A Happy Announcement! Demons!

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A Happy Announcement! Demons!

July 11, 2011 by Mercedes

Friends! I can’t tell you how cool this is, and how excited I am! My little ole story “Daisies and Demons” has made it into John Skipp’s very cool Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed anthology. Can’t you just taste my excitement? Do you see this super fantastic group of peopleI’m sharing a TOC with? Happy Dances for all!

Demons is slated to come out this October. I’ll sign my story with a lipstick kiss if you bring it to me.

CHERUB – Adam-Troy Castro
THE DEVIL – Guy de Maupassant
THE BOOK – Margaret Irwin
THE MONKEY’S PAW – W.W. Jacobs
THE HOUND – H.P. Lovecraft
…THE BLACK CAT – Edgar Allan Poe
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER – Stephen Vincent Benet
NELLTHU – Anthony Boucher
THE HOWLING MAN – Charles Beaumont
THE EXORCIST (excerpt) – William Peter Blatty
HELL – Richard Christian Matheson
VISITATION – David J. Schow
…BEST FRIENDS – Robert R. McCammon
INTO WHOSE HANDS – Karl Edward Wagner
PILGRIMS TO THE CATHEDRAL – Mark Arnold
THE BESPELLED – Kim Harrison
NON QUIS, SED QUID – Maggie Stiefvater
DEMON GIRL – Athena Villaverde
HE WAITS – K.H. Koehler
HAPPY HOUR – Laura Lee Bahr
…STAYING THE NIGHT – Amelia Beamer
DAISIES AND DEMONS – Mercedes M. Yardley
AND LOVE SHALL HAVE NO DOMINION – Livia Llewellyn
MOM – Bentley Little
20TH LEVEL CHAOTIC EVIL ROGUE SEEKS WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO CONQUER – Weston Ochse
CONSUELA HATES A VACUUM – Cody Goodfellow
OUR BLOOD IN ITS BLIND CIRCUIT – J. David Osborne
EMPTY CHURCH – James Steele
…ANGELOLOGY (excerpt) –Danielle Trussoni
THE CODA OF SOLOMON – Nick Mamatas
John Skipp THE LAW OF RESONANCE – Zak Jarvis
STUPID FUCKING REASON TO SELL YOUR SOUL – Carlton Mellick III
HALT AND CATCH FIRE – Violet LeVoit
SCARS IN PROGRESS – Brian Hodge
THE UNICORN HUNTER – Alethea Kontis
OTHER PEOPLE – Neil Gaiman

Posted in Writing | Tagged anthology, Demons, Halloween, I did a wild dance when I received this acceptance, John Skipp, lipstick kisses, Mercedes M. Yardley, Neil Gaiman | 15 Comments

15 Responses

on July 11, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Reply Lee Thompson

Hot damn, can’t wait to get it, M! Huge congrats! *Dance*
on July 11, 2011 at 2:36 pm | Reply Damien Walters Grintalis

Congratulations, Mercedes! That is made of awesome!!
on July 11, 2011 at 2:37 pm | Reply S. Nycole Laff

What an awesome collection! I can’t wait either! Congratulations!!!!
on July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm | Reply Ardee-ann

Wow, how exciting for you!!! What great company to be in with!!!! I know you are AMPED!!!!! WOOT!!!!!

Congratulations dear Mercedes!!!! Good show!!!!

Ardee-ann
on July 11, 2011 at 3:32 pm | Reply Amanda C. Davis

Geez, woman! Congratulations!
on July 11, 2011 at 3:46 pm | Reply Simon L.

You bet your sweet stilettos I’ll be getting that page signed and sealed, darlin’! Congratulations!
on July 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm | Reply Carrie Harris

Holy crapsticks, woman. That. Is. Awesome.
on July 11, 2011 at 10:58 pm | Reply Natalie L. Sin

Woot!
on July 12, 2011 at 3:36 am | Reply littlegirlwithabigpen

Wonderful news! Congratulations!
on July 12, 2011 at 5:16 am | Reply Cate Gardner

That has to be the awesomest sale ever. Fantastic news.
on July 12, 2011 at 5:39 am | Reply Linda Fausnet

Fabulous. Congratulations! !
on July 13, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Reply Mercedes

Thank you so much, you guys! I’m pretty thrilled. Actually, I’m much more excited than that. I’m dancing!
on July 15, 2011 at 8:14 am | Reply Alan Davidson

Wicked!
on July 18, 2011 at 8:28 am | Reply Gef Fox

Fanastic news. Congrats. Those are some weighty names I see you sharing the spotlight with, so kudos on that. Up, up, and away!
on July 18, 2011 at 8:28 am | Reply Gef Fox

Fantastic, even.