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		<title>Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7 Playlist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a tradition in Sybil&#8217;s Garage for every author and poet to suggest a musical accompaniment to their piece.  For issue 7, I&#8217;ve compiled all the songs into an iTunes playlist (below).  For those who don&#8217;t have iTunes, I&#8217;m also posting the unabridged list of songs.  The asterisks (*) signify that I could not find the song on iTunes, and so I substituted one from the same band, if possible.  There&#8217;s also a story behind the Neutral Milk Hotel songs and how they&#8217;re connected to the writing in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/09/01/sybils-garage-no-7-playlist/</link>
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		<title>Free Download of Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 4 is now available as a free download.  Issue four contains stories from Richard Bowes, Ekaterina Sedia, Cat Rambo, Steve Rasnic Tem, Barbara Krasnoff and more, as well as poems from Rachel Swirsky, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Jaime Lee Moyer, and many others.  Not to mention an interview with Jeffrey Ford.  It&#8217;s one of my favorite issues.  I&#8217;m quite fond of the work I did on the cover. You can download the full issue here.  (PDF, 26 Mb) And if you like Sybil&#8217;s Garage, and this goes for any small ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/31/free-download-of-sybils-garage-no-4/</link>
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		<title>Radio Sybil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning several editors and authors from Sybil&#8217;s Garage appeared on Jim Freund&#8217;s radio program, Hour of the Wolf. I was joined by editors Paul Berger, Devin Poore, and Mercurio D. Rivera, and we spoke of the inception of the magazine, how we came up with the title, the selection process, the musical suggestions underneath each story and poem (we even heard two songs) and whole lot more. We interspersed the discussion with readings from E.C. Myers, Barbara Krasnoff, and Kathryn E. Baker. The show was a lot of fun.  You can listen ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/28/radio-sybil/</link>
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		<title>Ebook Creation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ebooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry (wait, there&#8217;s actually growth in publishing?).  Since I&#8217;m a computer freelancer by day, I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of queries such as, &#8220;How do you create an ebook?&#8221; and &#8220;How much would you charge to create an ebook for me?&#8221;  The enterprising little devil that I am, I decided to offer ebook creation as a service to the world.  All the details are here, if you want to know.  Please feel free to email me with any questions at info ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/27/ebook-creation/</link>
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		<title>Sybil&#8217;s Garage Reviews &amp; Radio Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few reviews and mentions of Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7 are starting to trickle in from the interwebs.  The bold emphasis below is mine. Hugo-nominated fantasy author N.K. Jemisin, over at the Whatever Blog, says, &#8220;It’s been awhile since an anthology had this kind of emotional impact on me&#8230;this one is highly recommended.&#8221; ; link Multiple World Fantasy Award winner Richard Bowes says, &#8220;Beautifully designed and printed as always, Sybil&#8217;s Garage which has been one of the best small press speculative fiction journals, graduates to anthology status&#8230;.[The] fiction and poetry ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/24/sybils-garage-reviews-radio-show/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Schehirrazade&#8221; by Amal El-Mohtar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Schehirrazade By Amal El-Mohtar to the sound of Taqasim on Violin by Simon Shaheen&#8230; This poem appears in Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7. For Cat Valente YOU BRING THE East to me in a palmful of rice, a scattering of doves, a burning temple, the green smell of tea. You smile, hold the sun plucked from a Grecian sky between your teeth, laugh shake gods and poets from your belly into my waiting hands, pile them there like coins and jewels and jasmine petals, seashells with the sea still in them, the desert’s weight in sand. You knew Virgil when he was ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/22/schehirrazade-by-amal-el-mohtar/</link>
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		<title>Shamir, the Stone-Cutting Worm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s venture into Jewish mythology has led me to the Shamir*, a small worm the size of  a grain of barley which has the power to cut through stone.  A biblical injunction prevented King Solomon from using metal tools, the implements of war, to cut stone for God&#8217;s temple, so Solomon had to go on a quest to find an alternative.  His aide recommended the Shamir, a creature with rock-splitting power.  But no one knew where the Shamir hid.  Solomon first summoned a demon into his presence using his magic ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/22/shamir-the-stone-cutting-worm/</link>
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		<title>Praise for Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Kristin Janz admits on her blog, she&#8217;s a friend of mine.  But I promise all the showering of gifts and flowers sent to her house had nothing to do with her praise of Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7.  She says, &#8220;I think #7 is the best issue yet.&#8221;  And &#8220;One thing that I’m really impressed by, looking at the whole issue, is the diversity of content&#8230;I like not knowing what to expect next when I turn the page.&#8221; Read her full review here. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/17/praise-for-sybils-garage-no-7/</link>
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		<title>About the Park51 Islamic Center (aka Ground Zero Mosque)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was hoping the idiocy surrounding the so-called Ground Zero Mosque (more accurately known as the Cordoba House or Park51 Islamic Center) would blow over once Obama made his statements in support of it and freedom of religion in general.  That was naive.  I favor the building of the Islamic community center because I believe we should never be in the business of telling any group where and when they can practice their faith.  I just read this NY Times article which quotes some more idiocy from the pols which ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/16/about-the-park51-islamic-center-aka-ground-zero-mosque/</link>
