Buying Time! (and a Lot of Thoughts)

[douglascohen]

Hey Folks,

Shawna has made her latest picks.  Take a look and see why I'm sooooooooooo thrilled:

--"Super.Family" by Ian Donald Keeling (previous contributor)

--"The Unknown God" by Ann Leckie (slush survivor!)

--"Father Pena's Last Dance" by Hannah Strom-Martin (slush survivor!  first pro sale! And we now have our first story for our Halloween issue!

Comments

[wikdsushi]

I was actually planning to email you for a Nell update yesterday! Looks like your end got to it first. It's my third pro sale, so I feel like I should be wearing Big Writer Pants today! :D

[douglascohen]

So I guess I get to wear my Big Editor Pants. :)

[wikdsushi]

Oh, hell, yes. :) Which begs the question: What do Big Editor Pants look like? I'm guessing coffee stains.

[douglascohen]

They're made entirely out of rejected manuscripts. Very eco-friendly. ;)

[wikdsushi]

Ah, designed for recycling. ;) Probably not good for walking in the rain with, mind.

[douglascohen]

Whenever it's rainy, I wear my stereotypical wizard-manuscript pants and use their cliche abilities to protect me from the downpour.

[wikdsushi]

Good point. Anything that improbable is bound to turn the rain into, say, petunias.

Just hope it doesn't turn into whales. ;)