toe-mash and sweeter things

Monday's State-of-the-Toe: Party-toe don't stop the beat until the po-po shuts it down. Which is to say, it's still throbbing and now more purpley than before, but I crammed it into a pair of Keds in order to run a Walgreens errand all the same. Now I'm afraid to remove the shoe for fear of what I'll find. (Prediction: Bloody sock.)

But in better, less-toe-pulpy news, Boneshaker is a finalist for the 2010 Locus Award! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who went over there and cast a vote — I'm...