... since I posted anything here. I peek in and read your updates every now and then, but rarely have time to blog myself. I'm doing good simply to keep my Southern Fried Shorts page alive or visit twitter or Facebook with an update every now and then. The boys are growing, I love my job, I've been training for a marathon, and life, in general, is ( Read more... )

Here's some news about two past Southern Fried Weirdness contributors:

Daniel Wallace has a new short story up this month in StorySouth here: http://storysouth.com/2009/03/the-cancer-diet.html. Do yourself a favor. Swing by and give it a read. You won't be sorry. I enjoyed it very much. When you are done reading the story, you can also read a well- ( Read more... )

The Spring 2009 and final issue of Southern Fried Weirdness is now available for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.southernfriedweirdness.com

Table of Contents:

Stories:
Planting by Mari Ness
Magic Needles by Janet Severs
Chestnut and Mountain Magnolia by Rosanne Griffeth

Poetry:
Seasonal Wage by Rheagan Alexander
The Old Man's Sweet by Jason L. Huskey
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It’s been fun, but now it’s done…

After much consideration, I have decided to halt publication of Southern Fried Weirdness. The Winter 2009 edition to be published near the end of February will be the final edition. I am accepting submissions through the end of January, and have many slots open. I encourage any past contributors to send their work ( Read more... )

Southern Fried Weirdness:

Today, I responded to three submissions to Southern Fried Weirdness. I'm still running behind where I like to be as far as response times go (running a little under 2 months on average for fiction, often within weeks for poetry), but people are sending me such great stuff, I'm having a tough time making final decisions. I'm ( Read more... )

Click the link below to see me talk about Southern Fried Weirdness and other writerly things:

http://community.livejournal.com/lobo_luna/44700.html

(you may need to join the community to view the interview -- something you may want to consider anyways as they are a great bunch of people)

My thanks to
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The Summer 2008 edition of Southern Fried Weirdness is now live for your reading pleasure. I'm happy with how it turned out. Please let me know what you think about the new format and the featured stories and poetry. As always, any feedback, good or bad, would be appreciated.

If you would like to email your comments, please feel free to do so. The ( Read more... )

..and I'm excited!

The contracts are in. I just have a few last minute adjustments to make before posting the Summer 2008 Issue of Southern Fried Weirdness.  I think this thing has come together well. I send out my thanks to all the writers involved. Each of you has been great to work with.

Barring any last minute surprises, the issue will go live ( ( Read more... )

Writing: After a week's hiatus (vacation), I put together a flash fiction story this week. I've also started re-reading and taking notes on the 1st draft of the 2nd book in my fantasy trilogy, so I will hopefully be able to start writing the 3rd and final book by the end of this month (I've put it off long enough). I still would like to have the ( Read more... )

• It's been busy, busy, busy around here. Over the last week, I've put together some new lawn furniture so we have somewhere to sit when I barbecue, put together an aquarium stand and aquarium for my oldest son's 5th birthday, conditioned the water, and added a few tiger barbs to the aquarium. Today my son is having his birthday party at a local ( Read more... )