Bill Hughes, editor at Dred emailed me yesterday to let me know that Spurling's Virus will be the featured story in January's issue. I think that means it will be available by MP3 as well as PDF and HTML. I can't wait to listen if that's the case. I remember the 1st audio rights being a part of the contract.

I got Forbidden Speculation in the mail the other day. Lots of good stories so far. I don't think I'll be taking home the $250 dollar prize, but it's nice to be in with the good stories anyway.

10. Sea Child by Aliette de Bodard

9. Immortal Sin by Jennifer Pelland

8. The Girl From Another World by Leah Bobet

7. Follow the Monkey by Tom Pendergrass

6. Soft, like a Rabbit by Andrea Kail

5. Longtime Gone by Kurt Dinan

4. The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer

3. Love And Death In The Time Of Monsters by Frank Wu

2. Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky by Ken Scholes

1. Waiting Period by Sunil Sadanand

I also liked Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt -- didn't become freely available until nominated for Hugo

Seth Crossman of OG's Speculative Fiction has realeased the anthology that my story "Bilroy Five" appears in.

It's here at Forbidden Speculation

Other news = rejection city for one of my stories. Got complimented on my writing skill, but the story wasn't original enough for Nossa Morte. Sent it off again with a few tweaks to the beginning.

I just sold Spurling's Virus to DRED. I'm pretty happy because I haven't sold anything since last May. Which reminds me. My story "Bilroy Five" will be in the Forbidden Speculation Anthology. It's due out around Christmas time.

On another note, I'm watching a really crappy version of Bradbury's "Sound of Thunder" on SkinaMax. The dinosaur looks like a 10-year-old's drawing.