By the way, since Mark reminds me (in this comments section) that I haven’t mentioned it, he reviewed my story from the Postcards From Hell series, as well as the stories of some other people, here. I’m glad it came across as Lovecraftian, and was happy it wasn’t cartoonish, but mostly was happy at his first reaction to seeing my name in his mail, on something addressed to his wife. (See the review.) In other news, someone I knew online a while back emailed me today, also, mentioning that a roommate had by chance given him a copy of Nature …

Finally getting some work done again. This is good — anything related to a recent publication seems to spur me to write or edit or send out more stuff, and not just to sit back and bask in the enjoyment. (But also, it’s my first totally free chunk of time in a while, and Lime’s busy so I can devote it mostly to writing.) In the last couple of days, I’ve variously tidied, redrafted chunks of, or edited the following pieces: Realer (~9600 words) Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands (~4250 words) Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues (now …