Invisible People Snagged For After The Kool-Aid

In the world we live in today, what is more horrific than true life?  Seems everyone has a view and a stance.  So, what will happen after the kool-aid is gone, when decisions have been made and eyes have been opened?  Send us the most political horror story you can imagine.  Specific information:  Stories should be 3,000 – 5,000 word count.

Thus began the guidelines for D&T Publishing’s upcoming anthology, AFTER THE KOOL-AID IS GONE.  So on August 8 — well in time for its August 31 closing — I offered a 4800-word reprint, “Invisible People,” first [image error]published in Winter 1992-3 in DARK INFINITY.  No relation to BLACK INFINITY (cf., coincidentally, August 8, et al.) — I just now noticed the similarity in names myself.  But the story, anyhow, one of how we can become dependent on jobs as defining our place in the world, as well as how we become attuned to ignoring people, like panhandlers, who don’t matter to us.

So, long story short, the word came today from Editor Dawn Shea:  Thank you for your submission to AFTER THE KOOL-AID IS GONE.  We are pleased to inform you that your story has been selected.  Congratulations on your acceptance.

More to come as it becomes known — and, hey, don’t forget to vote in November!