the divine miss pixie woods Cecil Castellucci
author and artisteArchive for short stories
We Have Always Lived on Mars
My new story “We Have Always Lived on Mars” is up now at Tor.com!!!
You can also get it for your e-reader nook, kobo*, kindle
*remember, you can get your kobo ebook from an indiebound bookstore!
the art works (which I think is absolutely perfect and totally gorgeous) is by Carl Wien.
Short Story “The Ides of March” on Rookie Magazine!
Hey all! I’ve got a new short story “The Ides of March” (and it is the Ides right now!) up at Rookie Magazine! Hope you will go read it! And just look at the awesome art work that they paired it with. swoon! thanks, Ana!
Frost and The Mailman
It’s holiday time again! And just for you to download is a tiny little holiday story I wrote (originally for Vromans bookstore in 2010) Frost and The Mailman.
A mailman, Daniel Wasserman, and one of Santa’s elves, Frost try to save Christmas after it’s discovered that Santa’s mail has been forwarded to the South Pole.
It’s probably best read aloud to your little ones.
You can download it at Amazon Nook and Kobo *
cover by Jen Wang!
*p.s. if you email me proof that you downloaded it before 12/20 and a snail mail I will mail you a holiday card! IN THE MAIL!
Zombie. Zombie. Zombie.
Today, I caught it. I think it started as an itch. Like a song stuck in your head. But it was just moaning, moaning outside my window. Then I noticed that others were getting it around me. My mom. My dad. My brother. They were shuffling. It’s the shuffle that gives it away. You think, “That person is not sick. That person wants to eat my brains.”
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada. And I’m thankful that I’ve still got my capacities, at least for today. I don’t want to be turned into one of them. Please, I’m small and stringy and more of a snack than a meal.
Let it stop. Let the leaves in the park be the only things that change anymore. I can’t take it.
In my old life, before yesterday, I wrote a story about a different kind of zombie apocalypse. A hopeful one. As if that could be possible. Here it is. It’s called Always the Same. Till it is Not – Apex Magazine October 2012 I hope you’ll read it. If you’re still out there and that you’ll find some hope in it.
Meanwhile. Since the invasion has begun and the horde is coming for you, why not start yours sweetly, with a song. I can’t get the Cranberries out of my head.
Brother. Prince. Snake.
Please enjoy my retelling of the Prince Lindworm fairy tale Brother. Prince. Snake. over at Tor.com
Holiday Story!
Hello! My tiny holiday story FROST AND THE MAILMAN is available on Kobo, Nook and Kindle. If you are in Canada, you can download it for free on Kobo with the promo code FROST. The cover is by Jen Wang (buy her book Koko Be Good.)
Frost and the Mailman
A mailman, Daniel Wasserman, and one of Santas elves, Frost, try to save Christmas after its discovered that Santas mail has been forwarded to the South Pole.
Teeth!
I am delighted to have a short story, Best Friends Forever, in the upcoming anthology TEETH, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. It was great fun to write a vampire story and such an honor to have my story in there amongst the other fabulous writers including Genevieve Valentine • Steve Berman • Christopher Barzak • Neil Gaiman • Delia Sherman • Garth Nix • Suzy McKee Charnas • Kaaron Warren • Cecil Castellucci (me!) • Jeffrey Ford • Nathan Ballingrud • Kathe Koja • Catherynne M. Valente • Melissa Marr • Ellen Kushner • Cassandra Clare • Holly Black • Lucius Shepard • Emma Bull • Tanith Lee
I was so excited by this great review of the book by Charles Tan!
But the coolest thing was that many of the authors contributed to a video answering the questions “Would you like to be a Vampire for a month?” and “What Vampire trait would you most like to have?” It was fun answering and it was fun to see how everyone else answered!
Emjoy!
