"The Oracle of Building 42" went off to Asimov's today. One of the pro reviewers from the Baycon workshop said he thought it was something Sheila Williams might like. So, I figure it's worth a try!

Now I have no more excuses for not either starting something new (out of one of the half-bakedformed ideas floating around in my head), or getting ( Read more... )

Stories off to Clarkesworld Magazine and The Harrow this week.

Someone posted to The Rumor Mill about a sale to Neo-opsis. I've had one there since the beginning of August, and was notified some while back that it went into a 2d read pile...so maybe there's still reason to hope.

Also have one that's been in the queue at
IGMS since mid-October ( Read more... )

The holidays were pretty much insane, and before that I wasn't very well for a couple of weeks following Thanksgiving. So I am ashamed to admit I didn't accomplish very much in December at all.

A few things have happened though, so I will report:

"White Death" is now online at The Harrow. Yay!

I WON the Apex Digest drawing for displaying a ( Read more... )

Well, NaNoWriMo is over for another year, and at 25,998 total words, I am not a winner. But, heh, I'm not a loser either :-). I really did get what I wanted out of the effort: it forced me to establish some better writing habits and learn to make use of little dribs of time ( Read more... )

"The Resurrection Men" is still in the slush at Cutting Block Press's Horror Library, Vol 2".

"The Proust Effect" is at Intergalactic Medicine Show, awaiting its turn for rejection.

Aberrant Dreams has had "The Stampeders" since the end of July. Their guidelines say 1-5 months, so I guess in another month I can start to whine ( Read more... )

Tangent Online reviewed Apex Digest, issue #7, including my story, "Promise Them Aught"!

They liked it!

Let's see if this works:


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Just sent "The Proust Effect" off to Intergalactic Medicine Show.

Fingers crossed.

Sent "The Resurrection Men" off to the Horror Library Volume 2 anthology.

Apex Digest issue #7 is out! Got my copies Saturday! It is gorgeous to look at, and a wonderful read (if I do say so myself!).

Meanwhile, Trabucco Road rejected me"The Resurrection Men" in the end. So, back to market seeking for that one and "The Proust Effect."