"Eureka!" in WHERE THY DARK EYE GLANCES

I got my contributor copy of Where Thy Dark Eye Glances, coming soon from Lethe Press. See?



It includes my story "Eureka!", which continues my obsession with the Poe Cottage in The Bronx. It's also one of the last stories I wrote before I knew I was going to retire. I actually wrote it on Christmas Day—Olivia was away, it was cold and rainy and I was alone with the dog. Then someone on Facebook posted this song, which I used to love but had forgotten about:



It fit perfectly with the motif of New York's early 1990s goth-nerd scene, and hit the lonely holiday spot as well. Good thing my neighbors weren't home, or they would have heard "Welcome Christmas" about thirty-seven times.

The only link for the book up at the moment is amazon's, so here it is. "Eureka!" is one of my favorite stories, and sometimes stories in theme anthologies tend to be buried, so I hope some of you check it out. The full table of contents is here. Oooh, and speaking of 1990s goth-nerds, Phil Brucato of Mage: The Ascension has a piece in it! Now you HAVE to buy a copy!