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July 14, 2013
Clarkesworld: Year Four
For the print readers out there, here's a "heads up". The Clarkesworld: Year Four anthology, including my short story BRIEF CANDLE, should be available some time in the next week or so. Also, I just noticed that all of the back issues on Amazon are also available as POD chapbooks. I don't know if that's new or if I've just been extraordinarily inattentive.
April 16, 2013
When Songs Collide in My Brain
So two Simon and Garfunkel tunes slammed into a song by Bread at a bad intersection in the left half of my brain. The result was a story called "The Long Happy Death of Oxford Brown" which, I just found out, is going to be appearing in a future issue of Asimov's. I know I'm only like the zillionth writer to mentioning drawing inspiration from music, but so far The Alan Parsons Project, Kansas, and Yes, in addition to the two mentioned above, have contributed inspiration to my stories.
February 22, 2013
Neil Clarke, Gardner Dozois, and More Clarkesworld Awesomeness
Clarkesworld Magazine just keeps getting better and better. Neil just announced that the legendary Gardner Dozois is going to be heading up the magazine's new reprint department. It looks like two stories an issue chosen by one of the best of the "best of"ers. You can read the original press release on Neil's site.
August 20, 2011
Asimov's Author Copies
Woot! I got my author copies of the October/November Asimov's today. When I saw the listing for "This Petty Pace" in the TOC, I flashed back to a thirteen-year-old me holding the then-current issue in his hands and thinking "Some day...." Well, it's been a long, weird road from there/then to here/now, but yes, it's just as good a feeling as I thought it would be.
June 22, 2011
Rock isn't dead after all!
I caught Ponywhip at a free show in the neighborhood yesterday. Awesome sound! Just good ol' butt-kicking rock. Benatar-esque vocals (early, pre-popish Benatar, that is), but gutsier. They did an interesting cover of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is".
Do yourself a favor and give a listen to their debut EP.
May 15, 2011
Audio edition of "The Architect of Heaven"
My thanks to Kate Baker for the excellent reading she did of "The Architect of Heaven" in the mid-May Clarkesworld Magazine podcast. She does a nice job of putting just enough acting into the dialog to get the point across and to help keep the different voices distinct. And I loved Valikova's accent!
May 1, 2011
"The Architect of Heaven" is live
The May 2011 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is live with my story The Architect of Heaven in it. I noticed in a note from Neil that the story will get a podcast version on May 15th. That's awesome. I'm assuming Kate Baker will read it. She has this amazing, classical music radio station kind of voice that just sounds great doing readings.
April 27, 2011
Clarkesworld Magazine - May issue
I just got word from Neil over at Clarkesworld Magazine that my short story "The Architect of Heaven" will be appearing in the May issue. Once again, I'll be ToC-mates with Cat Rambo. Neat, huh? Last time, my story "Brief Candle" appeared with her story "The Mermaids Singing Each to Each" back in the November 2009 issue.
