Selecting the stories for CSFG’s upcoming anthology, A Hand Of Knaves, has pretty much consumed most of my spare time over the last couple of months. So it’s hugely satisfying to be able to finally announce the author lineup. Look who Chris & I get to play with!

• Eugen Bacon, Ace Zone
• Amy Brown, A Tale Of The Marriage Of Gawain
• David Coleman, Immortal, Coiled
• Tom Dullemond, The Killblaine Legacy
• Maureen Flynn, Gardening Through the Danse Macabre
• Rebecca Fraser, The Pedlar
• Isobel Johnstone, The Apothecary’s Apprentice
• Grace Maslin, A Question Of Identity
• Chris McGrane, Trojan Thoughts
• Claire McKenna, The One Who Walks The Permanent Way
• Cassandra Page, The Best Heist Yet
• CH Pearce, The Last Magicians of Sad Hill
• Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey, On the Consequences of Clinically-Inhibited Maturation in the Common Sydney Octopus
• Louise Pieper, A Widow’s Worth
• Robert Porteous, A Fair Wind Off Baracoa
• Charlotte Sophia, Stardust
• HK Stubbs, Lost Property
• David Versace, A Moment’s Peace
• Angus Yeates, Anchor Point

(The official announcement is over on the CSFG website.) Congrats, you guys, your stories are awesome.

Chris and I are now embroiled in doing the edits and, while this is a huge amount of work and sort of wonder how I will manage it all, it is also making me even more excited about being able to share these stories with the world, come September.