{"id":2862,"date":"2010-09-30T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2017-09-21T15:46:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:46:27","slug":"another-monkey-off-my-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2010\/09\/30\/another-monkey-off-my-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Monkey Off My Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, not Kong.  Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>However, I&#8217;m pleased to report that Gardner Dozois and I have completed work on our original anthology DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS and delivered it to our editors at Penguin Putnam.  The final lineup:<\/p>\n<p>THE BASTARD STEPCHILD (introduction), by George R.R. Martin<br \/>DEATH BY DAHLIA, by Charlaine Harris (a True Blood story)<br \/>THE BLEEDING SHADOW, by Joe R. Lansdale<br \/>HUNGRY HEART, by Simon R. Green<br \/>STYX AND STONES, by Steven Saylor (a Gordianus story)<br \/>PAIN AND SUFFERING, by S.M. Stirling<br \/>IT&#8217;S STILL THE SAME OLD STORY, by Carrie Vaughn<br \/>THE LADY IS A SCREAMER, by Conn Iggulden<br \/>HELLBENDER, by Laurie R. King<br \/>SHADOW THIEVES, by Glen Cook (a Garrett story)<br \/>NO MYSTERY, NO MIRACLE, by Melinda Snodgrass (an Edge story)<br \/>THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PUZZLE AND A MYSTERY, by M.L.N. Hanover<br \/>THE CURIOUS AFFAIR OF THE DEODAND, by Lisa Tuttle<br \/>LORD JOHN AND THE PLAGUE OF ZOMBIES, by Diana Gabaldon (a Lord John novella)<br \/>BEWARE THE SNAKE, by John Maddox Roberts (a SPQR story)<br \/>IN RED, WITH PEARLS, by Patricia Briggs<br \/>THE ADAKIAN EAGLE, by Bradley Denton (novella)<\/p>\n<p>DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS is another of our crossgenre projects, this one a mix of fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, hardboiled mystery, historicals, and private eye stories.  We&#8217;ve got some great stories in the book, and I think you&#8217;ll all enjoy the read.  No word yet as to when the book will be released, but I&#8217;ll be sure and let you know once it&#8217;s scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, not Kong. Sorry. However, I&#8217;m pleased to report that Gardner Dozois and I have completed work on our original anthology DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS and delivered it to our editors at Penguin Putnam. The final lineup: THE BASTARD STEPCHILD (introduction), by George R.R. MartinDEATH BY DAHLIA, by Charlaine Harris (a True Blood story)THE BLEEDING [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}