a little fire to keep things interesting

Just scooting by to mention that Solaris Rising, edited by Ian Whates, is out.  It's been reviewed by Lois Tilton at Locus Online, and she seems to quite like it.

I've only published a handful of short stories, and this is one of them. Absurdly proud of it. 

Here's the TOC
"A Smart-Mannered Uprising of the Dead" by Ian McDonald"The Incredible Exploding Man" by Dave Hutchinson"Sweet Spots" by Paul di Filippo"Best SF of the Year Three" by Ken MacLeod"The One that Got Away" by Tricia Sullivan"Rock Day" by Stephen Baxter"Eluna" by Stephen Palmer"Shall I Tell You the Problem with Time Travel?" by Adam Roberts"The Lives and Deaths of Che Guevara" by Lavie Tidhar"Steel Lake" by Jack Skillingstead"Mooncakes" by Mike Resnick and Laurie Tom"At Play in The Fields" by Steve Rasnic Tem"How We Came Back From Mars" by Ian Watson"You Never Know" by Pat Cadigan"Yestermorrow" by Richard Salter"Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions" by Jaine Fenn"Eternity's Children" by Eric Brown and Keith Brooke"For the Ages" by Alastair Reynolds"Return of the Mutant Worms" by Peter F. HamiltonAs I was typing this, stevemorris just walked in with the news that the bigtime MMA gym where he's supposed to be teaching tomorrow has burnt down. 

Steve has a very interesting life.  I wonder what will happen next.