The The Queens Courier has just posted an interview I did with them last week about writing, my forthcoming novel King of Shards, and living in Ridgewood, Queens. From the article:
…Ridgewood-based author Matthew Kressel has already
Last night, while hosting Fantastic Fiction at KGB with Ellen Datlow, my wife texts me to let me know that my author copies of King of Shards have arrived. And here they are, in all their shininess! I’m biased but …
To celebrate the October 13th release of my forthcoming debut novel, King of Shards, beginning next week I will be featuring one new blog entry a day about a different Judaic myth for 36 days*. In my research for …
Yesterday in the mail I received the ARCs (Advance Review Copies) of King of Shards. And while this is of course not the finished book, it’s pretty cool to hold the book in my hands. I’ve seen the other …
I’ve just found out that “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” (from May 2014 Clarkesworld Magazine) has made the BookTubeSFF Awards shortlist for Best Short Work. Some pretty great company to be in, with my work listed …
It’s hard to believe, but this year marks my tenth anniversary of first attending Readercon. I first attended back in 2005 at the insistence of then Altered Fluid member Lauren McLaughlin. Back then, my only experience at cons was a …
The venerable Mercurio D. Rivera informs me that my story “Cameron Rhyder’s Legs,” which appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine in November of 2014 has been given an Honorable Mention in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction 32nd Annual …
Are you looking for a good epic fantasy to read? The Huffington Post lists my forthcoming novel King of Shards as one of the “Debut Epic Fantasies to Look Out for in 2015.”
…“In this prismatic tale of
Consider the following scenarios:
1) I walk into a restaurant and order a steak, fries, coca cola, and dessert. I only take one bite of the steak and don’t touch anything else. I tell the waiter, “I’m only paying for …
The folks at Nerds of a Feather review my story “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies,” which appeared in the May Clarkesworld Magazine and have nice things to say:
…“A story about scale and abuse and the hope
My story “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” is up for a Nebula Award, and I’ll be attending the Nebula Awards Weekend from June 4-7th, in Chicago. I’m looking forward to connecting with folks. And even if you …
This week Best SF reviews “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies“, my story that appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine in the May issue, #104, and they have nice things to say:
…“A standout story to open the issue…Kressel succeeds
I received this nice review of my story “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies” in the latest Clarkesworld Magazine from Charles Payseur at Quick Sip Reviews: “A powerful story about generational abuse and release and the …
I’m happy to announce I’ve sold a new story, “Demon in Aisle 6,” to Nightmare Magazine. The story is about a high school kid who begins seeing a demon in the aisle of a mega mart where he …
I’ll be headed up to Albany this weekend for Albacon. There will be readings! And panels! And general con cheer! Looking forward to a fun weekend talking books! My schedule follows:
Saturday, 10:00 AM — Reading with Mercurio D. …
My story “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies” is out in this month’s Clarkesworld Magazine. It’s a story about generational abuse, repression, and farmers of universes. The first commenter on the story said it would make an …
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking to Kenneth Schneyer’s Science Fiction Lit class at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. His students had read my Nebula-nominated story “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” …
This morning I found this nice mini review of “Cameron Rhyder’s Legs,” my story which appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine back in November:
“What a strange time travel/alternate reality story. A rock concert is the ultimate battleground in a war to …
I’m happy to announce that my Nebula Award-nominated story, “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye,” (米克和全能眼) has just been published in the Chinese language magazine World Chinese SF Association. The story was translated by 耿辉 (Geng Hui), who was …
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