2018 Mailbox Blues Archive
Sunday, 4 February 2018

My poems “Reasons for Reading” and “Harold’s Samaritan” have both been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review ๐Ÿ™‚

Saturday, 3 February 2018

My poem Dragon Mountain has been published in the new issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, my fifth poem from The Sign of the Dragon to appear there, and one of the longest of the King Xau poems.

Friday, 2 February 2018

My poem On Reading Le Guin is in the new issue of Uppagus. Ursula K. Le Guin was one of my very favorite authors, and I was very sad to hear of her death earlier this week.

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

An unexpected piece of good news: Neil Clarke emailed asking to reprint my short story “PauseTime” in Forever Magazine. Moreover he proved to be so efficient that I have already received both contract and payment! “Pausetime” first appeared in Spectrum SF.

Monday, 29 January 2018

Again,” a King Xau poem, has been published in Dreams & Nightmares, my seventh poem to appear there.

Saturday, 27 January 2018

My poem “Fealty” has been accepted by Uppagus, a market I am very fond of ๐Ÿ™‚

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

My poem “How To Time Travel” has been accepted by Analog, my second poetry sale to them ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve also sold them three short stories, one of which appeared back in 2003, and the other two of which should be published fairly soon.

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

My poem Camelot Cats has just been published as part of the Arthuriana issue of Eye to the Telescope ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s the opening poem in the issue.

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

My poem “Daunted,” first published in Dreams & Nightmares, has been nominated for this year’s Rhysling Award ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ “Daunted” is one of the longer poems from The Sign of the Dragon, and features King Xau, Captain Li, and the dragon.

Monday, 8 January 2018

I just sold a poem to Asimov’s Science Fiction, my first sale to them ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ For the record, they had rejected forty poems of mine over the past four and a half years. This is a happy day ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

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