Surely you have heard a similar tale before, of the mother who went to the crossroads by the light of the moon, pulling a wagon and carrying her changeling babe, to demand the return of her own child.

By the light of the moon she went to the crossroads, and she called out that the Faeries had stolen a thing from her, and that she demanded to see ( Read more... )

Anyway, I have a funny story about those chickens, and roosters, and my son, who’s a ninja. No, I’m not making this up, it’s his superpower. He could be standing right there and I could be looking for him and I wouldn’t see him. He’s not invisible, he’s just… very good at going unnoticed. That was really helpful when we were trying to get our ( Read more... )

Too bad. I missed "International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day" -- it was yesterday, apparently. The explanation is here.Of course, I'm totally in favor of selling my stuff, which is why my entire catalog of "original" fic is not available on line, but I also think that publishing free material online as a way to draw traffic and gain publicity ( Read more... )

I'm a published author again!

I've had "The Maker of Tongues" published in "Tales of the Talisman" (cover pic below), out now. I reported last year that the story was accepted for publication, but I've been burned enough that I didn't really believe it was coming out until now, when I have my contributor's copy in hand.


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