Dancing with Skeleton’s has a super review of Nylon Angel and a pretty picture of the first edition cover, which I love.

“Marianne de Pierres has created a very believable and nicely detailed context, a dystopian future that has a nice plausible feel to it. Parrish Plessis is a great character, tough, uncompromising and really good in a fight, she is also thoroughly confused and trying not to be stupid. She has the drive required to push the story forward and the depth of personality to be consistently engaging. The plot threads that wind about her are very well constructed and are balanced very carefully with opportunities for the cast and context to come to the fore.
The supporting cast are credible and full of life, there is a strong sense of the pulsing competing life in the Tert, it crowds the page and frames the action very well. Great fun.”

And speaking of Parrish, it’s been mooted by certain parties that Parrish should take on Zombies. Now that is something I could really get into. But when will get time to do this one?

The Cooper Creek ferry is about to be put to use this week. It’s the first time in thirty years – since the last time the Birdsville Track flooded and they needed the ferry to cross. So all that time it’s just been city quietly in the dust … waiting …

Now that really inspires a story.

I’ve just heard from Tehani Wessely that Fablecroft Publishing will be reprinting my cow-punk story, Virgin Jackson in their upcoming anthology Australis Imaginarium. The story was originally published in agog! Smashing Stories edited by Cat Sparks.

I have such a strong affinity with this story that I’d actually love to write a novel series based on the character and world – just need a publisher to love it too. Maybe the right person will read Tehani’s antho!

Tehani says:

Boasting original cover art by Shaun Tan and award-winning stories by superstars of Australian speculative fiction such as Sean Williams, Margo Lanagan and Marianne de Pierres, Australis Imaginarium showcases Australian storytelling at its very best.

The Fablecroft site has a list of other confirmed stories. Publishing date September 2010.