My photograph "Salt Shadow" will appear in Small Beer Press' A Working Writer's Daily Planner 2011. This planner should appear in September, you can preorder now! You can also see my gallery page for another photo link or two.

The Beastly Bride is in stores now. You can find it at Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. It's also available in digital formats, if you don't want the shiny hardcover. My short story, "Island Lake," leads off this collection of stories about animal people.

Island Lake is a real place. My father's parents lived there, and I spent countless summers fishing and swimming its waters. My cousins and I used to float in inner tubes to the island in the lake and as we went, strange things would slither past our legs under the dark water. Sometimes they were waterlilies; other times, who knows? Was it more than just fish nibbling at our toes? This lake watered my writer's brain from an early age. This story is one result.

New Sales:
I'm beyond thrilled to say that "The Swallow and the Sea" has sold to Beyond Ceaseless Skies, and "Liminal" has sold to Fantasy Magazine. This will be my first appearance in BCS, and my third in Fantasy. "Basil Hawthorne and the Cliff Tomb" will appear in an issue of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine next year (likely issue #51). More details and links when I have them! ASIM marks my second international appearance.

Still Out & About:
The Summer 2009 issue of On Spec includes "The Far-springer," a tale of Medusa's sisters. When hunting gorgon becomes all the rage, what's a girl to do? "They couldn't know she was immortal and those shreds would knit back together. Or maybe they did know and took greater pleasure because of it." This story gets an Honorable Mention in Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2, from Ellen Datlow.

Shimmery News:
Shimmer recently garnered TEN honorable mentions in Best Horror of the Year, Volme 2, from Ellen Datlow. Thank you, Ellen! Shimmer #11, The Clockwork Jungle Book, is available in hardcopy or electronic versions. This is the largest issue of Shimmer yet, collecting stories about steampunk animals. I had such fun editing this issue, and know you will enjoy it. We are knee-deep in putting Issue 12 together now.