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Short Stories
Good News
Lots happening here, though most of it involves reprints.
The only brand-new original, never before seen short story of mine, "Bright, Bright City Lights" will be published in an anthology of Minnesota writers called NORTHERN LIGHTS: 20 MINNSPEC TALES. The publication date is currently set for September 2010.
"Bright, Bright City Lights" is my attempt to deal with the death of Senator Paul Wellstone through fiction... and magic.
Other authors contributing are: Jaye Lawrence, Catherine Lundoff, Haddayr Copley-Woods, Jason D. Wittman, David Steffen, Kelly Barnhill, Damian Sheridan,R. Scott McCoy, Terry Faust, Carrie Devall, Michael Merriam, Patrick Sullivan, Roy C. Booth, Britt Aamodt, Sharon Hanson, Joel Arnold, Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Maggie Della Rocca and Hilary Moon Murphy.
Now, for the reprints -- my editor/publisher will likely be including a reprint of "ishtartu" in RESURRECTION CODE.
I also donated/had accepted a reprint of my coming of age/end of the world story "Indigo Bunting" for a charity anthology for the Gulf Spill disaster called MAKING WAVES to be published by Book View Press.
Good News/Bad News
I have no new short stories to sell! Arrgh!
Stories
"SHE NAILED THE STAKE THROUGH HIS HEAD: TALES OF BIBLICAL HORROR," which is being published by Dybbuk Press (editor Tim Lieder) accepted "Jawbone of an Ass." "Jawbone" is not an AngeLINK story per se, but it is one of my religious exploration ones.
Even though it claims not to be out until October, you can order the anthology through Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/She-Nailed-Stake-Through-Head/dp/0976654679/. There's also a Kindle version: http://www.amazon.com/Nailed-Stake-Through-Head-ebook/dp/B003R7LA48/.
Other authors included are Gerri Leen, Daniel Kaysen, Christi Krug, Catherynne Valente, Elissa Malcolm, Romie Stott, Stephen M. Wilson and D.K. Thompson.
The product description says: "Do you read the Bible for the sex? Did the story of Solomon threatening to cut the baby in half seem very messed up - but in a good way? Then this is the book for you. A prophet washes up on the shores of an hellish city. A doomed king speaks to the dead. A modern day Samson takes up arms against the British. These nine stories are full of drama, passion and divine exuberance."
My short story "The vanBuylen Effect" which I like to characterize as a time-travel story about a woman and her couch and the Easter Uprising of 1916 appears in Tales of the Unanticipated #29. Check it out. Order Several! After all, there are other fine authors represented in issue #29, including fellow Wyrdsmiths Eleanor Arnason and Naomi Kritzer.
Periphery, an anthology in which my short story "ishtartu" (about a sacred prositute and her struggle to regain her lost faith in the Goddess) appears, is now out from Lethe Press. If you're a completist fan of the AngeLINK series, you'll want to pick Periphery up. Though the characters aren't any you know, it takes place in the AngeLINK universe.
Featured in Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures are:
Marianne de Pierres, who takes you into a half-dream world of bliss Nicola Griffith and her moving exploration of art, genius, sex, trust, and how love can throw them all into chaos Gwyneth Jones’s intimate look at what freedom means—and what it takes Kristyn Dunnion, whose protagonists’ calls for liberation mean the monkey wrenching of a nightmarish capitalist system Lyda Morehouse and her eye-opening world where prostitution is beyond legal—it’s sacred Kiera Dellacroix’s probe into the very genes of humanity for what evolution may grant to a select few and the unexpected consequences of such gifts Melissa Scott and her time-bending story of love lost and love found Carolyn Ives Gilman’s delicate examination of the tenuous balance struck by freedom and love Elspeth Potter, whose mecha-clad soldiers battle and explore more than just forbidden alliances and even more!
Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures is a diverse collection that’s exhilarating in more ways than one! It takes you from this world
Indigo Bunting a post-apocalyptic queer coming of age story appeared in Blithe House Quarterly Volume 11, Number 1 : Winter 2007, guest edited by Lori L. Lake.
NEW WYRD: Wyrdsmith's Anthology II
My writer's group, Wyrdsmiths, published a numbered, limited edition chapbook. A previously unpublished short-story of mine called "Jawbone of An Ass" appears in it. This is not a AngeLINK story, but it does have a religious overtones. Here's a blurb: What would it be like to know that God is absolutely *not* on your side? “Jawbone of an Ass” is a modern day retelling of the story of Sampson’s first wife (known only as the woman of Timor), who slowly comes to realize the horror of knowing she, through no fault of her own, is on the wrong side of the wrath of angels.
