Wherein I share a ToC with Neil Gaiman

I LIVE.

I survived World Fantasy Con and had an absolute blast. I managed to complete a Poem-A-Day and make slow progress on my Clockwork Crown copyedits even during the con, which made me feel like a real writer. Fun fact: real writers are also sleep-deprived.

[Me working on copyedits on the flight to DC.]

The good news is that I mailed in my copyedits Sunday morning. Now I have a back log of other smaller projects to get done before I start work on a Top Secret Project that has a very tight deadline. It doesn’t look like I get to slack off for the holidays this year. I must do All the Things.

One of the nifty things about being at a convention is that you get told about good news. I knew I had a reprint story that had been requested for inclusion in Twelfth Planet Press’s Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013, but the full Table of Contents was announced the day I was mostly offline as I flew cross-country.

So I was pretty gobsmacked to find out I’m sharing the book with Neil Gaiman. And my story follows his. Gulp.

The full ToC:

Selkie Stories Are For Losers – Sofia Samatar

By Bone-Light – Juliet Marillier

The Myriad Dangers – Lavie Tidhar

Carpet – Nnedi Okorafor

I Gave You My Love by the Light of the Moon – Sarah Rees Brennan

57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides – Sam J. Miller

The Minotaur Girls – Tansy Rayner Roberts

Not With You, But With You – Miri Kim

Ghost Town – Malinda Lo

December – Neil Gaiman

An Echo in the Shell – Beth Cato

Dan’s Dreams – Eliza Victoria

As Large As Alone – Alena McNamara

Random Play All and the League of Awesome – Shane Halbach

Mah Song – Joanne Anderton

What We Ourselves Are Not – Leah Cypess

The City of Chrysanthemum – Ken Liu

Megumi’s Quest – Joyce Chng

Persimmon, Teeth, and Boys – Steve Berman

Flight – Angela Slatter

We Have Always Lived on Mars – Cecil Castellucci

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The book should be out in just a few weeks! Pretty darn good note to end the year on, I think.