Good News, Everyone

It's been an exciting few months--publications and sales enough to make me wonder when the other shoe is going to drop. My story "Semiosis" came out in Fiction Vortex. Primarily a love note to the silver age sci-fi I read as a kid, it's a planetary adventure that follows the estranged daughter of a famous scientist as she tries to piece together his final research project. Also, as always, I couldn't resist cramming in as many aliens as I could.

In a similar vein, my story "Citizen of the Galaxy," is slated to appear in a future issue of Analog. It's funny, but many of those aforementioned silver-age stories I enjoyed as a child (and more recently as an adult) appeared in the pages of Analog. Unsurprisingly, I'm a little north of ecstatic about coming full circle.

Also, my story "When it Was Ripe," will be appearing in the next issue of Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine. The issue had some delays, but I promise it will be worth the wait.

I'm also honored to announce that my story "Saturday" will be appearing in the July issue of Shock Totem. Although a relative newcomer when compared to luminaries like Cemetery Dance and Black Static, Shock Totem has published some of the best horror and dark fiction I've read in the past year, and has rapidly become one of my top picks for disturbing prose. As you can imagine, I still can't quite believe my luck.

Last, but certainly not least, my story "The Matchbox Sign," will be appearing in Darkfuse #2. I bought the first Darkfuse anthology on the recommendation of a friend, and enjoyed it so much I picked up a few of their books as well.

In truth, a small, but by no means insignificant part of me sincerely believes I'm being gaslighted (gaslit?) by a coterie of respected editors. I know, I know, it sounds insane, but until I have the actual magazines in hand, I'm not going to be able to quash the suspicion this is all just an elaborate practical joke.