Airships & Automations Now in Paper; Poem Posted by ChiZine for ���S.P.��� Month

As promised (cf. March 31, 19, et al.), the word has come from Chuck Zaglanis of White Cat Publications that the steampunk anthology AIRSHIPS & AUTOMATONS is now out in paperback as well as electronically.�� This is the one with my ���Tombs��� story ���Raising the Dead,��� about chasing souls in a clockwork-driven aerial balloon.�� The anthology, in fact, follows aeronautics (as well as robotics) throughout the centuries, starting in ancient Greece and ending in . . . well . . . the aforementioned far-future, dying Earth of the Tombs.

More information on AIRSHIPS & AUTOMATIONS, including ordering via Amazon, can be found here.

Also in today���s email, this arrived from�� CHIZINE:�� Happy April Fool’s Day everyone!

But now, the real news!

It’s April and that means it’s National Poetry Month!�� Except at ChiZine.�� Here, it’s . . . yes . . . Shitty Poetry Month!�� Back by popular demand!�� You could be the winner of the Shitty Poetry Belt (TM)*!�� Can you take it away from the current title holder. . . ?

Yes, it���s, um, that time for poetry of all shapes and flavors and — after all, why not? — this year I have an entry myself in the first round.�� Called ���The Vampire���s Soliloquy��� and with a special tip of the chapeau to William Shakespeare, it and five others can be found here.�� And voted on too (note, polls close on Sunday for Round 1 poems).�� Dare I ask?

Or, to go back to the words of CHIZINE:�� Vote for your favourite poem in week one.�� Voting ends Sunday at midnight.�� Winner of this round goes on to compete with the final round poems!