The 2009 Recommended Reading List from Locus has gone live.
I’m amazed and pleased to see that my story Early Winter, Near Jenli Village made the list. Quite an honor. I also spotted my WOTF-mate Sarah Edwards on the list, as well as Kij Johnson and several others whose blogs I regularly peruse. (If I try to list them all, I will doubtless miss someone…and feel terribly ashamed!)
My short story “Fleurs du Mal” has sold to Beneath Ceaseless Skies. The date for publication is pending. I’m very pleased to have another story in this fine publication!
Lois Tilton kindly included my Early Winter, Near Jenli Village on her Year’s Best list (10 best Fantasy Stories published in 2009). It was my only story to see print in 2009, so I’m glad someone noticed it.
She notes that her lists often differ from the other reviewers–partially a matter of taste, but also due to the absence of anthologies from her reading selections. She’s strictly on the periodicals beat. That’s fine with me. Either way, I’m absolutely floored, and so grateful that she liked that story.
I now know a bit more about the contents of the next volume of Alembical. It looks as if the TOC will include:
“The Paragon Lure” by Tony Pi,
“Second Chance” by David D. Levine,
and “Iron Shoes” by J. Kathleen Cheney
I don’t know the order for the TOC yet, but I’m pleased to be in such wonderful company!
“Snow Comes to Hawk’s Folly” has been picked up by the Panverse All-Novella Anthology Series (Panverse One is available at Amazon now).
This story is a sequel to “Iron Shoes,” which is expected to come out in February of 2010 in Alembical 2. Panverse Two is expected to be available in May 2010, so they’re close enough together to make me very happy!
“Iron Shoes” is set in 1905 Saratoga Springs, while “Snow Comes to Hawk’s Folly” is set three years later, in 1908. I have worked on a third in this series, set in 1933, but it will be a while before that one gets out. ;o)
I am just tickled pink to be included in this anthology, and I know that it’s going to be a fantastic combination.
…that my story “Masks of War,” originally published in Fantasy Magazine in July of 2008, recevied an Honorable Mention from the editor of The Year’s Best Horror, which is quite an honor.
The story is still available on-line free, and I’ll leave it to the readers to decide whether or not they would call this a ‘horror’ story.
I’ve just added my short story “Touching the Dead” to my website, for those who haven’t had the opportunity to read it in its entirety.
This story was originally printed in Jim Baen’s Universe, back in June of 2007, and was selected for The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe 2, which came out in July of 2008.
Just click on the name on the navigation bar to give it a read!
ArmadilloCon 31 was a blast, and I happily survived my first stint as an instructor for the writing workshop….my first time to be on that side of the table. I had a wonderful time catching up with all the great Texas fans and writers, and am really looking forward to FenCon (which is coming up in September).
“Early Winter, Near Jenli Village” is available now at Fantasy Magazine. Click here to go to the story.
