Category Archives: Mandolin’s fiction & poems

I couldn’t resist reprinting this review by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published on Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth, a livejournal community for short story reviews. Story of the Year (so far) (for me) “The Lady Who … Continue reading →

[Bumped] “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” is Mandolin’s first novella, just published online by Subterranean Press. Her longest pieces, in the past, have been novellettes; this is her longest published work to date. It’s also … Continue reading →

Fantasy Magazine has posted a new story by Mandolin, “Where Shadows Meet Light.” Mandolin commented to me in IM that this story “relates a bit” to my nelly screamer post (although the story was written well before that post). “Since … Continue reading →

Sara Polsky reviews Mandolin’s new book, Through the Drowsy Dark: According to an introductory note, the goal of Aqueduct Press’s Conversation Pieces series is to continue the “grand conversation of feminist SF,” and Rachel Swirsky’s Through the Drowsy Dark fits … Continue reading →

Mandolin (also known as Rachel Swirsky, mild-mannered speculative fiction writer) has had some more work published online. First, a poem, Dear Melody. When we floated together in our mother’s womb, I consumed you as one scared thing will do to … Continue reading →

Last month, Matt Cheney emailed me to let me know that he was putting together a celebration of Jeff VanderMeer’s new collection, Third Bear. He asked a number of writers and critics if we would each write about two stories … Continue reading →

Aqueduct Press — a small publisher that specializes in “bringing challenging feminist science fiction to the demanding reader” — has published “Through the Drowsy Dark,” a collection of poetry and short fiction by Rachel Swirsky, also known to “Alas” readers … Continue reading →

Author’s note: A month or so ago, John Scalzi announced a contest for stories describing this image, which shows ex-Star-Trek star Wil Wheaton riding a winged unicorn pegasus kitten, a spear clutched in one hand, as he bears down on … Continue reading →