2020 Mailbox Blues Archive
Thursday, 31 December 2020

My poem “Directions to the Underworld” has been accepted for the forthcoming travel issue of Eye to the Telescope, edited by Alicia Cole. It’s my 13th poem to sell to Eye to the Telescope.

Saturday, 26 December 2020

I’ve belatedly realized that my short-short story “Red” is in the recently published Twilight Worlds: The Best of NewMyths Anthology Volume II. By my count, this is my one hundredth short story to be published.

Saturday, 26 December 2020

I revised the poem that had received a rewrite request from Star*Line, emailed it back, and they accepted it one day later. So that was nice ๐Ÿ™‚

Friday, 25 December 2020

A nice start to Christmas: I had a poem accepted by Star*Line, as well as a rewrite request on a second poem ๐Ÿ™‚ Wishing one and all very happy holidays.

Friday, 18 December 2020

My story Just Desserts has been published by Daily Science Fiction, my eighth story to appear there. It features aliens, desserts, and the settling of the solar system.

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

My poem How to Forfeit the Future has just been published in NewMyths.com Issue 53.

And my poem Cherry Blossom 2050, first published in NewMyths.com Issue 46, has been reprinted in Twilight Worlds: The Best of NewMyths Anthology Volume II ๐Ÿ™‚

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

I’ve just signed a poetry contract with Andromeda Spaceways, which promises to be the first time I’ve had a poem published in an Australian magazine ๐Ÿ™‚ [Back in the day, I had a couple of short stories published in Altair, an Australian magazine that has since disappeared.]

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

My poem Heroine is in the new issue of Uppagus, my thirtieth poem to appear there. I’m very grateful to them for giving so many of my poems a home.

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

My poem “After Zhuangzi” (Eye to the Telescope #38, October 2020) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, my second nomination in one day!! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

My poem How to Advertise Titan (Star*Line #43.2, Spring 2020) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize!! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

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