Ilona's World

James Dorr has posted a link to another short story, While the Waters Nearer Roll in his blog. It is worth reading. (This story was published in the Oct, 2007 issue of MAGUSZINE.) He is the author of two collections by Dark Regions Press (Darker Loves; Strange Mistresses) and one novella. (The latter, The Garden, is available from Damnation Books). His stories and poetry have appeared in many magazines around the world. Visit his blog to read some more.

With A Rose Between Her Teeth is a funny short story about expats in Spain by Valerie Collins . ( Click here to download it.) This story is also included in the Writers Abroad Anthology of Expat Stories . Valerie Collins is co-author of In The Garlic, an English language guide-book to all things Spanish . Her short stories have recently appeared in two antologies and she is working on a novel.

This has been one of my most successful poems so far . It was voted Nr9 in The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll in 2005. Trial Rightful or unjust? It's the place of claims and pleas and lies. Questions reverberate on the corridors of the mind. The hall is crowded and all want to get into the court room. It's the place where I defended rapists, crooks, the man-eater and the vivisector. But who will defend me, the most terrible monster of all? A long row of corpses turn up, they were all called to testify. © Ilona Hegedus, May 2005 First Published in Whispers of Wickedness, June 2005. This poem also appeared in my (self-published) book of genre poetry,Uneartly Companion in 2005.(It's not on sale anymore.)

I decided to include here some of my previously published poems (SF/F/H) . I was planning to put them onto my website, but then it occurred to me that my blog is also a good place for that. :)

Do you like books that include loveable characters, heroism, grandeur, humor and crime? Dead Even , the latest book in Frank Zafiro's fascinating River City series is now available from Gray Dog Press. This time it's a short story collection, not a novel. I reviewed the first novel, Under A Raging Moon some years ago for Novelspot. (Those of you who do not know the series, can read my review of it here .)

A sci-fi poem of mine will appear in Aoife's Kiss in June, and a fantasy poem will be in Sounds of the Night in Febr. In the meantime, you can read some of my older poems here: Clarissa , Ruler , Healer , Ghost Story ,(these are from 2004 and 2005.) I will revamp the website soon, and I'll include more poems, too.

I dedided to revive this blog. There will be new blog posts here on books, sf, movies , and sometimes even on tv series and comedy.

I started a Twitter account today. http://twitter.com/IlonaHegedus