

Collections

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant (World Fantasy Award)
The Empire of Ice Cream
The Drowned Life (World Fantasy Award)
Crackpot Palace: Stories

2014 Locus Award Finalist: A Terror by Jeffrey Ford

My favorite author of short fiction, Jeffrey Ford, is a 2014 Locus Award finalist for his novelette A Terror.

You can read it for free at Tor.com.

Or, you can purchase a copy at Amazon.com.

You should give it a read. It is National Short Story Month, after all.

Jeffrey Ford Story in SUBTERRANEAN PRESS MAGAZINE (Winter 2014 Issue)

If you've not had the pleasure of reading a story by Jeffrey Ford, here's an opportunity to do so risk-free. His story "The Prelate’s Commission" is in the Winter 2014 edition of Subterranean Press Magazine.

You can read it online here.

Or you can download a FREE copy of the magazine in which it appears in either MOBI or EPUB formats.