Diabolical Plots: The First Years

by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Matthew Sanborn Smith, Alex Shvartsman, David Steffen (Editor), Rachael K. Jones

Overview

This anthology collects all 25 original stories from the first two years of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy, with a preference for the weird. Evangelist Roombas, cybernetic giraffes, psychosomatic hair syndrome, sentient ships who must maintain their human ecosystems inside them for their own health. The stories vary from humorous to tragic to thoughtful, from contemporary authors both new and established.

The stories in this anthology are:
"The Osteomancer's Husband" by Henry Szabranski
"Bloody Therapy" by Suzan Palumbo
"The Banshee Behind Beamon's Bakery" by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
"The Blood Tree War" by Daniel Ausema
"Giraffe Cyborg Cleans House!" by Matthew Sanborn Smith
"May Dreams Shelter Us" by Kate O'Connor
"Not a Bird" by H.E. Roulo
"In Memoriam" by Rachel Reddick
"Virtual Blues" by Lee Budar-Danoff
"The Princess in the Basement" by Hope Erica Schultz
"The Superhero Registry" by Adam Gaylord
"The Grave Can Wait" by Thomas Berubeg
"The Weight of Kanzashi" by Joshua Gage
"One's Company" by Davian Aw
"The Avatar In Us All" by J.D. Carelli
"Do Not Question the University" by PC Keeler
"Curl Up and Dye" by Tina Gower
"October's Wedding of the Month" by Emma McDonald
"The Schismatic Element Aboard Continental Drift" by Lee Budar-Danoff
"A Room For Lost Things" by Chloe N. Clark
"Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen's Proposal to Bluma Zilberman" by Rebecca Fraimow
"Future Fragments, Six Seconds Long" by Alex Shvartsman
"Taste the Whip" by Andy Dudak
"Sustaining Memory" by Coral Moore
"St. Roomba's Gospel" by Rachael K. Jones

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159168313
Publisher:	Diabolical Plots, L.L.C.
Publication date:	02/26/2018
Series:	Diabolical Plots Anthology Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	629 KB

About the Author

David Steffen is the editor and publisher of Diabolical Plots, which has been publishing nonfiction since 2008 and original fiction since 2015. He is also the editor of the Long List Anthology Series: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List, and the co-founder and administrator of the Submission Grinder.

Rachael K. Jones grew up in various cities across Europe and North America, picked up (and mostly forgot) six languages, and acquired several degrees in the arts and sciences. Now she writes speculative fiction in Portland, Oregon. Contrary to the rumors, she is probably not a secret android. Rachael is a World Fantasy Award nominee, Tiptree Award honoree, and winner of Writers of the Future. Her fiction has appeared in dozens of venues worldwide, including Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, and PodCastle. Follow her on Twitter @RachaelKJones.

Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali lives in Houston, Texas, with her family. By day she works as a breast oncology nurse. At all other times, she juggles, none too successfully, the multiple other facets of her very busy life. Khaalidah’s publications include Strange Horizons, Fiyah Magazine, Diabolical Plots and others. You can hear her narrations at any of the four Escape Artists podcasts, Far Fetched Fables, and Strange Horizons. As co-editor of PodCastle audio magazine, Khaalidah is committed to encouraging more women and POC to submit fantasy stories. Of her alter ego, K from the planet Vega, it is rumored that she owns a time machine and knows the secret to immortality. She can be found online at http://khaalidah.com.

Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. Over 100 of his short stories have appeared in Nature, Galaxy's Edge, Intergalactic Medicine Show, and many other magazines and anthologies. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction (2015 and 2017). He is the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F. His latest collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories, is forthcoming in 2018. His website is www.alexshvartsman.com.