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Petals and Sometimes Heron
Accidental double publication day!
First up, a day early, The Petals, over at Daily Science Fiction, the latest in the ongoing series of flash fairy tales that I genuinely do hope to finish, with the framing story, at some point. (Glances at the Excel sheet tracking that series.) Whoops! Well, in the meantime, at least this one is out ( Read more... ) -
Proposed changes to Hugo Awards
Quite a lot of people just directed my attention to The Sasquan business meeting agenda, which will be discussing some proposed changes to the Hugo Awards. As a short fiction writer and a novel reader, I'm an interested party, sorta, I guess, but budget limitations mean that I won't be making it to Sasquan this year. So here are some initial, not ( Read more... ) -
A note found beneath a moonstone
The latest issue of inkscrawl, one of my favorite poetry zines, just went up, with my poem A note found beneath a moonstone. Enjoy! -
A place without bookstores
This month, the local Barnes and Noble - a place that, in the winter, I could reach via my electric trike - closed down. According to the employees, this particular Barnes and Noble was doing well - better, they said proudly, than the Barnes and Noble up in Altamonte Springs (which is still open). And presumably less well than the Barnes and Noble ( Read more... ) -
The Dollmaker's Rage
My latest little story, "The Dollmaker's Rage," up on Daily Science Fiction this morning. -
Inhabiting Your Skin
My latest short story, Inhabiting Your Skin, just popped up over at Apex Magazine, along with an interview with me ( Read more... ) -
SFWA Cookbook now available for preorder!
The The SFWA Cookbook is now available for preorder. I am, to be honest, slightly embarrassed about my own contribution to this, but then again, this has resulted in probably your one and only chance to see me in a Table of Contents with Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. I know.
Beyond that highly unlikely combination, the book also contains ( Read more... ) -
A genuine puzzle:
For Christmas, my brother gave my mother a jigsaw puzzle comprised of old family photos. She loved it, but had just one tiny, tiny problem putting it together: the puzzle was missing one piece. Finally, she took it back apart without finding said piece, and passed the puzzle over to me ( Read more... ) -
Hugo awards, continued: About those "no further revisions"
Black Gate has withdrawn itself from Hugo consideration.
Black Gate was nominated in the Best Fanzine category. -
Hugo nominations, updates, continued
The Hugo ballot has changed again, with a press release for this that includes the hopeful phrase: "The ballot is now going to the printer and there will be no further revisions ( Read more... )