I’ve made a list of my published or forthcoming English-language SF works, you can find it in the right sidebar or here. No corresponding Hungarian list yet, I’m sorry… I wish Duotrope covered non-English markets!

Also, I’ve had issues with my spam filtering, in case one of your comments was lost, let me know!

Expanded Horizons has a new issue out and it includes my review of Nymphomation by Jeff Noon. It was a huge disappointment, I’m a fan of his, but this book was really cringeworthy. You can read the review if you’re interested in further details!

We want to launch a regular media reviews column, hopefully with other people contributing too, so if you have a review that’s reasonably relevant, send it our way! (Be sure to read the submissions guidelines first )

I’m sorting through my books and I have quite an amount of duplicates, books I want to sell, etc. I only used to swap books, but these days I get more and more queries from people who want to buy my books. So I priced some of them… here you can take a look at the catalog. If you speak Hungarian, you can also try here (registration required, but you can also read my short descriptions of each book including minor dents, etc).

Most are in English and Hungarian, some are in German. Prices are kindasorta negotiable and I also accept trade-ins if you have something cool (books, used games, cheap DVDs of arthouse movies, etc. you get the idea).

There will be more coming on Thursday IY”H, and the missing prices will also be updated. (I just don’t have those books here with me right now so that I could accurately set their prices.)

Prices include tax but do not include shipping.

I prefer to ship to Hungary and Austria, but I can ship anywhere. If you live anywhere else it’s probably not worth it (especially since the prices are adjusted to the Hungarian market), unless you absolutely need that vintage Hungarian copy of The Chrysalids…

(In case you lose track, this post is about the SF webzine I help run. I have little to do with the content, I’m just the tech side of things… I volunteered to help out because I love the mission of the magazine – to strengthen the presence of underrepresented groups in SF – and tend to enjoy the stories. No, I won’t make your website for free. But I am available for hire )

The new double issue of Expanded Horizons is out, if you see any technical issues, let me know! I’ve only read 7 stories out of the 8 so far (before the launch; I also helped out with proofreading) but there were some real gems in there. Miss Lonelyhearts has to be the best zombie story I’ve ever read and I normally don’t even like zombie stories! It also reminded me of Fallout 3 in a good way (if you’ve played it, you’ll see what I mean). And Silver Veins is autism-related. Really, I could list half of the new stories as ‘do yourself a favor, read this now’.

We decided against having downloadables at launch, because every month there are a few minor after-launch changes  (authors find typos, formatting issues etc.) and it’s just inconvenient to reexport and reupload everything every time someone finds an extra comma. So we’ll probably upload the PDF and ODT files next week, and until then you can read the stories on the web… oh and if you find any typos, let us know

So, go off and read, I think this is a really strong issue. And if you have something to submit, send it in – I think at the moment EH is especially looking for essays, poetry and art. (yes, it is a paid venue.)

When I last promoted the magazine, some people asked me whether the following “count” as underrepresented groups in speculative fiction – I asked our editor and the answer is yes to all, so keep those submissions coming:

* Women authors
* People from Hungary
* People from the Balkans
* Jewish people
* Otherkin
* Occultists / Neopagans in general / Wiccans in particular

Note that this is not a “checklist”, so if you send something about Croatian Jewish otherkin that misrepresents these groups and is not well-written in general, it won’t stand more of a chance…  or any chance, really. (Also note that I’m not the editor. I don’t even see most of the slush pile, I just format and upload the content and wrestle Wordpress into submission.)

I’ve recently given English-language genre fiction a try, I wrote a few stories and submitted them to  online venues just as an experiment… I had much more success than expected, so I’ll keep on doing this IY”H. I’ve also written a rant about publishing, ethnic themes, how unpaid markets are pure evil, etc. that will probably be up here fairly soon (I just need to tone down the ranty elements  ).

So here is Experimental Archaeology, a story set in the Eren universe (my fictional universe), published in Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine. It’s a small online mag, but it has a great theme going on, so if you like labyrinths, it’s probably worth checking out.

It’s not connected to the Emerald Spires main storyline (gawrsh, I should post about that too) and if you read it, you’ll probably understand why… it would not be physically feasible. But at least it’s set in the same universe and offers you something to read until the game comes out! Unfortunately coding and writing both take up my free time and I don’t have much of that right now… if you cheer me on, the game will be completed faster!