I just got a package in the mail, with some books inside. At first I was convinced that this is some later delivery from Amazon - I always forget about books I order a few moments after the deed is done, and the packages in the mail surprise me - but there was no Amazon logo anywhere on the package. Well, turns out that it’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 (here, take a link to it in Amazon), and that a story of mine is in the table of contents.

Made my day, that.

That short horror film just keeps popping up again and again. After Lavie Tidhar published it in the World SF News Blog, the good people of BoingBoing took note and put it there as well. Thanks, guys!

The Boston Book Bums blog has just reviewed The Tel Aviv Dossier:

The book’s strength comes from its unapologetic balance of surrealism and biblical authenticity. While some may get hung up on the weirdly comedic moments juxtaposed by death and revelation, the strangeness is actually magnified by realizing the writing team might be showing us new books of the Bible, but with a dark slap stick touch.

And an interview with Lavie and myself has just been published by SF Signal, celebrating the 2nd edition of the book:

CT: You're both flexible writers but which format are you most comfortable with? The short story or the novel? What do you think are the strengths of each?

LT: I'm more flexible than Nir because I have less of a body mass. The guy is huge! Did you know he played a monster in a horror movie? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXQfn47cwU) And that’s not make-up, either!

NY: I only look huge to you, lad, because of my charisma. That’s quite understandable. However, I take pity of you small people - I'm talking here about your mental capacities, of course - so my reign is generous and peaceful.

SF Signal are running five excerpts from The Tel Aviv Dossier. Here’s the first one.

Here’s the latest King&Nir track, hot hot hot, straight from the oven we call "a studio" or rather "The Nir Space Station". Soon to become a clip, this piece of music was recorded live while the cameras were trained on us. Fun fun fun!

I just got word from our kind publishers that The Tel Aviv Dossier now has its own Kindle edition available in Amazon. Here’s the link.

Cheers, mates!

…and so it came to be that a home (page) was erected for your humble servant, in the far-away kingdom of Amazon. Right there.

1. Dagon Magazine, Portugal: 1st issue is out, featuring that livid story, Cinderers. Here’s some more information, including an interview with the editor.

2. The Apex Book of World SF - featuring that vivid story, Cinderers - is now available as an iPhone application.

Lavie just published free online PDF versions of four stories which were included in The Apex Book of World SF anthology, which he edited. One of them is my very own Cinderers. Here they are.

(Direct link to the Cinderers PDF: here.)

Ilanit Tadmor is a dancer and choreographer with whom I've been working and performing for about ten years now. Our new show, Happiness is Real, now has its own website. Check it out!