I remember this story fondly! That afternoon in Seattle, reading it over and thinking, “Hey, this is weird…” … in a good way. It’s dark, but sweet, like a chocolate that you never had yourself as a kid, but probably will appreciate more for having waited till adulthood to taste. Eh? Anyway, my classmate and friend Caroline Yoachim‘s lovely short story “Time to Say Goodnight” is online at Fantasy now — it got posted on New Year’s Eve, apparently. Go check it out now, for free. Or I’ll put you in the microwave and something bad will happen to you.
Tag: Clarion West 2006
Ten Spikes, A Grasshopper, and Nemonymous Thing
I don’t know if it’s just because I’ve been multitasking so much this semester, but I’m currently reading a bunch of different books — about the first ten on the Now Reading animation that runs in my sidebar, with the rest being books I plan on reading next. Anyway, this multitasking has also bled over into my writing. I’ve been working, off and on, with three different pieces over the last week or so. Very off, not much on, but when I am on, I only do about a thousand words, maximum, on any one of these stories. Then I …
Go Read… (Classmates Plug)
Go check out Ben Burgis’s pre-Clarion West story “Three Perspectives on the Role of the Anarchists in the Zombie Apocalypse” (ahem) over at Afterburn SF. (It has Ben’s fingerprints all over it.) Then go read Meghan Sinoff’s award-winning “Shift,” currently online at Asimov’s. Both tales are worth your while. Just a year ago — was it really so long ago? — I was in Seattle, hanging out with these people, drinking sangria and, Ben, what was that drink you bought me when I was reading “Lester Young” at the pub? Just a year ago, I was waking up with itchy …
IROSF — The Ones to Watch
I forgot to post this: The Internet Review of Science Fiction had a piece about up-and-coming writers, and had a profile on the Texan fantasist (and my classmate) Shawn Scarber. Check it out: The Ones to Watch.
Sufficient Cause
I want a pissu. Huh? Go read this story by my classmate Tina. And while you’re at it, go read my classmate Ben’s sister Stephanie Burgis’s story, Crow.