Hey, Wild Carders, we’ve got a brand new story for you up on Tor.com:  “The Flight of Morpho Girl,” by Caroline Spector and Bradley Denton.

The Flight of Morpho Girl

The artwork, as ever, is by the amazing John Picacio.

This one features the Amazing Bubbles, Rustbelt, Ghost… and of course the unstoppable Morpho Girl herself.

Go, check it out, and leave a comment!

And keep your eye on Tor.com.   We have a couple more Wild Cards originals coming your way soon, from the pens of Max Gladstone and Marko Kloos.

Current Mood: bouncy

The Wild Cards reread has resumed over at Tor.com, as Katy looks at DOWN & DIRTY, volume five in the series… originally published in 1988.

Check it out at https://www.tor.com/2017/12/07/death-disguises-centaurs-and-cat-ladies-wild-cards-v-down-and-dirty/ and share your thoughts… the comments section is open for discussion.

You can also read my own reflections on editing this particular volume over at the Wild Cards website.

And signed copies of DOWN & DIRTY and many of the other Wild Cards books are available through the Jean Cocteau.

((Comments open: on Wild Cards only, please. Stay on topic)).

Current Mood: calm

Double Helix is back, and Tor.com has got him… her… them.

Noel Matthews, our favorite gender-bending sex-switching ace magician, teleporting assassin, and snide supercilious sonofabitch, the guy/ gal that Wild Cards fans love to hate or hate to love, returns in solo action in Melinda Snodgrass’s “When the Devil Drives.” As usual, John Picacio has contributed another amazing cover illustration.

You can ride with the devil, for FREE, at http://www.tor.com/2017/07/05/when-the-devil-drives/

For those of you who haven’t tried Wild Cards yet, “free” is a good way to have a taste. Melinda’s story is the latest on Tor.com, but by no means the only one. Search, and ye shall find stories by Cherie Priest, Daniel Abraham, Carrie Vaughn, Walter Jon Williams, Paul Cornell, Stephen Leigh, and David D. Levine as well. Have a read… and don’t forget to comment (there, not here).

Current Mood: cold

The Wild Cards reread continues over at Tor.com, with an insightful new post by Katie Rask about the many various styles of art in JOKERS WILD, and the meanings behind all of it.

Join the discussion at:
http://www.tor.com/2017/06/07/heres-what-art-tells-us-about-the-world-of-the-wild-cards/

Current Mood: cheerful

The Wild Cards Reread continues over at Tor.com with Katie Rask’s insightful look at JOKERS WILD, the third volume in the series and our first full mosaic.

Head on over and join the fun at http://www.tor.com/2017/05/08/when-sex-death-and-kid-dinosaur-collide-wild-cards-iii-jokers-wild/ We’d love to know your thoughts.

I am, of course, far from objective, but INMNSHO this was one of the strongest volumes in the series, and a groundbreaking one — the first time (not the last) that we would attempt to innovative (if exhausting) mosaic format, where the stories are woven together to form a seven-way collaborative novel. No shared world had ever done that before, and so far as I know, none has been so insane as to attempt it yet. Except for us. Wild Carders are nothing if not mad.

JOKERS WILD is also the climax of our first triad, and offers a final resolution to a major storyline.

So head on over and join Jetboygirl, Fortunato, Hiram Worchester, Roulette, Sewer Jack, Bagabond, Wraith, Yeoman, Demise, Popinjay, the Astronomer, and the rest of the merry gang.