I’m happy to note that 16 Single Sentence Stories has been released in chapbook form. You can buy the physical form for an oh-so-cheap $5, or if you prefer a PDF copy, it’s free at the site. This is a labor of love performed brilliantly by editor Matthew Bennardo and illustrator K. Sekelsky, and it […]
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Time for Some Fanboyish Tomfoolery
So I’m completely stoked to see the Table of Contents of the July issue of Galaxy’s Edge. Not only because it has my story “Teammates” in it, but because of some of the other folks in it–and one in particular. As of July I’ll be able to say I was in the same publication as […]
Read More ...“The Test of Time” Makes it to Amazon
The most crazed of you might have already noticed that, as of this morning, my short story “The Test of Time” is now available at Amazon. This is a fun short story that first appeared in Mike Resnick’s Return of the Dinosaurs. It was always highly rated back when it was on the now-defunct Fictionwise, […]
Read More ...On Spec Arrives
Imagine my joy when I came home from work this evening to find in my mail box a pair of copies of On Spec, complete with my story “Operation Hercules” and Roberta Laurie’s interview of me. I am seriously not used to all this activity around my writing. It’s kinda nice … Don’t know about […]
Read More ...Interstellar Fiction takes “Out of the Fire”
In quickly breaking news, I am happy to announce that I’ve come to agreement with Adam Crouse and the good folks at Interstellar Fiction to have my short story “Out of the Fire” published in their June issue–which should be going up, well, in June. June 1st, to be specific. Very pleased, of course. I […]
Read More ...“Three Days in May” Announced
As noted earlier, John C. Bodin and I are excited to announce that we’ll be releasing “Three Days in May,” an anthology of science fiction related to the Indianapolis 500. We expect to see it drop on or about May 11th, which just so happens to be the day the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for […]
Read More ...Editorial Interest
After my last post, the cherry comes on top with news that a publication to be named later has interest in publishing a short story of mine titled “Out of the Fire.” Working through the details of the contract now, and will provide more detail when the time is perhaps a bit more appropriate. Definitely […]
Read More ...Writing Short Stories — Novel Prep, or Not?
It was a big basketball weekend, of course. My Cardinals of Louisville are riding high, and seem to be a reasonable favorite to win it all. Lots of good teams out there, though, far too much competition left to get particularly cocky. # Myke Cole, a writing acquaintance of mine who I recently met in […]
Read More ...Acceptance(s)
I’m pleased to announce that Kerrie Hughes has accepted “Guardians of Chicago” for publication in her anthology Hex and the City. As I noted in an earlier post, this story drew good attention at the workshop I attended. I’m quite pleased. And the fun doesn’t stop there … I’m also pleased to have received a […]
Read More ...Estimating … Piff!
So the “80s Song Story” turned out to be 3,000 words, rather than 2,500. Who can estimate, eh? This is relevant to a conversation Brigid (my daughter) and I had yesterday. She’s working on a short story as a partial break from her book, and I asked her to guess how long it would be–realizing […]
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