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the confessions of courtesans touched by the skeletons of stars
Michael Cadnum, from Exile
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Sleep is a search. Waking is a wound.
Did I say your name? Here, I catch
and close again
warm as the abyss.
My skin is sandstone, my teeth
the law. These eyes
will never close. Breath is keeping still
while the deep flows through my lips.
Did I ever ask? My name
is yours. I eat the even and the odd.
My bones are sinews,
my teeth a world. These eyes
will never close. Blood is music.
I never forget. Did I say
a single word? Here, I dine
on silence. Did you see me lose
my shadow? I keep the answers
as I feed. A voice is a breath
turned scarlet. I inhale
by traveling. Where was I
before now? I remember you.
~~Michael Cadnum
Happy birthday to National Book Award finalist Michael Cadnum
The author of more than thirty books for adults, teens and children, Michael Cadnum is best know for his adult suspense fiction and young adult fiction based on myths, legends, and historical figures. His books include THE BOOK OF THE LION (a National Book Award finalist, a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, and an Owl Creek Book Award winner), CALLING HOME (Edgar Award nominee), BREAKING THE FALL (Edgar Award nominee), A DARK WOOD, THE LEOPARD SWORD, SEIZE THE STORM, and CAN’T CATCH ME AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES. Cadnum is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Helen Bullis Prize for his poetry.
All of us at Tachyon wish Michael a happy birthday.
Can't Catch Me by Michael Cadnum
Turns out that the #GingerbreadMan is a little more disturbed than I remember... #MichaelCadnum
Title: Can’t Catch Me Author: Michael Cadnum In: Black Thorn, White Rose (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling) Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect) My Bookshelves: Fairy tales, Fantasy, Retellings Dates read: 6th April 2020 Pace: Fast Format: Short story Publisher: Prime Books Year: 1994 5th sentence, 74th page: It was a shock, I can tell you, and I think I might have been a little bit more…
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Cat of the World by Michael Cadnum
It's no wonder there's a cat amongst the tricksters... #MichaelCadnum #CoyoteRoad
Title: Cat of the World Author: Michael Cadnum In: The Coyote Road (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling) Rating Out of 5: 4 (Really good read!) My Bookshelves: Comedy, Tricksters Dates read: 28th June 2019 Pace: Medium Format: Short story Publisher: Firebird Fantasy Year: 2007 5th sentence, 74th page: While I first set paw upon sand in the Egypt of the Ancients, I have travelled the world.
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Happy birthday to National Book Award finalist Michael Cadnum
The author of more than thirty books for adults, teens and children, Michael Cadnum is best know for his adult suspense fiction and young adult fiction based on myths, legends, and historical figures. His acclaimed novels include Calling Home (1991 Edgar Award nominee), Breaking The Fall (1992 Edgar Award nominee), The Crusader trilogy (The Book Of The Lion [2000, National Book Award finalist, a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, and an Owl Creek Book Award winner], The Leopard Sword [2002], The Dragon Throne [2005]), A Dark Wood, Flash (2010), and Seize The Storm (2012).
His numerous short fiction has been collected in CAN’T CATCH ME AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES (2006) and Earthquake Murder (2018). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Helen Bullis Prize for his poetry, Cadnum’s many books of poems include This Early Dark (2016), The Woman Who Discovered Math (2001), By Evening (1992), and Long Afternoons (1986). His short stories “Daphne” and “Can’t Catch Me” were both performed as one-act plays.
All of us at Tachyon wish Michael a very happy birthday.
Michael Cadnum, Nick Mamatas, Charlie Jane Anders, and Terry Bisson to participate in the Lit Crawl San Francisco 2018
As part of the annual San Francisco Lit Crawl, several Tachyon authors will be speaking and signing at a variety of locales.
Saturday, October 20 * 5pm-6pm Literary Stubbornness at Santa Monica Review
Small Print, No Pictures, Just Beautiful Sentences in Black on White. Contributors read short fiction in celebration of the West Coast magazine's thirtieth anniversary.
Michael Cadnum, CAN’T CATCH ME AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES
with Louis B. Jones, Janice Shapiro, and Andrew Tonkovich
Casanova Lounge 527 Valencia St
Saturday, October 20 * 6:30pm-7:30pm Crawling up From Underground
The SF Creative Writing Institute celebrates the success of its students and authors who forged their own path from the grassroots to the public eye.
Nick Mamatas, THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING
with Daphne Gottlieb, Hollie Hardy, Julia Jahn, Alexandra Kostoulas, Marguerite Munoz, and Maurisa Thompson
Holy Mountain 680 Valencia St
Saturday, October 20 * 8pm-9pm Borderlands Cafe
Borderlands Cafe presents four brilliant genre authors for your listening pleasure. This year we have a bit of everything; science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.
Charlie Jane Anders, SIX MONTHS, THREE DAYS
with Marie Brennan, Megan O’Keefe, and Nancy Tingley
Borderlands Cafe 870 Valencia St
Saturday, October 20 * 8pm-9pm The Fabulist Words & Art Presents: Deep Genre Subversion
Ever notice our world is looking more and more like a work of bad genre fiction? The Fabulist proposes that true liberation is in writing different endings to these stories...
Terry Bisson, GREETINGS AND OTHER STORIES, NUMBERS DON’T LIE
with Heather Bourbeau, Lael Gold, and Russell Reza-Khaliq Gonzaga
Mission: Comics & Art 2250 Mission St
Tachyon tidbits featuring Jaymee Goh, Charlie Jane Anders, Peter Watts, Michael Cadnum, and Terry Bisson
The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.
Jaymee Goh, Charlie Jane Anders (photo: Tristan Crane), Peter Watts, Michael Cadnum, and Terry Bisson (Rosalie Winard)
Series editor John Joseph Adams announced the table of contents for the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, edited by N. K. Jemisin. The volume includes stories from Tachyon Assistant Editor Jaymee Goh (”The Last Cheng Beng Gift”) and authors Charlie Jane Anders (”Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue”) and Peter Watts (”ZeroS”). Congrats to all for inclusion in the prestige annual.
Cover by Julie Dillon
Jo Ann Hakola at JOURNEY OF A BOOKSELLER praises Michael Cadnum’s CAN’T CATCH ME AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES.
Some of the tales are quite strange. Most are odd. But none of them are boring. If you end up sitting there with a question mark on your face, it got your attention, right?
If you like unusual endings and untraditional stories, this one will work for you...
SOMA FM shares the podcast of July SF in SF with Terry Bisson and Paul Park.