You can now order this anthology on-line through Dreamhaven Books! Hooray!
Wyrdsmiths includes a number of published an unpublished authors. In alphbetical order, we are: Eleanor Arnason, William Henry, Doug Hulick, Naomi Kritzer, H. (Harry) Courreges LeBlanc, Kelly McCullough, Lyda Morehouse, Sean Michael Murphy, and Rosalind Nelson. As you can see, it's a fairly stellar cast, if we do say so ourselves!
TOTU: Tales of the Unanticipated, #26 (2005)
A novella that fellow SF/F writer Naomi Kritzer and I co-wrote called "The Long Walk" appears in the current issue of TOTU.
"The Long Walk" is a story takes place in an alternate history Roman Briton and is about Lucien, a male prostitute addicted to a drug that keeps him from discovering his full magical potential.
TOTU is available for sale at: http://www.totu-ink.com/current.phtml
Tales from the Black Dog: A Wyrdsmith's Anthology
My writer's group, Wyrdsmiths, published a numbered, limited edition chapbook. A previously unpublished short-story of mine called "Tutivillius" appears in it.
"Tutivillus" is not part of the AngeLINK series, but it is about demons. Tuti is a demon whose purpose it is to collect words mangled and/or missed during the recitation of Mass. Though I make a few ecumenical comments, this story is by far my most Catholic. Those of you familiar with the AngeLINK universe may appreciate the appearance of Lucifer in this story who is clearly, partially based on Morningstar.
We are selling copies for 6.00 (plus $1.44 for shipping and handling) via our email account wyrdsmiths@gmail.com. If you would like your copy signed by me (or by all the contributors) please make note of that in your request. We're currently looking into selling it on Amazon.com, but we haven't done anything about that yet. I'll keep you posted.
You can now order this anthology on-line through Dreamhaven Books! Double Hooray!
"The Case of the Missing Devil Child" appeared in the #1 (November, 2003) issue of Simulacrum a speculative e-magazine. This story is notable for fans of the AngeLink series, as it is a Deidre prequel short story.
My short story "Irish Blood" appears in the Roc anthology (March 2003)Best of Dreams of Decadence. A note of interest: "Irish Blood" was the first piece of fiction that I sold professionally (or semi-professionally, anyway.) The point is, someone paid me for it. I got a whopping big check for $9.23 for "Irish Blood."
ISBN: 0-451-45918-0
PUBLISHER: Roc, an imprint of Penguin Putnam
PRICE: $6.99 ($9.99 in Canada)
Autumn/Winter 1999, Horizons: Science Fiction "Maternal Leave"
"In a world obsessed with eugenics, what place has a mother's love? And
who pays the price for interfering with nature?"
An experiment in style, this story is written in 2nd person, with all
of the action directed at you, the reader. The opening lines read: "You
never thought it would happen this way. As he casually unsnaps the
quick-release on the holster holding the standard issue blaster, you know
it's over. You're caught..." Read
more!
Horizons:SF is a Canadian magazine published by the University
of British Columbia's Science Fiction Society. Direct mail copies are
available for $4.00 Canadian, including postage. Write to: Horizons SF,
Box 75, Student Union Building, 6138 SUB Boulevard, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1. Or by e-mail:
horizons_sf@hotmail.com
May 1999, Science Fiction Age, "Twelve Traditions"
An excerpt from the June 1999 LOCUS review by Mark R. Kelly, "Lyda Morehouse's
Twelve Traditions is set on Alpha Three, a planet given over to addiction
recovery programs. Sasha Danchenko is the local drug supplier, a shunned
yet necessary member of the community. Sasha's presence is justified by an
official who explains the planet's surprising dilemma: if the recovery
programs work, the next generation will grow up healthy, and the planet's
culture will not survive...." --LOCUS, Issue 461, Vol. 42, No. 6
To purchase the May 1999 issue of Science Fiction Age, write to: SF
Age, P.O. Box 1654, Williamsport, PA, 17703. Single issue.
August 1998-July 1999, Tales of the Unanticipated, "Everything in Its Place"
Everything In Its Place is the story of a disturbed young witch who accidentally
conjures an uninvited guest.
Published annually by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society. US: $15
for a four-issue subscription, Canada: $17 for a four-issue subscription,
Overseas: $22 for a four-issue subscription. Mail to: Tales of the
Unanticipated, Box 8036, Lake Street Station, MPLS MN 55408
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