Cat Rambo (born November 14, 1963) is an American

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and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...

writer and editor. Rambo uses they/them pronouns. Rambo was co-editor of '' Fantasy Magazine'' from 2007 to 2011, which earned them a 2012 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional nomination. They collaborated with

Jeff VanderMeer Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy. The t ...

on ''The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories'', published in 2007. Their short stories have appeared in such places as ''

Asimov's ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication ...

'', ''

Clarkesworld Magazine ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabet ...

'' and ''

Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 2 ...

''. In 2012, their story "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain" was a Nebula Award finalist. Their first novel, ''Beasts of Tabat'', was published by Wordfire Press in 2015 and is the first of a fantasy quartet. Rambo writes predominantly fantasy and science fiction. They collaborated in a New Weird round-robin writing project for editors by

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and

, published in the 2008 anthology ''The New Weird'' ("Festival Lives", pp. 365). A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and

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, they also work with '' Armageddon MUD'', as Sanvean, and write gaming articles. Their background in technology writing includes work for

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and Security Dynamics. They are a member of the

Codex Writers Group The Codex Writers’ Group also known as Codex is an online community of active speculative fiction writers. Codex was created in January 2004. The Codex Writers’ Group won the 2021 Locus Special Award. History and membership requirements Co ...

and, in 2008, was appointed chair of the Copyright Committee of the

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(SFWA). In 2008, they donated their archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a Public university, public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of ...

. Rambo served two two-year terms as President of the

from 2015 through 2019 following one year as Vice President. They were the co-editor with Fran Wilde of ''Ad Astra: the SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook'' (2015). Rambo will be the Writer Guest of Honor at

Norwescon Norwescon is one of the largest regional science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States. Located in SeaTac in Washington state, Norwescon has been running continuously since 1978. "Norwescon" was also the name of the 8th World Sc ...

44 in April, 2022.

Bibliography

Novels

Standalone

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Tabat Quartet

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Novellas

Chapbook form

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Collections

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Short fiction

* "The Bumblety's Marble" (2008) in '' Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy'' (ed. Ekaterina Sedia) * "Clockwork Fairies" (2011). Tor.com. ISBN 9781429927567. * "A Man and His Parasite" (2013) in
SQ Mag, Edition 8
' (ed. Sophie Yorkston) * *

References

External links

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Fantasy Magazine

"Worm Within"
(short story), ''

'', September 2008
"The Surgeon's Tale"
(short story with

), ''

Subterranean Magazine Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. In addition to publishing novels, short story ...

'', Winter 2007
"I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said"
(short story), ''Clarkesworld'', July 2007
"Foam on the Water"
(short story), ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, an ...

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