I just got word from Neil over at Clarkesworld Magazine that my short story "The Architect of Heaven" will be appearing in the May issue. Once again, I'll be ToC-mates with Cat Rambo. Neat, huh? Last time, my story "Brief Candle" appeared with her story "The Mermaids Singing Each to Each" back in the November 2009 issue.

I don't know when it's going to run yet, but my short story "This Petty Pace" has sold to Asimov's. I'm trying not to act all newbie by freaking out, but getting into Asimov's is something I've been wanting to do for a while. So far [omgomgomgomg!], I've been managing to maintain my [yee-FREAKIN'-haaa!] decorum, I think.

My novelet "The Long Fall" is now available in the Grantville Gazette's Universe Annex. The issue doesn't officially go live until September 1st, but it's up early. The story features Mi Dimarco and is a prequel to "

Samuel Montgomery-Blinn's Bull Spec #1 has a been reviewed in Tangent Online. It isn't a fawning, do-no-wrong review, but it is a positive review that marks Bull Spec as a promising newcomer to the literary SF scene.

Gardner Dozois's Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Edition just came out and "Brief Candle" made the honorable mention list. That may not seem like something to get all excited about, but it is to me. To have even been considered in that group is awesome.

My novelette THE LONG FALL is going to appear in the September edition of the Grantville Gazette. If you haven't heard, The Gazette has added a new section called "Universe Annex" for stories that aren't related to Eric Flint's 1632 universe. It sort of picks up where Jim Baen's Universe left off. It works the same way The Gazette does, all submissions go through the slush forum for comments and critique, then the editors pluck the publishable stories from there.

"Inside Job" got a mention in Rich Horton's year-end wrap-up of (part of) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. I say "part of," because they apparently missed sending him a couple of issues. I'd like to think I'd have still gotten a nod even if he'd read the whole year, but who knows? I'll take what I can get.

Issue #42 is still available in print or PDF from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.

There's a nice review of Triangulation: Dark Glass over at Small Press Reviews. I particularly like the part that calls it a "great anthology". Pete Butler, who edited it, should be proud.

Issue #42 of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, with my short story "Inside Job" in it, is available for purchase online. For those of us who aren't in Australia, the magazine is available as a downloadable PDF for just A$4.95. That's like $4.56 in US dollars. A bargain!

"Brief Candle" got a nice review and a "RECOMMENDED" from Lois Tilton in the December issue of IROSF.