When I did my post on Grimpink last month Gaie Sebold left a comment saying, “It’s funny ‘cos it (could be) true.” Well, scratch the “could be”. The picture above is of the Nerf Rebelle crossbow from a new Hasbro range designed to appeal to female fans of The Hunger Games. They already have a range of bows, of course, but someone in marketing decided that girls would not want one unless they could get one in pink. Jane Martinson has had a rant at The Guardian so that I don’t have to.

By the way, I did talk to Kameron Hurley at World Fantasy. She said she’d rather contribute a story than co-edit. One or two other people expressed interest too. But I have some other WTP projects to get out of the way first.