{"id":4626,"date":"2020-05-07T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2020-05-07T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:01:11","slug":"borderlands-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/borderlands-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Borderlands 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m very happy to announce that my story “Everything After We Kissed” will be in Borderlands 7<\/em>, edited by Olivia Monteleone and Tom Monteleone. It’s scheduled to come out on October 1st and will be available as a signed, limited-edition hardcover. You can pre-order now at the Borderlands Press<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

My story is a queer Lovecraftian horror tale that takes place in the same world as my story “Cthylla,” which appeared in The Library of the Dead<\/em><\/a> (Written Backwards, May 2015).<\/p>\n

“Cthylla” is one of my favorites in the collection. The relationship of two young women are put to the test as they discover their lives are intertwined in a goddess worshiping cult that’s almost as creepy as Scientology. Almost.
\n\u2014 reviewer Shawn Scarber<\/p>\n

A master of the oblique when it comes to character development, Lucy\u2019s Snyder\u2019s “Cthylla” offers a heroine who is anything but a Mary Sue. Daughter of a mother who is the star of a cult classic horror film titled Cthylla and father who is a software mogul, young Kamerynne struggles in her late adolescence to find her place in life in spite of (and partly because of) her parents\u2019 success. When a new housekeeper arrives, Kamerynne falls in love with her enigmatic and mysterious daughter, Natalya. But Natalya is keeping a secret from her new lover, a secret that somehow appears to be connected to the tentacled monster from Kamerynne\u2019s mother\u2019s film. Though Kamerynne attempts to use her family\u2019s resources to run away to Los Angeles and protect Natalya from her secret\u2019s mounting threat, disaster strikes her family, and Kamerynne has to look to her inner resolve and work to develop new strengths and skills. The climax of this story does not disappoint, and once again we are shown that any anthology where Lucy Snyder\u2019s name appears is guaranteed to contain stellar work.
\n\u2014 reviewer Carl R. Moore<\/a><\/p>\n

Lucy A. Snyder straight-up messes with Lovecraft in the delicious \u201cCthylla\u201d and it\u2019s awesome.
\n\u2014 reviewer Paul Michael Anderson<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the full list of contributors, in alphabetical (rather than story) order:<\/p>\n

\"Borderlands<\/a>Meghan Arcuri-Moran
\nMichael Bailey
\nGary A. Braunbeck
\nMichael Scott Bricker
\nCory Cone
\nRoby Davies
\nJohn DeChancie
\nMichael Louis Dixon
\nCaitl\u00edn Rebekah Kiernan
\nFelicia Lee
\nBentley Little
\nLisa Mannetti
\nRichard Christian Matheson
\nRobert McCammon
\nDonna J. W. Munro
\nStephanie Pendley Paul
\nBill Pronzini
\nStephen Mark Rainey
\nLucy A. Snyder
\nDaniel Waters
\nTim Waggoner
\nF. Paul Wilson
\nLeo Zaccari<\/p>\n

Book Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Borderlands 7<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is the current volume of the continuing anthology series that has garnered awards and praise for its contributors and editors for more than twenty-five years. It is a non-themed gathering of stories which push the boundaries of genre fiction with provocative tales of the surreal and the weird.<\/p>\n

You will find no zombies, no serial killers, no vampires, no ghosts … or any other familiar genre tropes or icons within these pages. Borderlands fiction is typified by its absolutely untypical nature. The editors offer herewith a wide range of fiction varying in tone, length, style, and theme. The path to the Borderlands of contemporary, imaginative fiction is traveled by writers who believe they can write a story that is so unique and memorable it demands<\/em>\u00a0to be a part of this current volume. The result is a grand amalgam of respected masters, solid veterans, and bold newcomers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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