EdgeZero 2018
This fourth edition of EdgeZero brings the best stories either published or participating in a competition in 2018. A skilled jury comprising writers, publishers, editors and critics reviewed over 100 stories for this edition, and distilled a top 16 of stories from either well-known or promising writers.
Within this anthology you will find the short story ‘Born to Misfortune’ (Dutch: “Voor het ongeluk geboren”), which not only came in 5th at the Harland Awards 2018 but also 3rd in the EdgeZero Award 2018.
Language: Dutch
You can read the stories for free here!
You can order this anthology as paperback here.
Legends of the Liemers (Dutch: Legenden uit de Liemers)
D
id you know an entire village drowned in the lake of Breuly? Do you know the story of Mechteld trying to prove she’s not a witch? Have you ever heard the knights Ploen and Magerhorst fight on Christmas Eve? Do you know why the Babberich estate is sometimes called Castle Halsaf? Have you ever met the Montferland wight for a dance? Have you ever wondered what makes the Sevenaer castle so special? And do you know the bittersweet story of Fredegunde of the Nevelhorst?
De Liemers is a country teeming with legends, with folk tales. Working with Rebers Boek and Buro, the fantasy- and thriller-authors of Nimisa Publishing House each chose one of these legends, and re-told it. With Nimisa a coöperation of authors, they managed to deliver an artistic work the likes of which a traditional publisher would never have been able to create.
Jeroen Mies has graced the anthology with digitally enhanced photographs of the different settings the Liemers-legends take place in.
Legends from the Liemers is available in book stores, online and at the Nimisa webshop from the second week of June.
Language: Dutch
Historical Stories
(Dutch: Historische Verhalen)
Diversity is what marks this third collection of historical stories, not only written by a wide array of authors, but also set across various eras and epochs. In this collection, for instance, you will witness the struggles of an orphan girl in seventeenth century London, a mason in ancient Egypt facing the daunting task set by his master, the pharaoh, and a pair of priests caring for Charlemagne’s sick elephant.
Historical Stories III is the third in a series of anthologies by publishing house Historische Verhalen. All stories go accompanied by historical notes from the authors themselves. For this anthology, Wouter van Gorp wrote the short story “The last hours of Abbas” (Dutch: De laatste uren van Abbas), about the elephant Abul-Abbas, which Charlemagne received as a gift from the caliph Harun-al-Rashid.
Language: Dutch.
You can order this collection here.
Those who stay
(Dutch: Achterblijvers)
Not all farm boys turn to a life of adventure.
Not all princesses allow a handsome prince to take them away to their far-off kingdom. Not all scientists join an expedition to another planet and not every teen chooses to be remade to the newest model cyborg. There are stories to tell about ‘Those who stay’. What motivates them? How do they deal with isolation? What is it they look forward to?
‘Those who stay’ (Dutch: Achterblijvers) (2018) is a collection of short stories published by Godijn Publishing, in which twenty-five authors give twenty-five different views on what it means to ‘stay behind’ in genre literature. From sci-fi to fantasy, mythology to thriller. In this collection, you’ll find Van Gorp’s story “The Raven, The Woman, The Mosaic” (Dutch: “De Raaf, de Vrouw, het Mozaïek”), which came in 5th.
Language: Dutch
You can order this anthology here!
EdgeZero 2017
This third edition of EdgeZero brings the best stories either published or participating in a competition in 2017. A skilled jury comprising writers, publishers, editors and critics reviewed over 150 stories for this edition, and distilled a top 15 of stories from either well-known or promising writers.
Within this anthology you will find the short story ‘With Best Intentions’ (Dutch: “De Beste Bedoelingen”), which not only came in 5th at the Harland Awards 2017 but also 4th in the EdgeZero Award 2017.
Language: Dutch
You can read the stories for free here!
You can order this anthology as paperback here.
Vonk Magazine
Vonk is a blog with stories, reviews, news and articles about Dutch fantasy, science fiction and horror. In February 2019 my short story “Koperslag” was published on this site.
The stories on this site will periodically be compiled as an ebook.
You can read this story here.