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looks like that “Lonegan’s Luck” (a zombie western) I had in NEW GENRE a few months ago’s going to be in The Best Horror of the Year volume 2, ed. by Ellen Datlow. Very cool, very excited.

Especial for Halloweentime, “The Ones That Got Away,” the somewhat-title story from the new collection and proud participant in Paul Tremblay and Sean Wallace’s Phantom: Going Beyond the Scare.

I read this review then, no lie, went upstairs, found some shrimp on the counter, ate them. which, for those in the know [see below], kind of matters. too, I’ve noticed my blog posts in here lately are more ‘blog’ posts, as in, they take the space where a blog post would go, but, really,

“In the Beginning” and “The Wages: an Argument,” over at the brand-new shiny sparkly SpringGun Press. Really strange that they posted this morning, though — or, that that Wages-one’s real now anyway. Because I just now started the already-excellent Pontypool Changes Everything, which opens like this: That night I had terrible dreams I was killing

One of my favorite Bowie songs, sure, but, too, the name of a story of mine up over at Everyday Genius today.

Chapter one’s up, over at the very cool Plots With Guns.

Iron Horse 11.3‘s out in the world now — in my mailbox anyway — and it’s got one of my favorite stories I’ve written in it, “Little Lambs.” Also a self-interview (it involved telepathic dogs, possibly aliens — the usual?). Too, it’s the alumni issue, so it’s especially cool to me, being in this with

Readercon report: got to sit down with Ellen Datlow, got to shake hands with Peter Straub, got to listen to Samuel Delaney and Gene Wolf talk, got to be on a panel with John Crowley, got to hang with friends new and old — Paul Tremblay, Laird Barron, Michael Cisco — bought so many Weird

Which is to say, three new stories, “Piano Theif” and “Because My Therapist Asked Me to Tell a Story Using Hamsters,” each over at the July Hobart, and “Close Encounters,” up now at 365 Tomorrows. Also, “Endless Buffets” is in the current Western Humanities Review. And, hitting the shelves at Readercon in a week here,

Looks like The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti‘s up for a Shirley Jackson award (!, yep). Here’s the field: NOVELLA Disquiet, Julia Leigh, (Penguin/ Hamish Hamilton) “Dormitory,” Yoko Ogawa (The Diving Pool, Picador) Living With the Dead, Darrell Schweitzer (PS Publishing) The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti, Stephen Graham Jones (Chiasmus Press) “N,” Stephen King,

Got a new story up over there, “How Billy Hansen Destroyed the Planet Earth, and Everyone on It.” A happy little piece. Only six or seven billion people die, I mean. So, click here to get there.

— my AWP Chicago events this week (two readings, one panel, a meet-up*, one screening**) : Wednesday the 11th, 6:00, Chiasmus Press Reading and Party , Barbara’s Bookstore, 1218 South Halsted Street; no clue what I’ll read, but likely something from Dugatti Thursday the 12th, 7:00, FC2 Reading and Reception, Curtiss Hall, 10th floor of

http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009offsite.php (W & Th nights) http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009schedFri.php (12:00 – 1:15 Friday) Twin Wells

Which is the title of a story of mine, just up in Grok.

Can’t imagine what chance I really have here, against who-all I’m up against, but “Captain’s Lament” (from Clarkesworld) is shortlisted for a Black Quill over at Darkscribe. Register and vote? Not necessarily for me, but, y’know, for the best story. As for links for others : –Paul Tremblay’s “The Blog at the End of the

New story up over there, “These Amber Waves of Grain”. Good company. I wrote it the same sitting almost with that “‘Tis the Season,” in Passages North. And with one I always forget to try to get published, about an archery accident / nipplebotomy (or, not -botomy, yeah, but I don’t know the right-sounding suffix

Just two more things: — got a piece (interview, not fiction) up at CU’s InPrint — got a story coming out in Colored Chalk 5 anyway, see some of you in Portland.

Links, that is: — in the mail today, the French version of Native Storiers. Five stories from Bleed Into Me in it. — the flyer for Wednesday in Portland. Which I really thought I’d linked already, but the world’s a confusing place . . . Anyway, hopefully HEROES and TERMINATOR are both new tonight. Just

Texas Monthly‘s been doing this serial novel, TWIN WELLS. I’ve got chapter 11. Podcast too. Here. First line: “Baldwin wished he could have mustered a bit more surprise when the dead man rose from the road in the sheriff’s headlights.” New interview up at Rain Taxi. And a third link too: I’m on Facebook now,

It’s by Roger Ebert, in his review for Nights in Rodanthe: “Paul doesn’t evacuate because of some dialogue he is made to say.” I don’t see how I could love anything more than that. It’s even better in context, too. And, as for why I was reading about Nights in Rodanthe. No idea. I was

I’m there tomorrow night, Family Guy* territory. Reading stuff aloud. Maybe eating a cookie or two, answering questions. Here for more specific type of info. Too, thanks to my students, I’m now hooked into Salad Fingers. Better late than never, I figure. ____________________________________________ * which I’ve still yet to ever see an episode of —

Over at Internet Review of Science Fiction. A close read by JG Stinson. Very cool. So glad that book’s still reaching people. Too, The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti‘s not only slipping through Amazon early. It’s over at Small Press Distribution as well. And, and: Joe Lansdale‘s got a new one, Leather Maiden. He’s a