My friend and writer Devin Poore has a story up (his first publication, yay!) at Eschatology.  Devin’s got a real unique voice and I suspect we’ll be seeing a lot more of his stuff in print soon.  Check out his story here.

The Carl Brandon Society is holding a raffle fundraiser to support the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship.  The Carl Brandon Society is an organization which strives “to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction.”  The scholarship enables writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. For only $1 you can win a Nook, Kobo eReader, or an Alex, preloaded with fiction from N. K. Jemisin, Nisi Shawl, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Terence Taylor, Ted Chiang, …

Went home to the folks this weekend, and on Friday night my father and I were sitting in the den and he was talking about his life.  The subject of my deceased grandfather came up.  “I never knew him,” I said. “You can meet him!” my father exclaimed. “Meet?” “You can read his novel.” I’d heard years ago, when we’d moved my grandmother into a hospice, that my grandfather had written a novel.  My father found it buried inside a closet, a typewritten manuscript.  Supposedly, it had been moved to the outside shed, stored …

SFF Portal has posted a very thorough review of Sybil’s Garage No. 7.  Alison Sinclair says, “Every story had something for me to like: vivid description, playful language, a character to root for, mystery, poignancy, tragedy, an intellectual puzzle, a sting in the tail.” You can read the full review here. And you can get a copy of Sybil’s Garage here.

I got back from Columbus, Ohio on Sunday and had a great time hanging out with everyone at WFC.  I watched several of my friends give excellent readings, witnessed one of them get his first agent, spoke with super-smart, super-interesting people, and had the best ice cream in the world.  My only regret is not having more time to spend with the people I most love being around.  But that’s why they have a World Fantasy Convention every year, isn’t it? I’ve put the semi-finishing touches on Catherynne M. Valente’s “Prester …