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Deviations: Covenant, first edition, October 2007
Vol. 1: Covenant, second edition, March 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-0-2
Vol. 2: Appetite, first edition, May 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-1-9
Vol. 3: Destiny, first edition, December 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-2-6
Vol. 4: Bloodlines, first edition, June 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9819764-3-3
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Download Deviations here. Multiple formats available.
And if you like what you read, please spread the word!
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(Don't have an e-book reader? Neither do I! See this blog entry about reader freeware that you can download to your computer.)
Praise for the Deviations Series:
"If you are looking for something different with a great story line, I would suggest reading these books. They are very well written and draw the reader into the story, possibly against their will." -- Rachel Baker, Old Musty Books
"This is a dark series with a hidden deeper meaning. Malcohn’s books are a look at the world we live in. This is not an easy read but it is an important read."
-- Debra, at Goodreads.
What people are saying about Covenant
(see here for more):
"Rich character development and fascinating central conflict quickly addict the reader to this story....the moral issues are so compelling, so thought-provoking, you'll thank the author for presenting this perspective." -- Lady Emily, Redbud Book Club
"Take Ms. Elissa Malcohn ... whose novel Covenant shows some killer talent, and reminds this reader of that paragon of science fiction and fantasy: Robert Silverberg; and her oeuvre doesn't stop there." -- Julianne Draper, Miami Examiner
"Malcohn has built a very interesting and very well developed central conflict, and the development of the story is second to none..." -- Alan Petrillo, on Amazon
"I state this with all due honesty and with as little bias as humanly possible. Read this woman's work. She's one of the best indie writers out there." -- K.L. Nappier, commenting here
Planned release for Volume 5: TelZodo: late 2010.
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Proud member of:
Out in 2010:
"Ballerina" by Paul Vincenti. Image used with permission. |
Thanks to artist Paul Vincenti, who posted my poem "A Meeting of the Arts" to go with his painting "Ballerina."
Paul painted this portrait live, on the spot, in 90 minutes (with subsequent fine-tuning), before a crowd at a gallery opening. I then challenged myself to write a sonnet about the painting, on the spot (though not before a crowd). I drafted the poem in about a half hour and e-mailed it to Paul.
Click here for his online gallery and here for his fantasy art gallery.
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My story "Judgment at Naioth" appears in She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror (Dybbuk Press, October 2010) -- available for pre-order here.
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"Downrange: Elissa Malcohn" (interview) appears in the inaugural issue of Valent Range, Summer 2010. This issue is free for a limited time! See the website for details.
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"Pele's Wandering Fire" appears in the June 2010 Of Poets And Poetry (Florida State Poets Association). The poem received second prize in the FSPA's Spring Fling contest (theme: Hawaiian culture), free verse category.
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My story "Icarus Redux" appears in the June 2010 issue of Niteblade. Direct story link here.
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This year, for National Poetry Month (April), I wrote a sonnet a day based on a science-themed news story. The sonnets and links to the articles that inspired them are posted on my blog (index here). I've also put the poems into this chapbook.
From the back cover blurb: "Thirty sonnets delve into science's breaking news during a month of discovery. From advances in cloaking devices to dogs helping war veterans through post-traumatic stress disorder. From an asteroid passing close to the Earth to one containing basic components for life. From bees whose genes dictate their diets to beavers recruited to help a state cope with climate change. And much more."
The cover features an African iris (original shot here) and a photo I took of the Moon, reddened from Georgia wildfires (original shot here). E-mail me if interested.
I've also submitted these poems to Open Laboratory 2010, a compendium of science blogs. Click on the button to reach the submission form.
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My poem "Butterfly Woman" appears in the Winter 2010 issue of Goblin Fruit. Click here for the text, here for my audio.
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Micro-fiction appears in Thaumatrope, here.
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Poem "Nor'easter Requiem" appears in unFold, here.
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Poem "Total Lunar Eclipse" appears in the Spring 2010 Astropoetica, here.
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Poetry appears in the May 17, 2010 microcosms, here.
