{"id":588,"date":"2014-02-04T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T00:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2014-02-04T00:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T00:55:08","slug":"the-flying-rock-coming-in-may-in-bad-ass-faeries-its-elemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/the-flying-rock-coming-in-may-in-bad-ass-faeries-its-elemental\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Flying Rock” Coming in May in Bad-Ass Faeries: It’s Elemental"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the summer of 2011 I wrote a story called “The Flying Rock.” It’s one of my favorite things I’ve written.<\/p>\n

It’s part pure fantasy, drawing on classic faerie lore and legend, on Ariel, the faerie queen of the winds, and her dark counterpart, the queen of storms. And it’s part portrait of a father struggling to help his children grow up while his family crumbles around him. And on a\u00a0another level, it’s deeply personal story about the beauty of childhood and the price we all pay to grow up.\u00a0I’ve been eager to see in print since I first sent it off to my editor almost three years ago.<\/p>\n

Well, the wheels of publishing sometime move at a crawl, but move they do, and\u00a0Bad-Ass Faeries: It’s Elemental<\/em><\/a>, the fourth volume in the BAF series, will be published this May. I’m thrilled to be in another BAF book and grateful to my editors–Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeff Lyman, L. Jagi Lamplighter, and Lee C. Hillman–for keeping the series going and letting me be a regular part of it. Dark Quest Books will be launching it this in May, with a fantastic line-up of stories from many talented authors. I hope to have an excerpt from “The Flying Rock” to post soon. In the meantime, here’s the cover and the final table of contents.<\/p>\n

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Earth Elementals<\/b><\/p>\n

Kimberley Long-Ewing \u2014 Spin, Weave, and Measure<\/p>\n

Jagi Lamplighter \u2014 On Rocky Ground<\/p>\n

Judi Fleming \u2014 Friends in Dark Places<\/p>\n

Air Elementals<\/b><\/p>\n

James Chambers \u2014 The Flying Rock<\/p>\n

Danny Birt \u2014 To Thy Sylph Be True<\/p>\n

Danielle Ackley-McPhail \u2014 Ride Like the Wind<\/p>\n

Fire<\/b><\/p>\n

DL Thurston \u2014 The Face of the Serpent<\/p>\n

James Daniel Ross \u2014 The Legend of Buck Cooper and the Child of Fire<\/p>\n

James R. Stratton \u2014 Ties That Bind<\/p>\n

Water Elementals<\/b><\/p>\n

Patrick Thomas \u2014 Looking a Gift Horse<\/p>\n

NR Brown \u2014 Melia’s Best Wave<\/p>\n

Bethany Herron \u2014 Fairyland Local 2413<\/p>\n

Spirit Elementals<\/b><\/p>\n

Jody Lynn Nye \u2014 Fifteen Percent<\/p>\n

Keith R. A. DeCandido \u2014 Undine the Boardwalk<\/p>\n

Lee C. Hillman \u2014 Bad Blood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in the summer of 2011 I wrote a story called “The Flying Rock.” It’s one of my favorite things I’ve written. It’s part pure fantasy, drawing on classic faerie lore and legend, on Ariel, the faerie queen of the winds, and her dark counterpart, the queen of storms. And it’s part portrait of a … <\/p>\n

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