And Speak of the Devil . . . The Mystery Is Solved!

What a difference a day makes. Things move fast at Unknown Anthology and, as of this afternoon, the answers to yesterday’s “mystery” are known. The contents revealed. And the story in question one close to my heart, my very first sale to DAILY SCIENCE FICTION published on August 9 2011, a 1400-word flash piece called “Killer Pot.”

But not a crime story despite the “killer,” it’s rather a tale of a pleasant, bizarre evening between two ex-lovers aided by some really good marijuana. And its new venue a charity anthology, STRANGE WEEDS, with proceeds to go to The Last Prisoner project. We’re looking for weed-centered horror stories of any sub-genre (this from the initial call). How you interpret that, is honestly up to you. Any idea is welcomed as long as it is not demonizing the substance or its users.

So, though stretching the idea of horror a bit, maybe — maybe “surrealism” would be more apt — “Killer Pot” seemed to me to be worth a try. And it is a tale more than ten years old with a probably narrow potential market, that I think is worth offering to readers again. A more or less new generation, as it were.

And how times have changed too in terms of acceptance of the substance in question — of relevance to The Last Prisoner as well! But you won’t have to be high to read “Killer Pot” in its new surroundings, with STRANGE WEEDS still on track for consumption this fall.