Bat Appreciation Day April 17; Bios, etc., for Reel Dark; Daily SF Proofs

The room is darkened and, behind you, a fluttering sound — the end of the reel being played on an old-style movie projector, or . . . ?�� Well, lest we forget, Friday the 17th of April is Bat Appreciation Day.�� For more on our featherless flying friends, including Fun Bat Facts, one can press here.�� And scroll down to the comments section for a bonus SMILEYBAT.COM link plus an ���origins��� explanation of why this date was chosen.

Or . . . maybe it was the projector or at least cinema related, as Black Wyrm Publishing���s REEL DARK anthology (���Twisted Fantasies Projected on the Flickering Page��� — see also March 24, 13) continues toward its projected (ahem) publication date for World Horror Convention, May 7-10.�� So this is another step in the creation of an anthology, gathering data about the authors, which came about yesterday with a request for a bio, a photo, and e-addresses for the blog, Facebook, etc., to be included, all of which were sent back last night.

Then finally last night I received a proof sheet for my story ���Dead Lines��� from DAILY SCIENCE FICTION, a final step in the publishing process.�� The story is scheduled for four days from now, Tuesday April 21 (cf. March 31, et al.), so the proof, with any corrections, will go back this evening.�� And, in the meantime, for those who don���t subscribe to DAILY SF (you���ll still be able to read ���Dead Lines,��� a tale of New Orleans and mystery along the Mississippi, plus other stories I have in the site���s archives except it won���t go in until a week later — just enter ���Dorr��� [the last name only for this one] in the search box to the right) you could do so now for free on their website, found here.