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Delirium Squared
If you are interested at all in science fiction, fantasy, or horror poetry, you might find the latest issue of Mythic Delirium to your liking. It just came out and it has a knock-out lineup, with writers like Mikal Trimm, Ian Watson, and Suzette Haden Elgin between the covers. I love that title, "Mythic Delirium." I'm happy to have a dark poem, called "muscle boy," in this issue. And I just realized that this makes two publications I've been in this year with the word "Delirium" in the title. (The other one was an anthology, called In Delirium, published by…
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Wee Small Hours is Clocking Out
Wee Small Hours -- the online fiction challenge, responding to creative writing prompts plucked from my weekly column in Hellnotes newsletter -- has gone on hiatus. Read the final (?) entry (Bev Vincent's excellent story, "Therapy") while it's still available free online. Bev wrote a very grim, very moving, tale! I just wanted to say how proud I was to be the instigator for WSH. Although only one tale was chosen each month, it has produced many great stories that are still in circulation and it thrills me to be a part of all that creative energy. UPDATE 5/5/06: It…
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Freakcidents Happen
I'm happy to announce that FREAKCIDENTS is officially a finalist for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection! FREAKCIDENTS (think "freak+accidents") is a series of character studies of wild mutants and crazy sideshow attractions. This title has always been one of my personal favorites. You can still read some excellent reviews and sharp literary criticism about the book online in Sidereality, Strange Horizons, FeoAmante.com, and Chiaroscuro. Shocklines Press still has copies of this limited edition book available in an affordable trade paperback and a short run of very special signed/lettered hardcovers. UPDATE, 4/14: Shocklines is…