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Micro-fiction "Empty Nest" appears in the May 18, 2010 PicFic, here. Also, my photo of manatees appears as the prompt for Pic of the Week #10, here.
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Forthcoming:
Out in 2009:
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My poem "Derivative Work" and novelette "Flotsam" appear in the October/November 2009 issue of Asimov's.
"As a young girl Mercedes discovered a biological 'impossibility' in the polluted coastal waters of her city. The discovery, and the way it was denied haunts her throughout her life in the working class world of the US-Mexican border. Working blue collar jobs, she spends her free time researching the impossibility she’s sure she remembers from childhood. An excellent story, which does particularly well at blending the story of Mercedes as a person between cultures into an sf story." -- Matt Bruensteiner, Garbled Signals, commenting on "Flotsam."
"Powerful, centered on a strong and memorable character." -- Lois Tilton, The Internet Review of Science Fiction
"[N]ot your average mermaid story, deals with issues of economic and social justice in a fresh way." -- Tom L. Waters, Off the Page
"Malcohn has given us a beautiful story." -- Sam Tomaino, SFRevu
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My poem "Lepidoptera from Space" appears in the November/December issue of Star*Line, journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. This is a special prose poem issue.
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My poem "The Unexpected Answer" appears in the Autumn issue of Harp-Strings Poetry Journal, reprinted from Of Poets And Poetry. |
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My poem "Neighbors" appears in the anthology Vampyr Verse, from Popcorn Press. Order here.
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"Where Relativity Ends" appears in the February 2, 2009, issue of Strange Horizons. Click here for a direct link to the poem. |
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My photo of a mole cricket appears in the article, "What to do and what not to do in your garden in February," now archived at the website Gardening in South Africa. Original shot here. |
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Creative nonfiction appears in the "Short Takes" section of New Plains Review's "Service" issue, Spring 2009. The essay is a modified version of this blog entry's closing (May 6, 1990) portion. |
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My poem "Frightening the Horses" appears in June 2009 (8th anniversary) issue of Aoife's Kiss, from Sam's Dot Publishing. Order here. |
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My poems "The Unexpected Answer (after a painting by Rene Magritte)" and "Sijo Sequence for Larry" appear in issue 35(2) of Of Poets And Poetry, newsletter of the Florida State Poets Association, June 2009.
"The Unexpected Answer" won the FSPA's mini-contest at its "Spring Fling" meeting. "Sijo Sequence for Larry" is a tribute to Larry Gross, who was honored at the event.
I'm in the lower left-hand corner of the group shot shown here (taken using tripod and auto-release), and also served as photographer for the meeting. |
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My photo "Morning Ferns" appears in We'Moon 2010, as the border on pp. 72-3. Original shot here. |
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My article "Social Networking and the Found Poem" appears in Poets' Forum Magazine issue 21(1), Summer 2009. If you're connected to me through Facebook, you can read the poem here. |
Out in 2008:
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EV is the 2009 Hugo Award Winner for Best Fanzine! -- see here for details.
Cover art by Lisa Snellings-Clark (Large view)
"Hermit Crabs" is on the "recommended reading" list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Edition and heads the line-up in Electric Velocipede #14, released at WisCon in May 2008. Click here to order.
Praise for "Hermit Crabs":
"There's much to like about 'Hermit Crabs,' and I can see why the editors kicked off the issue with it." -- Marshall Payne, in The Fix
"'Hermit Crabs' by Elissa Malcohn is a strong opener and still resonates with me once I was through with the magazine. It features strong characterization
and has that powerful, inevitable ending." -- Charles Tan, Bibliophile Stalker
"At first, I thought: 'Oh, no! another SF crab story!' Then I began reading and I thought: 'Oh, no! another depressed teen suicide story!' But unexpectedly, the more I progressed into the story, the more I enjoyed it; the characterization is good, the flashback structure is well done, the ending is surprising and satisfying. A valuable discovery for me..." -- Fabrice Doublet, on the Night Shade Books message boards
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Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in an Anthology! -- see here for details.
