Simon Petrie’s “Downdraft,” published in Sybil’s Garage No. 6, has been nominated for a Sir Julius Vogel Award, a New Zealand fan-voted award in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Congratulations Simon!  We wish you luck!

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Jeffrey Ford is the author of the novels The Girl in the Glass, and The Shadow Year. Two of his story collections are The Empire of Ice Cream and The Drowned Life. He has stories out now or forthcoming in 2010 in the anthologies: The Beastly Bride, Steampunk Reloaded, The Book of Dreams, Stories, and The Secret History of Fantasy. & Richard Bowes lives and writes in Manhattan. He has written five novels and two short story collections …

On behalf of the jurors, I’ve just posted the list of nominees for the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards.  The winners will be presented at Readercon 21, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts. Nalo Hopkinson, Readercon Guest of Honor, will act as host.  Good luck to all nominees!

Ellen Datlow has posted her list of honorable mentions (page 1, page 2) for Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2.  Included among the many names are Altered Fluid’s own Alaya Dawn Johnson for her story “Far and Deep,” (Interzone #221) as well as yours truly for my stories “Saving Diego” (Interzone #221) and “The Spaces Between Things.” (Electric Velocipede 17/18) In addition, three stories from Sybil’s Garage No. 6 received honorable mentions: Toiya Kristen Finley’s  “Eating Ritual,” James B. Pepe’s  “I Am Enkidu, His Wild Brother,” and Genevieve Valentine’s “The Drink …

Don’t forget, Sybil’s Garage closes to submissions tomorrow. I’ll be closing the submissions form around 6pm (Eastern Daylight Time) tomorrow. Please send your submissions in now.