Beatriz Alcana from Lagunos Libros Beunos enthusiastically recommends Lo Salvaje, the Spanish translation of my short story collection, The Wilds: “if what you are looking for is something different, something that shakes you and causes a sardonic smile or perhaps a chill, be sure to ask about this collection of stories in your bookstore” (translated from Spanish).
Xataka, the “leading technology publication in Spanish,” recommends Lo Salvaje, the Spanish translation of my short story collection, The Wilds: “13 estrenos lanzamientos imprescindibles para fin semana: ‘Peninsula’, ‘The Empty man’, Alien: Isolation’ gratis y mucho mas.”
Habemus nueva editorial, Horror Vacui, que quiere publicar obras escritas por mujeres, pero ojo, “que dé cabida a una literatura inquietante, grotesca, monstruosa, que se aleje de las convenciones de una mal llamada «literatura femenina»“. Y arrancan de forma inmejorable, con un libro de relatos de Julia Elliott donde hay espacio para todo: de la ciencia-ficción al horror gótico, de atmósferas apocalípticas a cuentos de hadas, pero siempre con un punto personalísimo.
Sindumanoth: Revista de genero fantastio includes Lo Salvaje, the Spanish translation of The Wilds in “Abril: novedades de fantasía, ciencia, ficción y terror,” calling it “a collection of eleven stories that mix the strangeness of southern Gothic with a suffocating apocalyptic atmosphere, science fiction with the wonderful elements of fairy tales” (translated from Spanish).
Horror Vacui, a new imprint from Barcelona, Spain, has just released the Spanish edition of my story collection The Wilds. Horror Vacui focuses “on the task of publishing literature related to the wild, the monstrous feminine, the grotesque and the disturbing or uncomfortable. [They] are interested in books with potential to map and transform our world, to explore the condition of the human being and its underlying darkness.”
My story “Erl King,” originally published in the “Candy” issue of Tin House, won a Pushcart Prize and has been reprinted in Pushcart Prize XLIV: Best of the Small Presses. 
Pulitzer-prize-winning author Anthony Doerr selected my story “Hellion,” originally published in The Georgia Review, for Best American Short Stories 2019. My story was featured in Selected Shorts: Best American Short Stories with Anthony Doerr at Symphony Space in New York City on October 2, 2019. Actor Donna Lynne Champlin (of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) read “Hellion,” and a recording of her reading is now available as a podcast on NPR.
“Guest host Tayari Jones presents stories about rites of passage between childhood and adulthood. In Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector’s lyrical ‘The First Kiss,’ a young boy has his first brush with the sensual. Pepe Nufrio is the reader. A fiery country girl shows a cool city boy the ropes—and a gator—in ‘Hellion,’ written by Julia Elliott, and read by Donna Lynne Champlin.”
Recently received my contributor’s copy of “Grendel’s Kin,” the amazing monster issue from Conjunctions. Happy to see my story “The Gricklemare” along with work by Sofia Samatar, Brian Evenson, Liz Hand, Lucas Southworth, Joyce Carol Oates, Karen Heuler, Terese Svoboda, and others.
Day 7: Julia Elliott Blends Genres
“THE PROMPT
Choose two very different and seemingly incompatible genres and think about how you might combine them to create an interesting piece of fiction.
Sketch out a plan for a longer story or experiment with a single scene for a story.
Some genres: fantasy, folk tale, sci-fi, dystopian, horror, slipstream, magic realism, fairy tale, mystery, detective, noir, Southern Gothic, Appalachian noir, bodice ripper, gorno, tall tale, picaresque, yarn, mockumentary, conspiracy, parody, LGBTQ, pastiche, dark comedy, slasher, chick-lit, new weird, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, saga, historical, pandemic, alternate history, period piece, ghost story, bildungsroman, feminist sci-fi, action, planetary romance, space western, fan fiction, cyberpunk, post-cyberpunk, nanopunk, steampunk, biopunk, superhero, new age, forensic, psychological thriller, docudrama, medical drama, slapstick, Christian, instructional, self-help, dinosaur erotica, cli-fi, postmodern, memoir, disaster, family saga, high fantasy, epistolary novel, fake blog, fictional autobiography, Afrofuturism, fictional biography, space opera, reality, supernatural, speculative, roman a clef, young adult, zombie, wuxia, vampire, allegory, epic, comedy of manners, melodrama, travelogue, creepy kids, splatter, etc. etc. . . .”
“Welcome to the first edition of Ask Adam Anything, a new column where I — Adam Morgan, founder of the Chicago Review of Books and Southern Review of Books, freelance culture critic by night and corporate content strategist by day — answer any questions you might have about books (including reading recommendations) as well as writing and editing careers (whether you’re pursuing freelance opportunities or full-time roles).” In his first edition, Adam recommends Southern horror and sci-fi.
My story “Erl King,” originally published in the “Candy” issue of Tin House, won a 2020 Pushcart Prize and has been published in Pushcart Prize XLIV: Best of the Small Presses. 