5 things in the snow

1. Fantasy Magazine is having a poll to choose their best story from 2010. "After the Dragon" is on the ballot. (They're running a similar poll for Lightspeed .

2. Texas writer/artist/reviewer Melissa Mia Hall died last week because, not having health insurance, she couldn't afford to see a doctor. This won't happen to me because I got lucky, but it could happen to many of my friends.

What gives us the right to call ourselves a civilized country again?

3. matociquala 's The Sea Thy Mistress is officially out today.

4. Baby Amur leopard meets snow.

5. #5 is that I need to get off my ass and feed the cats, so I can make my dressage lesson. Excelsior!