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Some open markets and a good review
You've got until tomorrow (November 15) to send poems to Stone Telling for the current open submissions period.
We focus on fantasy, science fiction, surrealism, and slipstream, but would consider outstanding science poetry and non-speculative poetry that fits the flavor of the magazine.
Friends of the Merril contest for speculative short (5000 words ( Read more... ) -
"Sugar Skulls" at Podcastle
My take on a Day of the Dead story (first published in the Hallowe'en -themed anthology Jack-o'-Spec from Raven Electrick), "Sugar Skulls," is now a Miniature (won't take long to listen!) at Podcastle.
The story is beneath the cut if you'd like to read along.
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"Small Adjustments" by Rheea Mukherjee
Tiny little story rec: "Small Adjustments" by Rheea Mukherjee at Every Day Fiction.
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Strange Horizons Fund Drive - 3 days left!
There’s a little over three days left to contribute to the 2012 Strange Horizons fund drive. Strange Horizons has been online for 12 years, pays professional rates, publishes all matter of fiction, poetry, reviews and essays and is dependent on reader donations. If you’ve enjoyed what they offer, please consider donation any amount whatsoever - ( Read more... ) -
Boosting the Signal - do you know Danielle Lee Moyer?
Jaime Lee Moyer is trying to contact her niece - details here, and please feel free to boost the signal in turn.
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The House of Forever Released/Poetry Reading at Summer Studios
My first collection of poetry, The House of Forever, is now available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble!
Many thanks to Karen Romanko of Raven Electrick Ink, who edited the collection and whose photography is featured on the cover.
I'll be participating in a Hallowe'en-themed poetry reading at the Summer Studios in Lomita this Friday, October 26 at ( Read more... ) -
Submissions still open for Aliens: Recent Encounters
Alex Dally MacFarlane is still reading for a reprint anthology she’s editing for Prime Books: Aliens: Recent Encounters. From the guidelines:
I am interested in stories that are exciting, thoughtful - and, most of all, imaginative. As a reader, I am often frustrated by how human-like or dull aliens are. Show me something unexpected and wonderful.
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The Tailor and the Fairy at Toasted Cake
Tina’s book, IRONSKIN, is out! It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain-the ironskin.
I’m looking forward to getting a hold of this.
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Stanislav Petrov Day
On this day in 1983, Stanislav Petrov decided that, when the USSR’s early warning system told him the US had launched five missiles at Russia, it was a lying liar that lies and therefore he reported it as a false alarm. As a result, the human race (as well as many cute animals) were not wiped out (a small tribute is paid to Petrov in “Vesta ( Read more... )