Cover art by Michael “Pooch” Pucciarelli (Large view)
Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (Dark Scribe Press, ISBN 978-0-9818632-0-7) includes my story "Memento Mori." Available here. Click here for author interviews, here for more about the anthology, and check out the book trailer at the bottom of this page.
"Standout stories include (but are certainly not limited to): 'Black Annis' by Joy Marchand, the tale of a true faerie who desperately wants to protects a pair of gay lovers; 'Memento Mori' by Elissa Malcohn, about a lover who comes back from the grave for her mate; 'I Am the Shadow that Walks There' by Michelle Scalise, a World War II era tale of love and devastating loss; and 'Memory Box' by Reesa Brown, a tale whose true darkness hits suddenly and unrelentingly. Unspeakable Horrors [sic] is highly recommended for all libraries." -- Michele Lee, Monster Librarian
"Out of 23 stories, you're bound to find one or two that suit you less than others, but Liaguno and Helder's batting average is pretty high. It's hard to beat Jameson Currier's Lovecraftian 'The Bloomsbury Nudes,' the pro-gay teenboy revenge scenario of Joy Marchand's 'Black Annis,' the beyond-the-grave poetry of Elissa Malcohn's 'Memento Mori' or the teen jack-off session gone horribly wrong in C. Michael Cook's 'The Boys of Bald Cave.'" -- Jerry Wheeler, Out In Print: Queer Book Reviews
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| IPPY Awards 2009 Silver Medalist! -- see here for details.
Image: "Superstring" by Félix Sorondo (Large view)
"Arachne" appears in Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (ISBN: 978-0-9802114-0-5), released June 1 from Scriblerus Press. Click here for ordering info and here for contributor bios.
Riffing on Strings was well-received at New Scientist -- read an excerpt of their review here.
Praise for "Arachne":
"[M]y favorite is a psychedelic Greek-mythology-based short story called "Arachne," by Elissa Malcohn, first printed in Aboriginal Science Fiction way back in 1988 -- but you can see what has me all squeally." -- N.K. Jemisin
"Elissa Malcohn's story about Arachne, based on the Greek myth, was awesome." -- David C. Kopaska-Merkel
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 | "Prometheus Rebound" appeared in Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly #10. The Helix site came down at the end of 2008. A .pdf file of the story remains up for viewing here. |
My poem "Algebraic Sestina for the Ocean" accompanies Anna Lovric's article, "What is the connection between poetry and maths?" in the March 2008 issue of STEM Newsletter (Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering and Modelling at U. Nottingham, UK). |
My poem "Ancient Wisdom Distilled" appears in We'Moon '09, available for order here. |
My poem "First Contact in Appalachia" appears in Space and Time #104, available for order here. |
"Life and Art: More than Imitation" appears in Poets' Forum Magazine 20(1). The cover includes my photo of statuary at the Homosassa Library in Homosassa, Florida. (Click here to see the original shot.) |
"The Light of Barbara Mabrity (1782-1867)" appears in the Autumn 2008 issue of Harp-Strings Poetry Journal. The work won second prize in the Florida State Poets Association's "Cracker Award," given to a poem written about a historical person or event in Florida. |
Sample Interviews and More
Andromeda Library with hosts Tony and Glenda Finkelstein; originally aired in April 2009: podcast and link/photo-inclusive transcript.
Chronicles, with host Mark Eller, May 28, 2009: podcast and transcript.
Conversations LIVE! (sponsored by The Write Stuff Literacy Campaign) with host Cyrus A. Webb, July 6, 2009: podcast and transcript.
Conversations LIVE!, "The Business of Books: Fantasy" with author panelists Brian Rathbone, Arlene Radasky, Mark Eller, Rhonda Carpenter, and host Cyrus A. Webb, October 22, 2009: podcast and transcript.
Conversations LIVE!, March 3, 2010: podcast and transcript.
You can hear me read an excerpt from Deviations: Appetite on the Broad Universe Broad Pod, Episode #2. I start at around the 16:23 mark, here.
Participant, "Post A Story For Haiti." See Crossed Genres for links to more free fiction, along with organizations aiding in relief efforts.
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