Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about and have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine.
My pick for this week is a kickstarter anthology I backed almost a year ago, a queer SFF adventure anthology of high femmes & dashing (swords)women…
Title: Silk & Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology
Author: Janine A. Southard
Publisher: Cantina Publishing
Publication Date: Nov. 28 2020
Genres: Epic Fantasy
Shelves: Female-authored, Female-fronted
There are many ways to be a heroine.
Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills.
“Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”
Herein, you’ll find duels and smugglers, dance battles and danger noodles, and even a new Swordspoint story!
From big names and bold new voices, these stories are fun, clever, and always positive about the power of love.
Ellen Kushner | Aliette de Bodard | Yoon Ha Lee | Neon Yang | Jennifer Mace | Django Wexler | Freya Marske | Claire Bartlett | K.A. Doore | Alison Tam | Ann LeBlanc | Cara Patterson | Chris Wolfgang | Elaine McIonyn | Elizabeth Davis | S.K. Terentiev | Kaitlyn Zivanovich
First, that cover is just lovely — and the premise even better! And yes indeedy, the gentlewoman and the warrior are best together 🙂
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Oh my goodness! What an impressive lineup of authors… No wonder you’re looking forward to this one – I hope the stories are as stormingly good as you are entitled to anticipate that they will be!
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I am a pushover for Kickstarter anthologies, and this sounds like the stories have a nice twist on the usual!
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And a solid group of authors too!
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Ooh, this one sounds really good! Haven’t heard of it till now, thanks for sharing!
Lisa Loves Literature’s Wednesday post
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Love the cover art!
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I’m also SUPER excited for this! Hopefully it’s still set to ship out to backers in November. 🙂
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