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UFO4 cover and table of contents
The fourth annual Unidentified Funny Objects anthology will contain 23 stories totaling approximately 86,000 words. Cover art by Tomasz Maronski. Interior illustrations by Barry Munden. Unidentified...
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Podcast: “A One-Sided Argument” at MedusPod
#SFWAPro “A One-Sided Argument” flash story, originally published in Nature, appears on the second episode of the new podcast MedusPod. I listened to the first episode and was impressed with the voice...
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Nebula Award Ballot Is Up
SFWA members received an e-mail this morning notifying them that the Nebula nomination ballot is now available, which signals the beginning of the 2015 award season. Should you wish to consider any of...
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New publication: Letting Go in Daily Science Fiction
Various things have been keeping me extra-busy this week, but here’s a quick post so I can link to another one of my stories that was published this week — a flash piece “Letting Go” in Daily Science...
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New publication: “The Golem of Deneb Seven” in InterGalactic Medicine Show
“The Golem of Deneb Seven” takes place lightyears away, but at its heart is a story of family, and of civilians caught in the middle of the war they want no part of. It is especially topical now,...
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New Publication: A One-Sided Argument in Nature’s Futures
This week’s issue of the journal of Nature includes my SF flash story “A One-Sided Argument,” featuring crash-landed aliens, tragedy, and PTSD. You can read the story online, free of charge: click...
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New Publication: “Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw”
My latest flash story is out at Daily Science Fiction this week, and it is free to read online. This one is dedicated to the memory of Roger Zelazny. Those of you familiar with his “Game of Blood and...
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Your Coffee is Ready!
#SFWApro Each time a new book is released into the world is a little bit like a birthday. Today I had the pleasure of e-mailing the COFFEE e-books to our Kickstarter backers, and folks who were kind...
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Three chances to get a free copy of UFO2!
#SFWApro It’s been a busy, busy week. I shipped out several hundred copies of physical UFO book to Kickstarter supporters, distributors, and pre-orders. I set up the digital book to make it available...
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New Publication: The Rumination On What Isn’t in Nature
I’m thrilled to have what I consider my strongest flash story to date to be published in the journal of Nature this week. You can read the story on the web. You can also listen to it — they were also...
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Publication: The Sgovari Stratagem in Intersteallar Fiction
#SFWApro Interstellar Fiction is a semi-pro online magazine edited by Adam Crouse which launched in August of 2012. The inaugural issue included my story “A Better Tomorrow,” and I’m happy to return to...
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The COFFEE Anthology Launches, Seeks Submissions & Funding
UFO Publishing launches COFFEE: Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic. We’re seeking to collect 40-50,000 words of fiction where coffee or tea is an integral part of the plot in some way. For the moment...
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UFO2 Table of Contents
The following stories will appear in Unidentified Funny Objects 2, tentatively scheduled for a September release: Mike Resnick – On Safari Robert Silverberg – Hannibal’s Elephants Ken Liu – The MSG...
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COFFEE Anthology Submission Guidelines
I’m moving forward with the COFFEE anthology (See the cool preliminary cover above, designed by Emerson Matsuuchi). Each story must somehow involve coffee as a major plot element. It’s not enough...
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Father’s Day Fiction
Happy father’s day to all the dads out there! It occurs to me that I write a fair amount of fiction centered around a father-child relationship. Undoubtedly, being a father myself has much to do with...
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Market Report: Betwixt Magazine
Click here for detailed guidelines. Genres: Speculative fiction Length: 1000 to 30,0000 (4000-7000 preferred) Pay rate: $0.02/word up to $150 Rights: First worldwide English-language serial,...
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UFO2 Update
Submissions are now closed for UFO2. We received well over 600 unsolicited submissions in addition to the stories from authors whom I asked directly to contribute to the book. Most of the round 1...
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My 2013 BaltiCon Schedule
I am going to spend four fun and very busy days at BaltiCon this weekend. My schedule is full of fantastic events, panels, and even an author gala. Here’s where I’ll be: W-4 Broadening Horizons...
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UFO2 Submissions Update – May 17
We read just over 350 submissions to date. Everyone who submitted prior to 5/12 should have heard from us by now. If you haven’t, please query ASAP. I accepted seven stories so far, totaling 35,000...
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It Came from the Slush Pile
It was only yesterday that I wrote a blog post about the UFO slush pile and had this to say: This doesn’t mean that you can’t sell us a zombie reality TV story about a road trip in space. But it won’t...
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