I am pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Best of Walter Jon Williams, from Subterranean Press.  200,000 words of, well, me, with short fiction drawn from the forty years of my career, including stories that have never before been collected. Also, signed.  By me.  By hand.  Which is a good deal less fun than choosing stories, believe […]

A useful reminder: if you’re plotting your next novel with index cards, it’s always handy to have this one in reserve. Taos Toolbox 2019 is over, and the attendees are returning to the various corners of the globe whence they came.  I’d like to thank them for their talent and hard work, and wish them […]

This was once a giantess who had captured a ship, and was towing it to shore to devour the crew.  Unfortunately she lost track of time, the sun rose, and she was turned to stone. Seems kind of unfair that the ship and sailors were turned to stone as well. Also, Iceland must be hard […]

Finally a whale lets me get close! This is the skeleton of a long-finned pilot whale, floating eerily with a number of other whale skeletons in the attic space of the Whale Museum in Húsavik.  Most if not all of the whale skeletons were from strandings, though Iceland still does catch whales, some to sell to […]