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"Convergence" in 3LBE
A first for me: two sales within a week.
"Convergence" will appear in the next issue of Three-Lobed Burning Eye. -
Leningrad, The Witcher, and Other Fictions
W00t! I'm happy to report that "Leningrad," formerly code-named "Beethoven's Bust," will appear in Fantasy Magazine. The story indeed features said bust. And Shostakovich.
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I've been working on "Chelovek," mixing some research while writing. Currently am reading Ivan the Terrible by Payne and Romanoff. It's an easy, quick read--a good way ( Read more... ) -
"Long Winter by Night" at GUD
"Long Winter by Night" will appear in Greatest Uncommon Denominator's Issue #4 (Spring 2009.) W00t! As always, thanks to my_own_petard for her invaluable feedback and support! -
Jackson
I'm in Jackson, Wyoming, and the wide open beauty is swallowing me. The East is so much more claustrophobic; it'd be easy to lose yourself here, in any and all ways.
See you in a few days, my_own_petardOnce I'm in California, I hope to make one last editing pass on "Beethoven's Bust," final name "Leningrad." "Chelovek" will be longer than I anticipated, and ( Read more... ) -
To Die in the Summer
"He wanted to die in the summer - and he died in the summer," she said. "He wanted to die at home - and he died at home. In general I should say that Alexander Isaevich lived a difficult but happy life." (Digression. I do indeed like this quote. I'm plastering it here for future reference ( Read more... ) -
Bradbury and PKD and Me?
Pretty good review of "The Artificial Sunlight of Memory" from Electric Velocipede 14 at The Fix. In spite of any downside in mentioning "refurb"ishness, I will gladly accept sharing a paragraph with and comparisons to Bradbury and PKD.
For that reason, quite possibly my favorite review EVAH. Not that there are dozens to list. But still. -
Chelovek
Codename "Chelovek" will be brought to you by Okerrkil River (Down the River of Golden Dreams and Stage Names in particular) and just a smidgen of Breathe Owl Breathe (Ghost Glacier EP.) And a touch of furious in-car plotting with Frank Black & the Catholics ("All My Ghosts," "Back to Rome," "Six Sixty Six," "Solid Gold" from Frank Black & the ( Read more... ) -
SnapCracklePop
Nothing like the smell of thawed chicken necks and squid in an enclosed area. Why, yes, the refrigerator in the cottage died yesterday. I may have a new one by Monday ( Read more... ) -
And the Magic 8 Ball Says. . . Screwed Again
Thanks to the glorious double-dip of the living broke while performing national service and still getting taxed and the subsequent using the ed award and interest accrued while serving payment and also getting taxed, I owe nearly one grand total to the federal government and to the state this year. Couldn't even deduct money put toward my 403(b) ( Read more... ) -
Rock that Ghetto Goat
Received replacement drum pads and icky Strat guitar for Rock Band today. I just don't like the Strat, but it seems to be working fine now. It's good to have properly working drum pads, though, and M. hooked me up with a pair of drumsticks from a flea market. Which is good, since he split an old (previously damaged by me) stick on Thursday night ( Read more... )