Blue Man, Once Upon Future Time 4 Update

Another quick note for “The Writing Life” for the last day of April. This received this morning from Editor/Publisher Logan Uber (cf. March 19, 16), on a lead-up to publishing for a story originally submitted on February 8, a remarkably quick trip from submission, to acceptance, to contract, to entering the editing phase thus far.

Thank you for your patience as we work through all of the edits for “ONCE UPON A FUTURE TIME, VOLUME 4.” If you haven’t yet received a link to a Google Doc for your story don’t be alarmed we’ll have one to you shortly. On a different note, it’s getting close to time to remit payment for your story. Do you have a PayPal, Venmo, or similar account that we can use to send you your payment.

Additionally, please provide a brief author bio of no more than 250 words for inclusion in the book.

And so the information requested has gone back this afternoon. The story, a new one, “The Blue Man,” a far-future set variant on the Charles Perrault fairy tale “Bluebeard” — but with a different, and trickier, ending. This is for an anthology of fairy tales told with a science fiction bent. Or, quoting from the original call: There are as many tales as there are stars in the sky and now is your chance to share yours, once upon a future time.

To see for yourself, check these pages for more information as it becomes known.