It's time to nominate for the Aurora Awards

The Prix Aurora Awards celebrate speculative fiction in Canada.

Click on the link for A Full List of Eligible Works

All nominations must be made by 11:59PM, Saturday, April 12, 2014

Stop-Watch Gang members have the following stories available for nomination.

In the BEST SHORT FICTION – ENGLISH category:

Suzanne Church

Living Bargains,
When the Hero Comes Home 2, edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood, Dragon Moon Press, 2013.

Costi Gurgu

Secret Recipes,
Tesseracts Seventeen: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast, edited by Colleen Anderson and Steve Vernon, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2013.

Mike Rimar

A Bunny Hug for Karl,
Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories, edited by Claude Lalumiere and Camille Alexa, Tyche Books, 2013.

Interview with Steve Vernon

As part of Suzanne Church's "Content Month" on her blog, she's posted an interview with Steve Vernon.

Happy reading.

Background on "Courting Ice"

As part of Content Month I've posted some background on "Courting Ice" from ELEMENTS.

March is Content Month

Over at Suzanne Church's website, she's adding content all through the month of March, leading up to the big release of ELEMENTS on April 1st (in Canada).

So far, insights and fun facts have been added for stories:

Coolies

The Wind and the Sky

March of the Forgotten

Storm Child

Check it out!

Table of Contents for "Elements"

Over on her blog, Suzanne posted the Table of Contents for her short-fiction collection Elements. Over the next few weeks, she'll post content on the background, development, and/or characters from each story.

Book Tour for Suzanne Church's "Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction"

Suzanne has posted the details of her 4-city book tour over on her blog:

Suzanne's Book Tour for Elements

Please join her in celebrating the book at one of the events.

Suzanne's Writing Resolutions for 2014

I know I'm six days late, but Happy New Year!

Over at my personal blog, I posted my writing resolutions for 2014.

Like last year, I will likely Tweet more than I blog.

Watch this space for all of the Stop-Watch Gang's writing news in 2014.

On the topic of coolness, my upcoming book: Elements a Collection of Speculative Fiction is now available for pre-order at Amazon.ca!