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		<title>Sybil&#8217;s Garage Stories Selected in Multiple &#8220;Best Of&#8221; Lists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Larson&#8217;s &#8220;The Noise,&#8221; which appears in Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7, has been chosen for Wilde Stories 2011, The Year&#8217;s Best Gay Speculative Fiction (link). Also, James B. Pepe&#8217;s &#8220;I am Enkidu, His Wild Brother,&#8221; from Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 6, made the shortlist for the Best American Fantasy Stories (link).  (Unfortunately, the anthology won&#8217;t be published for reasons described on the site.) Congratulations to Richard and James, whose excellent stories are getting the attention they deserve! ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/13/sybils-garage-stories-selected-in-multiple-best-of-lists/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Unbeing of Once-Leela&#8221; by Swapna Kishore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IN PERSISTENCE-SPACE, once-Leela cannot see anything. Or feel, or taste, or smell. But she is still Leela Manchanda who worked at Naveen Traders, Bangalore, and who looked after her mother. Her memories still exist — all, except for haziness about her transition. Sharp in her mind (or whatever she still has — she cannot see herself) are beeps of modem connects, and endless ramblings of cricket commentary. Sharp are the cold and metal smells of her glass and steel office cube, and the chill air she exhaled as she walked out of her office that last time, and then, as she entered home, the smell of Mother, sour, stale, and full of reproof. From some things there is no escape.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/07/the-unbeing-of-once-leela-by-swapna-kishore/</link>
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		<title>Feeling for the Dog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I watched an episode of Futurama, where Fry discovers his fossilized dog from a millennium before and attempts to bring him back into existence with the Professor&#8217;s cloning machine.  Fry ultimately decides to forgo the cloning process when he discovers the dog had lived fifteen years, a full thirteen years without him.  Fry says, &#8220;He lived a full life without me.  He forgot about me long ago.&#8221;  The episode ends in flashback, showing Fry&#8217;s dog waiting patiently for Fry outside the pizza shop, day after day, for twelve ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/06/feeling-for-the-dog/</link>
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		<title>An Anthology or a Magazine?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back I mentioned how I would release the latest issue of Sybil&#8217;s Garage in trade paperback format.  Prior to this release, Sybil&#8217;s has been a digest-sized magazine.  I had modeled its size and content after the &#8216;zines I loved to read, like Lady Churchill&#8217;s Rosebud Wristlet and Electric Velocipede.  This was enormously fun, watching the magazine grow from a staple-together thing I produced at a local print shop, to a perfect-bound, color covered publication.  But there were limitations.  For one, the magazine was only available through the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/03/an-anthology-or-a-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Altered Fluid interviewed at Clarkesworld Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at Clarkesworld Magazine, the members of Altered Fluid are interviewed.  We discuss how the group was formed, the critiquing process, the craft of writing, and some, er, interesting events that happened at one of our meetings.  You can read the interview here. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/02/altered-fluid-interviewed-at-clarkesworld-magazine/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;How the Future Got Better&#8221; by Eric Schaller</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE FOTAX PROCESS. “Your taxes fo’ nothing,” is how Uncle Walt defined it. He stole that joke from a late-night talk show. But even though he didn’t bother to read the brochure, he had caught at least one TV special and knew that Fo stood for photon and Tax for tachyon. “Now pass me another roll,” he said, “a warm one from the bottom of the bucket.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/08/01/how-the-future-got-better-by-eric-schaller/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Glourious Homage: Quentin Tarantino’s Love Letter to Cinema&#8221; by Avi Kotzer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EVER SINCE HIS directorial debut with Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino has been both praised and condemned for his referential filmmaking. With Inglourious Basterds, however, Tarantino has crafted his ultimate tribute, paying respect not just to iconic movies, historic pictures, and cult classics, but also honoring cinema itself.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/07/26/glourious-homage-quentin-tarantinos-love-letter-to-cinema-by-avi-kotzer/</link>
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		<title>Sybil&#8217;s Garage Editor Spotlight &#8211; Rajan Khanna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of our editor spotlight series where I attempt to highlight the contributions of the editors behind the scenes of Sybil&#8217;s Garage. Today&#8217;s editor is Rajan Khanna.  Raj, as we call him, is responsible for introducing me to various excellent species of craft beer and because of that pretty much ruined me for any beer with less than 7% alcohol.  Raj is one of those easygoing fellows whom you feel you&#8217;ve always known even when you first meet him.  Such was his introduction to Altered Fluid, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/07/23/sybils-garage-editor-spotlight-rajan-khanna/</link>
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		<title>Announcing Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Senses Five Press is pleased to announce the release of Sybil&#8217;s Garage No. 7. Where can you find a television that sees five minutes into the future? Where can you find dragons trapped in a jar and an illness which turns people into glass? Where might you find families who sell their brainpower to corporations for penny wages, or dead relatives that sit down for family meals? Why, in the pages of Sybil’s Garage No. 7, of course. In this seventh issue of the highly acclaimed series, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/07/21/announcing-sybils-garage-no-7/</link>
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		<title>Sybil&#8217;s Garage Editor Spotlight &#8211; Mercurio D. Rivera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again, Sybil&#8217;s Garage is a group effort.  Several people work really hard behind the scenes to make each issue happen.  This is the first of a series of posts where I intend to highlight the contributions of each editor.  I&#8217;ve asked each person to talk a little bit about his/her experience working for Sybil&#8217;s Garage. Our first editor is Mercurio D. Rivera.  When Mercurio joined our writers group a few years back, I never thought this humble quiet fellow would soon become one ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/07/19/sybils-garage-editor-spotlight-mercurio-d-rivera/</link>
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		<title>M.K. Hobson &amp; Catherynne M. Valente this Wednesday at KGB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Catherynne M. Valente, author of over a dozen works of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest, the Orphan&#8217;s Tales series, and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Own Making. She is the winner of the Tiptree Award, the Mythopoeic Award, the Andre Norton Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Million Writers Award. She is a finalist for the Hugo Award this year. Over the next year she has three novels and a short story collection ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sensesfive.com/2010/07/19/m-k-hobson-catherynne-m-valente-this-wednesday-at-kgb/</link>
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