I have this classical guitar that was given to me years back by a neighbor.  Somehow the action became very low, so I jammed a matchstick under the saddle to prop it up.  That was a bad idea.  The added tension of the strings in that high position ended up snapping the bridge. I spoke with a luthier and he suggested it might cost as much as $130 to fix, which is pretty much in the range of a new, low-end classical guitar.  I decided that I’d try to fix the …

I just got word yesterday that Beneath Ceaseless Skies will be taking my story, “The Suffering Gallery,” about a sadistic, cave-dwelling demon and her maggot sidekick.  I’m more than thrilled at this sale, not only because this now makes me SFWA eligible, but because several of my Altered Fluid buddies have graced its pages, and also it’s an excellent online publication.  The story takes place in the same universe as “The Bricks of Gelecek,” due out in the Spring in the Ellen Datlow anthology Naked City.

In this month’s issue of Apex Magazine is my story “The Thing In The Refrigerator That Could Stop Time” about, well, you figure it out.  The story originally appeared in Apex Magazine in 2005 and is reprinted as part of the June issue.   I haven’t had a chance to read the stories yet, but man what a cover!