My poem “Why the King Wept” has been published in Uppagus 🙂 This poem is part of a group about Xau helping out during a flood in a neighboring country. One of the poems about the flood itself, “Not Like This,” is due to appear in Apex Magazine in August, and a third poem from the group, Dread, appeared in December in Mirror Dance.

My poem “Widow” has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. It is part of the epic fantasy, but about King Xau’s sister rather than King Xau.

My poem Interregnum has been reprinted in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review; this poem first appeared in Star*Line. (It’s the opening poem in The Sign of the Dragon, and as such is also in “Crowned”.)

My poems “The Cat Vet” and “When King Xau Was Gone” have both been accepted by Uppagus 🙂 “The Cat Vet” is — surprise, surprise — a poem about my cats’ vet, and “When King Xau Was Gone” is — another surprise here — a King Xau poem, one written recently (last month).

My poem Papa has been reprinted in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review; this poem first appeared in Uppagus.

I will be at a book signing this Saturday evening, here in Pittsburgh, and would be happy to chat to any and all…. In other news, my poem “School Library” has been accepted by Main Street Rag 🙂

My poem “House Hunt” is in the new issue (#2) of the Pittsburgh Poetry Review 🙂

My poems “Homecoming” and “Polar Bears” have been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. “Homecoming” is a poem about King Xau from the perspective of his elderly stablemaster, and “Polar Bears” is about a visit to the Pittsburgh Zoo with my daughter.

My poem “Further Extracts from the Recollections of Artoch, Senior Advisor to King Xau” has been accepted by Mirror Dance 🙂 It may have the longest title of any of my accepted poems, but I do have a (published) story with a still-longer title!

My poem “Returning” (a Xau poem) has been accepted by The Open Mouse 🙂

I discovered that three poems from “Crowned” have been nominated for the 2016 Rhysling Award 🙂 🙂 The poems are “The Washerwoman’s Daughter,” which was later reprinted in Star*Line, “Dragonslayer,” which was later reprinted in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, and “Training: Stances.” This means that a total of five poems in the book have been nominated for the Rhysling Award. (“Interregnum” won the 2014 Rhysling Award for best long poem and “The Matter of the Horses” was nominated for the 2015 Rhysling Award.)