Carpe Glitter
Meerkat Shorts to Publish Cat Rambo’s Carpe Glitter
Meerkat Shorts, our new imprint for novelettes and novellas, is pleased to announce we’ll be publishing Cat Rambo’s novelette, Carpe Glitter in 2019.
About Carpe Glitter
What do you do when someone else’s past forces itself on your own life? Sorting through the piles left behind by a grandmother who was both a stage magician and a hoarder, Persephone Aim finds a magical artifact from World War II that has shaped her family history. Faced with her mother’s desperate attempt to take the artifact for herself, Persephone must decide whether to hold onto the past — or use it to reshape her future.
About Cat Rambo
Nebula, World Fantasy, and Endeavour award nominee Cat Rambo’s published work includes 200+ stories, two novels, five collections, a cookbook, a travel guide, and two books for writers, Moving from Idea to Draft and Creating an Online Presence for Writers. She runs The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers, which offers live and on-demand online writing classes aimed at speculative fiction writers. She is a two-term President of the The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Find links and more information at www.kittywumpus.net
author photo by Onfocus Photography
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THIS YEAR’S AWARDS SUMMARY, so far!
Huge congratulations to these winners and finalists:
- CARPE GLITTER by Cat Rambo, Nebula Award Winner (novelette)
- INTO BONES LIKE OIL by Kaaron Warren, Bram Stoker Award Finalist (novella), Shirley Jackson Award Finalist (novella)
- COLLISION by J.S. Breukelaar, Shirley Jackson Award Finalist (collection), Shadows Award Finalist (Collected Works)
- “Ava Rune” by J.S. Breukelaar, Shadows Award Finalist (short fiction)
And we’re still crossing our fingers for these fine works that are in the running:
- INTO BONES LIKE OIL by Kaaron Warren, Aurealis Award Nominee (horror novella)
- COLLISION by J.S. Breukelaar, Aurealis Award Nominee (collection), Ladies of Horror Fiction Award Finalist (collection)
- “Like Ripples on a Blank Shore” (from Collision) by J.S. Breukelaar, Aurealis Award Nominee (fantasy novella)
And finally, honorable mention goes to these fine works which were longlisted:
- CLAIMING T-MO by Eugen Bacon, NOMMO Award Longlist
- INTO BONES LIKE OIL by Kaaron Warren, Locus Award Longlist
- COLLISION by J.S. Breukelaar, Locus Award Longlist, Bram Stoker Award Longlist
Carpe Glitter
Aurealis magazine reviews cat rambo’s carpe glitter
We were so pleased to read the review of Cat Rambo’s CARPE GLITTER (a nebula finalist!!) by Damien Lawardorn in the latest Aurealis Magazine (issue #127). We have shared an excerpt below but hope you’ll check out the full review in the magazine, which also always has a wonderful selection of fiction and non-fiction.
Carpe Glitter is one of those stories where an absent character is the most memorable. The grandmother, Gloria Aim (once a famed stage magician), looms over the text, haunting the hallways and the family’s history alike. Gloria’s powerful nonpresence dominates the story. A part of this comes from her role as the agent of dispute between three generations of women.
Damien Lawardorn, AUREALIS MAGAZINE
Carpe Glitter
What do you do when someone else’s past forces itself on your own life? Sorting through the piles left behind by a grandmother who was both a stage magician and a hoarder, Persephone Aim finds a magical artifact from World War II that has shaped her family history. Faced with her mother’s desperate attempt to take the artifact for herself, Persephone must decide whether to hold onto the past—or use it to reshape her future.
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Carpe Glitter
NB Magazine Gives Cat Rambo’s Carpe Glitter 5 Stars
We were thrilled to see Cat Rambo’s CARPE GLITTER get 5 huge stars at NB Magazine! We hope you’ll take a minute to read the full review.
I found this story a revelatory joy to read and especially loved the various ways in which the author combined numerous fantasy elements and dark humour with an exploration of complex family relationships. In a psychologically convincing way, and with well-depicted characters, she demonstrated how, following a death, secrets will often emerge which enable survivors to make better sense of their history.
Linda Hepworth, NB MAGAZINE
Carpe Glitter by Cat Rambo – NB
What do you do when someone else’s past forces itself on your own life? Sorting through the piles left behind by a grandmother who was both a stage magician and a hoarder, Persephone Aim finds a magical artefact from World War II that has shaped her family’s history.
Carpe Glitter
What do you do when someone else’s past forces itself on your own life? Sorting through the piles left behind by a grandmother who was both a stage magician and a hoarder, Persephone Aim finds a magical artifact from World War II that has shaped her family history. Faced with her mother’s desperate attempt to take the artifact for herself, Persephone must decide whether to hold onto the past—or use it to reshape her future.
More info →
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