Profile of Nicole Kornher-Stace

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Bio

Nicole Kornher-Stace was born in Philadelphia in 1983, moved from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again by the time she was five, and currently lives in New Paltz, NY, with one husband, two ferrets, one Changeling, and many many books. Her short fiction and poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Best American Fantasy, Clockwork Phoenix 3, and Fantasy Magazine. Her poem "The Changeling Always Wins" placed 2nd in the 2010 short form Rhysling Award, and her short fiction has been longlisted for the British Fantasy Awards and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of one novel, Desideria, her featured poems from the Summer 2009 issue of Goblin Fruit are collected in the chapbook Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties, and her novelette "The Winter Triptych" is forthcoming in paperback from Papaveria Press. Her current novel-in-progress is a blend of steampunk and mythpunk, with a Lady Explorer, a fake Tarot, a workers' rebellion, a demon-possessed airship, and other miscellany. She can be found online at www.nicolekornherstace.com or wirewalking.livejournal.com.

Bibliography

Nicole Kornher-Stace's Campbell-qualifying work:

Notes Toward a Comparative Mythology in Fantasy Magazine, August 2009

The Raccoon's Daughter in Fantasy Magazine, December 2009

 

Novels and Other Bookthings:

Desideria (Prime, 2008)

The Winter Triptych (Papaveria, forthcoming February 2011)

 

Collected Poetry:

Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (Goblin Fruit, 2009)

 

Short Fiction:

"Pieces of Scheherazade," Zahir #9, reprinted in Best American Fantasy (June 2007); Pushcart Prize nominee

"Yell Alley," Rhapsoidia #12, reprinted in Fantasy Magazine, October 2008

"The Promise," Fantasy Magazine (December 2007)

"Seer of Cities," Ideomancer vol 7, issue 1

"Forgetting," Greatest Uncommon Denominator, issue 3

"Lady Glory and the Knave of Spades," Farrago's Wainscot (January 2009)

"Jane," Fantasy Magazine (March 2009)

"Off the Path," Lone Star Stories (April 2009)

"Notes Toward a Comparative Mythology," Jabberwocky 4, reprinted in Fantasy Magazine (August 2009) and longlisted for the 2010 British Fantasy Awards

"The Raccoon's Daughter," Fantasy Magazine (December 2009)

"To Seek Her Fortune," Clockwork Phoenix 3 (July 2010)

 

Poetry:

"Persephone, Returned," Goblin Fruit (April 2009)

"All the Daughters of This House," Lone Star Stories (December 2008)

"The Maiden to the Fox Did Say" (with Amal El-Mohtar), Lone Star Stories (April 2009)

"This is Not a Love Story," Goblin Fruit (July 2009), reprinted in Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (July 2009); Honorable Mention: Best Horror of the Year, vol. 2 (ed. Ellen Datlow)

"Janet Stands Her Ground Before the Queen," Goblin Fruit (July 2009), reprinted in Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (July 2009)

"The Changeling Always Wins," Goblin Fruit (July 2009), reprinted in Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (July 2009); Honorable Mention: Best Horror of the Year, vol. 2 (ed. Ellen Datlow), 2nd place 2010 Rhysling Award short form winner

"The Demon Lover's Child Grows Up," Goblin Fruit (July 2009), reprinted in Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (July 2009)

"Other Difficulties" (with C.S.E. Cooney), Goblin Fruit (July 2009), reprinted in Demon Lovers and Other Difficulties (July 2009); 2010 Rhysling Award nominee

"Two Views from the Shore," Goblin Fruit (April 2010)

"Harvest Season," Goblin Fruit (July 2010)

"The Witch's Heart," Apex (February 2011)