"Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" in June 2008 Lone Star Stories
Since he's already announced it, I gather that it is safe to mention here that Eric "lightning draw" Marin has accepted "Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" for the June 2008 edition of Lone Star Stories.
"Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" is one of three themed stories using lines from John Donne's "Lovers' Infiniteness", stories that wound up cutting pretty deep for me (not all of them do) and so each of which has a special place in mah heart. So I'm very pleased to see this one find such a good home. I sent it to Lone Star after reading and thoroughly enjoying Sarah Prineas's "Dragon Hunt" in the site archives, a story that will also be reappearing in The Lone Star Stories Reader this year. Check it out!
I'm again very behind on updating due to the move, work, and chaos with the Fish & Wildlife Department, but last week or perhaps the week before I also received my contributor's copy of Not One of Us #39, containing "Theoria". Another just excellently composed magazine, and though I haven't finished it yet, very much enjoying the stories therein. It's deeply satisfying when you find a magazine that regularly provides fiction you know you'll enjoy, at least for me, since I seem to jump between so many.
Also received my contributor's copy of the Spring 08 issue of Illumen, which surprised me both with its thickness (especially since it's 100% poetry) and its high production values (glossy color cover, etc) -- my fault for not having picked up a copy of the magazine before. It's a nice piece of work, though, and also unique to see a print magazine devoted entirely to speculative poetry. This one has my "The Flight of Alecto" in it, written/finished for the 2006 TNEO Slam.
More later! Uh, though no promises. Things are going to be batty again until I get back from Ion in a few weeks. But for now the do fu hua quest continues -- two years after posting that recipe I finally found actual do hua in a Chinese market in Kingston. Now I just have to see if I can remember the 'second gen' attempt I made at the ginger syrup, which came out much better last year than the brown sugar edition (I used palm sugar).
"Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" is one of three themed stories using lines from John Donne's "Lovers' Infiniteness", stories that wound up cutting pretty deep for me (not all of them do) and so each of which has a special place in mah heart. So I'm very pleased to see this one find such a good home. I sent it to Lone Star after reading and thoroughly enjoying Sarah Prineas's "Dragon Hunt" in the site archives, a story that will also be reappearing in The Lone Star Stories Reader this year. Check it out!
I'm again very behind on updating due to the move, work, and chaos with the Fish & Wildlife Department, but last week or perhaps the week before I also received my contributor's copy of Not One of Us #39, containing "Theoria". Another just excellently composed magazine, and though I haven't finished it yet, very much enjoying the stories therein. It's deeply satisfying when you find a magazine that regularly provides fiction you know you'll enjoy, at least for me, since I seem to jump between so many.
Also received my contributor's copy of the Spring 08 issue of Illumen, which surprised me both with its thickness (especially since it's 100% poetry) and its high production values (glossy color cover, etc) -- my fault for not having picked up a copy of the magazine before. It's a nice piece of work, though, and also unique to see a print magazine devoted entirely to speculative poetry. This one has my "The Flight of Alecto" in it, written/finished for the 2006 TNEO Slam.
More later! Uh, though no promises. Things are going to be batty again until I get back from Ion in a few weeks. But for now the do fu hua quest continues -- two years after posting that recipe I finally found actual do hua in a Chinese market in Kingston. Now I just have to see if I can remember the 'second gen' attempt I made at the ginger syrup, which came out much better last year than the brown sugar edition (I used palm sugar).