Category Archives: Mandolin’s fiction & poems

I’m excited to link to Tor.com, which has reprinted my Nebula-nominated novelette “Fields of Gold!” http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/03/fields-of-gold Woo! The beginning of the story as possible teaser: When Dennis died, he found himself in another place. Dead people came at him with … Continue reading →

Mandolin’s story “Fields of Gold,” which is sadly not available online but was published in this year’s Eclipse anthology, has been nominated for a Nebula award, in the “Novelette” category. You can read “Fields of Gold” online here. (It’s a … Continue reading →

A Washington Post article about the Nebula Awards opens by quoting the joke Rachel (aka Mandolin) told in her acceptance speech: Before Rachel Swirsky won the Nebula award for best novella Saturday, she went to an authors’ reception and learned … Continue reading →

From Publisher’s Weekly‘s review of Eclipse 4, an anthology book: The latest volume in Strahan’s unthemed anthology series has almost no weak links. The highlight is Rachel Swirsky’s “Fields of Gold,” a diabetic ghost’s witty and melancholy tale of his … Continue reading →

From an interesting post at tansyrr.com: For some reason this got me thinking of a couple of this year’s stand out stories which are most definitely fantasy, but which benefit from a reader viewing them through a science fictional lens. … Continue reading →