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Interview: Polenth Blake (FISH)

January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Name: Polenth Blake

Author of: “Thwarting the Fiends”

Current Geographic Location: England

Twitter: @Polenth

Website: http://www.polenthblake.com/

Recent publications: “Visions of Destruction Series, Mixed Media” published in July 2011 by ChiZine, and “Missed Connection: Lizard in the Dog Park” published in November 2011 by Strange Horizons.

Which zodiac sign where you born under? I’m a fishmonkey.

If a magic fish granted you one wish, what would it be? I want my own airship, so I can travel the world (at a suitably leisurely pace, with plenty of time for tea).

What inspired your story? The story was inspired by my own feelings of having a lost cultural past. I can guess at some of it, but I’ll never really know. It’s been forgotten, and all that’s left is fragments. This is a story about a child trying to piece together his own fragments, mixed in with a bit of Alice in Wonderland and a few goldfish secrets.

Did you listen to music while writing it? If so, what, and why? No. I have hearing problems, so I like it quiet.

How many rewrites did you do before submitting? I did one major rewrite and a lot of little edits. The first line never changed.

What is your favorite bit?

Broccoli wanted to give it a hug, but he didn’t know if fish liked hugs. He didn’t know if explorers liked hugs either. They were probably too brave to need them.

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Thoughts on FISH: Blog Posts From Some Authors

October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A few of the authors from our upcoming anthology wrote about their acceptances on their personal websites, and can be found by clicking the links below:

Polenth Blake talks about “Thwarting the Fiends“

Mjke Wood gives a shout out for his story, “The Last Fisherman of Habitat 37“

Tracie McBride talks about the long path to publication for her story, “The Touch of the Taniwha“

Jennifer R. Povey muses on what FISH could be, announces her sale of “Water Demons“

Jacob Ruby, who comes back to us after having sold us “Seeds” for IN SITU, mentions his new story, “The Talking Fish of Shangri-La“

Sam Fleming posts about her story, “What the Water Gave Her“

R. L. Naquin talks about recent sales, including her FISH story, “Kisses in the Snow“

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Official Table of Contents for FISH

October 1, 2011 By 5 Comments

Table of Contents, FISH (due out February 8, 2012)

  1. Alexa, Camille “The Skin of Her Skin”
  2. Bennardo, Matthew “The Fish-Wife’s Tale”
  3. Blake, Polenth “Thwarting the Fiends”
  4. Darrach, Shay “I Know a Secret”
  5. Davis, Amanda C. “O How the Wet Folk Sing”
  6. Dixon, Paul A. “One Let Go”
  7. Duyvis, Corinne “The Applause of Others”
  8. Englehardt, Megan “Anansi and the New Thing”
  9. Fleming, Sam “What the Water Gave Her”
  10. Fuller, Andrew “A Salmon Tale, 2072”
  11. Fullerton, H.L. “The Fish Are There On Land”
  12. Gardner, Cate “Too Delicate for Human Form”
  13. George, Zachary “You, Fish”
  14. Hendrix, Sarah “Never to Return”
  15. Kane, Tim “Vanity Mirror”
  16. Kneeland, Andrea “Becoming Human”
  17. Kwak, Jessie “Needlepoint Fish of Azure City”
  18. L’Orange, April “Quick Karma”
  19. Lalumière, Claude “Xandra’s Brine”
  20. Liu, Ken “How Do You Know If a Fish Is Happy?”
  21. McBride, Tracie “The Touch of Taniwha”
  22. McIntyre, T.J. “How Did the Catfish Get a Flat Head, You Wonder?”
  23. Nakayama, Timothy “Fallen Dragon”
  24. Naquin, R.L. “Kisses In the Snow”
  25. Obedoza, Mel “The Fisherman and Golden Fish”
  26. Palmer, Suzanne “Lanternfish In the Overworld”
  27. Povey, Jennifer R. “Water Demons”
  28. Rambo, Cat “The Fisher Queen”
  29. Romasco-Moore, Maria “Fisheye”
  30. Ruby, Jacob “The Talking Fish of Shangri-La”
  31. Shvartsman, Alex “Life at the Lake’s Shore”
  32. Spencer, A. D. “Fish Tears”
  33. Unger, Vivian “A Fish Tail”
  34. Wood, Mjke “The Last Fisherman of Habitat 37”
  35. Zup, Andreea “Maria and the Fish”

Please note the Table of Contents is currently listed alphabetically by author’s last name, and does not reflect the final order of stories.

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