Who is Jay Lake?
- Award-winning author of four novels and over 200 short stories
- Frequent guest at conventions, conferences and workshops
- Acclaimed anthology editor
- Winner of the 2004 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
- Multiple Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee
- 2008 Sidewise Award finalist
- 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist (the other Campbell Award)
- First place winner in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest
- Represented by Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency
Interviews: Locus | Bloggasm (concerning my experiences with cancer)
Audio: My books at Audible.com | METAtropolis
Free download of “In the Forests of the Night” read by Michael Hogan
Contact: jlake@jlake.com | Twitter: jay_lake
Latest Post
[links] Link salad for a windy Wednesday
A reader reacts to Escapement [ Powell's | Amazon ] — I think she liked it.
Green Man Review covers the audiobook METAtropolis [iTunes]
The Guardian reviews Steampunk — I am mentioned favorably and in good company.
“The Great Chrononaut Halls of Wonder” at wicked fair — In which I sponsor an art contest.
tongodeon on Memory as Story and Narrative — [...]
Short Fiction Online
- “The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black“
- “Adagio for Flames and Jealousy“
- “The Angle of my Dreams“
- “The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home from the Stars“, with Ruth Nestvold (reprinted in Year’s Best Science Fiction, vol. 23)
- “The Cleansing Fire of God“
- “Green Grow the Rushes-Oh“
- “The Hangman Isn’t Hanging“
- “Jack’s House“
- “The Trick of Disaster“
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| The River Knows Its Own |
American Sorrows | Dogs In the Moonlight |
Greetings From Lake Wu |
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Anthologies and Editing Projects
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| TEL : Stories | All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories |
Polyphony 6 | Polyphony 5 |
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| Polyphony 4 | Polyphony 3 | Polyphony 2 | Polyphony 1 |
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| Greetings From Lake Wu (slipcase limited edition) |
Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (chapbook) |
Christmas Season (chapbook) (out of print) |
Loving Julius (chapbook) (out of print) |
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