Jerry Gordon

2012 Con Schedule

Here’s the tentative 2012 schedule. Starting, as all good years seem to, with the annual Indiana surrender retreat. If I’m coming to your town (or you’re coming to mine), drop me an email. I’d love to meet you. IHW Writers Retreat (Indianapolis) February 17-19 Mo*Con V (Indianapolis) May 4-6 ReaderCon

Work In Progress

It’s been a wonderfully strange year. Learning to write and edit with a little boy mucking about. Pushing forward on a novel, novella, and anthology at the same time. Here’s the inside scoop on my general state of insanity current projects: Anthologies: Dark Faith 2 is well underway. I’m about

A Slice Of Darkness Interview

Mg Ellington recently interviewed me about Dark Faith 2 and the process of creating an anthology. If you’d like to peek behind the curtain and see how the sausage is made, this is your chance. Random bits about upcoming projects, editorial preferences, and talking animals included at no extra charge.

Dark Faith 2 – Open Call For Submissions

Apex will be publishing a follow-up to the Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Black Quill-nominated anthology Dark Faith. The book will be 80,000 words and pay five cents a word (up to four thousand words). It will debut late-summer 2012. We buy First World anthology print rights and digital rights (for

Gen Con Writers Symposium

Gen Con draws over 30,000 visitors to Indianapolis each year. While most people think of it as a gaming and cosplay convention, it has a lot to offer writers. Jean Rabe has quietly built a writers symposium that rivals many of the conferences dedicated to the business. This year includes

Year’s Best Trifecta

Paula Guran and Ellen Datlow have announced their year’s best and Dark Faith made an impressive showing with three selections and seven honorable mentions. Paula selected Jay Lake’s “Mother Urban’s Booke of Dayes” and Ekaterina Sedia’s “You Dream” for her upcoming Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011. Ellen Datlow

Stoker Nomination

The Horror Writers Association just released their official ballot for the 2010 Bram Stoker awards, and Dark Faith has been nominated for Superior Achievement in an Anthology! After years of cheering on the work of friends nominated for this prestigous award, I’m speechless to be sharing their company. Dark Faith

Nebula Nomination

Dark Faith’s “Ghosts of New York” was just nominated for a Nebula award! The story, written by Jennifer Pelland, opens the anthology in the ashes of the World Trade Center, and is one of the best short stories I’ve had the good fortune to read. Apex Book Company has made

Stoker Award Prelims

This is the time of year when I’m used to promoting the award-winning work of my writing friends. And I’ll be doing that over the coming months with one significant addition. This year my work has been added to the preliminary ballot for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award. I got

Descended From Darkness II

I’m happy to report that “City of Refuge” is now in print and available from Apex Books in Descended From Darkness II (edited by Jason Sizemore). I’m sharing the table of contents with the estimable Maurice Broaddus, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jennifer Pelland, Alethea Kontis, and many more. The story follows