This short story, “Jaguarhead,” is one of my favorites from the last couple of years, written after my partner’s scooter was stolen from the parking lot of her apartment complex in Austin, TX. The sense of violation of a theft like that left a bitter taste, but converting it into the raw material for a …
It was such an honor and a pleasure to work with the Split/Lip editorial team to get this short and very strange piece, “Dog Chasing Waves,” ready for publication in the January 2022 issue. I’m very proud of how this one turned out. The unusual format initially presents a barrier to the narrative flow, but …
I’ve been getting rejected by Analog Magazine since the early 90s, the days of typewritten manuscripts and rejection slips on letterhead in self-addressed stamped envelopes. This month I finally got an acceptance, for my story Planetfall, a stand-alone chapter from my novel SPACESHIP DAYS. It won’t be out for a few months, but until then …
This was the year that last year’s time in quarantine began to pay off in publications and recognition. There were also rejections–lots of rejections. Ninety-one of them, so far. There are the pieces which were accepted: Grind Them Bones to Dust appeared in Meridian (Issue 45) Blue Clouds appeared in The Daily Drunk Skylark appeared …
The Pandemic Year was a slow time for publishing but a packed time for writing and scheming. I received about 89 rejections, and just three acceptances, but the first one was a doozy (!!). These are my stories that saw print in 2020: Young Americans (awarded first place in the Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction …