My story, “Apology for Fish-Dude,” is still up at Ideomancer if you’d like to read it. But that is not the point of this post. It shares the issue with other great fiction, including a quiet, summery piece by Sandra Odell (Clarion West survivor from 2010) and a gorgeous bit of urban fantasy by Su-Yee Lin. My story is in good company. But this is not the point either.
The point is that while I worry about my own writing and work and blah blah blah, other people are publishing wonderful things. I’ve already missed posting about many such stories, but the solipsism stops now! Or at least it takes a break.
• Jordan Ellington, A.K.A. Jordan Lapp, has a story up at AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review. Yes, he’s Canadian, but I try not to hold it against him. The story takes you inside the head of a living statue, which is a surprisingly interesting place to be. It’s called “Don’t Move a Muscle, Mr. Liberty,” and it’s free (which is why I’ve read it).
• J.M. Sidorova’s story, “Watching the Rubber Band,” is in M-Brane #26, which came out today. I just read it, and the rubber band in my mind is still expanding and contracting in response. In a good way.
• Fellow Clarionistas Von Carr and Randy Henderson both have stories in the April issue of Realms of Fantasy. I know nothing about either story, but I expect big things. Probably weird things.