With Daulton's passing, this online journal is now ended.

Thank you for reading. And thank you, Daulton, for years of laughter and beloved tyrrany.

So, after much discussion, including a consultion with his personal physician, Daulton has decided to retire after almost 22 yrs of active duty as both muse, mascot, CEO of Lethe Press, and dictator. As he was telling me bon voyage, he told me not to worry as he'll be off battling evil in another dimension. I wish him well.


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So, I probably have stated before how much I am haunted by my Clarion 2006 experience. Dispassionate instructors, grown men and women reduced to high school antics and cliques, the focus on speed over quality, first drafts used as a measurement for whether or story is viable. All these are terrible, terrible aspects of Clarion. Six weeks of ( Read more... )

Just saying.

So I'm still open to reading new stories for the zombie chronology anthology I'm editing for Prime Books. Deadline is January 1st. I'm no longer interested in tales that take place after 1800 ( Read more... )

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Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe-Poe the Man ( Read more... )

I really would like to include a story set during 5th or 6th century B.C.E. for the Zombies anthology. The base pay for original work is 3 cents a word, but, for something brilliant incorporating Charon's obol, I could go higher. No word limit. Preferably, myth would be more of a backdrop - I don't want a high fantasy tale with Greek trappings but ( Read more... )

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