We’re excited to bring you a roundup of interesting links and December book releases of fantasy by and about women.

As always, we’d love to hear from you. If you’ve sold a fantasy work, read a great recently-released story, discovered a fantastic link that we missed, or if you’ve got a book or story review to share, please get in touch. Send news to (help at sirensconference.org).

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Interesting Links:

• “11 Facts About Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’”
• “The Quiet Gender Glass Ceiling in Fantasy”
• “Mind Meld: The Changing Relationship Between Reviewers, Publishers and Authors,” including some thoughts from Faye Bi
• “Who Will Greet You at Home,” Lesley Nneka Arimah
• “Star Fishing,” Shveta Thakrar
• “Shimmering, Warm, and Bright,” Shveta Thakrar

 
Book Releases

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December 1:
Crucible: All-New Tales of Valdemar, ed. Mercedes Lackey
Tinder, Sally Gardner, ill. David Roberts
A Daughter of No Nation, A. M. Dellamonica
Rise of the Titans, Kate O’Hearn
Sweet Ruin, Kresley Cole
Gateway to Fourline, Pam Brondos
The Rosemary Spell, Virginia Zimmerman
The Curse of Jacob Tracy, Holly Messinger
The Light Warden, Liz Williams with introduction by Kari Sperring
Ash and Silver, Carol Berg
Hawthorn, Carol Goodman
Ms. Marvel Vol. 4: Last Days, G. Willow Wilson, ill. Adrian Alphona

December 7:
The Sleeping Beauty Theatre, Su Blackwell and Corina Fletcher

December 8:
A Dream of Ice, Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin
Mercury Retrograde, Laura Bickle

December 11:
Boundary, Mary Victoria Johnson
The Spirit Trap, Veryan Williams-Wynn

December 15:
Frozen Tides, Morgan Rhodes
Warlords and Wastrels, Julia Knight

December 17:
Deadly Sweet Lies, Erica Cameron

December 19:
Shadow Wrack, Kim Thompson

December 22:
The Beatriceid, Kate Elliott
Grudging, Michelle Hauck

December 29:
Endure, Sara B. Larson
Escaping Peril, Tui T. Sutherland
Between a Vamp and a Hard Place, Jessica Sims
Vendetta, Gail Z. Martin

December 31:
A Fantasy Medley 3, ed. Yanni Kuznia