Battle Dress accepted by Daily Love

The online Romance magazine, Daily Love, has accepted my new flash romance story, Battle Dress, for publication. It is scheduled to be featured on July 15, 2012.

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Bewildering Stories Second Quarterly Review


Bewildering Stories
has selected Letters to the Luminiferous Aether for publication in its Second Quarterly Review, due out June 25, 2012.

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Anthology reveals author line-up

News Release

PETALUMA, Calif. — The Science Fiction Show in conjunction with Knightwatch Press released the line-up of authors for the upcoming military science fiction anthology “Battlespace, Volume 1” June 18.

The titles of the stories and their authors are (in alphabetical order):

  • The Code by Stefan Alford
  • Ayema’s Fleet by Therese Arkenberg
  • Safety In Numbers by Tom Barlow
  • Dog Days by Neil Carstairs
  • A Flash of Insight by John C. Conway
  • Outside the Wire by Terri Lynn Coop
  • The First Mission of Lieutenant Seth-7 by T. Fox Dunham
  • Lusi by Shay Fabbro
  • The Faith Eaters: Crickets by Cliff W. Gilmore
  • Re-Live by Keith Houin
  • Fred Has A Productive Day by Gerry Huntman
  • The Last Great Film by Pedro Iniguez
  • Two Hours to Die by Joe Jablonski
  • Mission of the Crystal Star by Joshua Johnson
  • Tussle by Eric Johnson
  • Message in a Bottle by Andrew Knight
  • Chewing Barbed Wire by Kevin McClintock
  • A Rare Chance At The Enemy by Mark Mellon
  • Umbuto’s Rock by Vincent Morgan
  • Dark Star by Robert J. Muirhead
  • Rocking The Dead Man by Sandra M. Odell
  • Special Aptitudes and Space Sensibilities by David S. Pointer
  • All We Know of Heaven and Hell by Guinevere Robin Rowell
  • Vortex by Joshua Schwartzkopf
  • One Last Shot at Glory by Aaron Smith
  • The Eye of God by John L. Thompson
  • The Gun by D. Thomas Wise; and
  • And Kill Them by William R.D. Wood

“We could not have had a better line up of authors for this book,” said Jason Tudor, editor-in-chief for the book. Houin and Michael J. Wistock are also serving as editors. “We’re excited about the stories. That’s what will sell this book, these great stories. We’re also excited about the authors, who have been enthusiastic and gracious as we lead up to publication.”

“Battlespace, Volume 1” will retail for $9.99 and is a mixture of short stories and flash fiction. All proceeds from ebook and printed book sales benefit the Warrior Cry Music Project. The ebook version is slated to be released June 26.

For more on the book, visit http://battlespace.myscifishow.com. To contact the staff for interviews or appearances, send a message to @myscifishow on Twitter or email letters@myscifishow.com.

About the Science Fiction Show

The Science Fiction Show is a weekly podcast available on iTunes looking into all-things science fiction in film, television, books and elsewhere. Hosts Jason Tudor, Keith Houin and Michael Wistock make an hour-long experience that is entertaining with riveting interviews, insider information and great personalities. Since May 2011, fans have downloaded the show 9,700 times and has better than 600 loyal followers across Facebook and Twitter. Past interview subjects have included comic book artists Steve Rude, Chris Trevis and Christian Waggoner; writers Mike Baron, Adam Slade and Eric Trautmann; and Hollywood special effects artist Shannon John Shea. The show’s website is http://www.myscifishow.com

About Warrior Cry
Warrior Cry is a group of volunteers who work with wounded soldiers in the Washington, DC, metro area. It provides the soldiers with musical instruments and then teaches them to play. Music is a great form of physical and mental therapy. Working closely with therapists to create a positive educational and therapeutic music program, Warrior Cry gives wounded soldiers something positive to work toward and helps to get their minds off of their injuries. Music also helps get our wounded soldiers out of their shell and interested in socializing with others. Warrior Cry works with other groups and non-profits to help better the lives of soldiers that were wounded in battle. The foundation’s website is www.warriorcry.org

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Bewildering Stories New Issue

Bewildering Stories issue 483 is out today, including the Editors’ Challenge Questions for my flash story, Letters to the Luminiferous Aether, the author response and corresponding Editor comments.

This is the 10th Anniversary issue of Bewildering Stories.

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Bingham’s Deep Woods Fairies Accepted by The Lorelei Signal

The Lorelei Signal, an award-winning web-based magazine dedicated to featuring strong female characters in fantasy short stories, and its corresponding print magazine, Mystic Signals, has accepted my 2,900-word short story, Bingham’s Deep Woods Fairies, a modern fantasy about a girl and the unexpected outcome of her fairy hunt. The story will appear in the October version of The Lorelei Signal, and the November issue of Mystic Signals.

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Letters to the Luminiferous Aether

Letters to the Luminiferous Aether,  science fiction flash, is now available in Issue 482 of Bewildering Stories. The issue index is at http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue482/index.html.

A pair of researches unlock the power of the luminiferous aether. Unfortunately, their breakthrough takes place as the theory upon which it is based becomes unpopular. Now they must find a way back.

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“Letters” Bumped Up to June 11

Bewildering Stories has moved Letters to the Liminiferous Aether to its Issue 482, scheduled for publication on June 11, 2012. A direct link will be posted here once it is up.

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A Master Passes

Ray Bradbury, a master author and interesting and wonderful speaker, died June 5, 2012, announced today, June 6, 2012. His works, philosophy and life were and are inspiring, thought provoking and uplifting. We were lucky to have the opportunity to know him through his appearances and his work. Rest in peace.

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Bewildering Stories Updated Schedule

My flash science fiction story, Letters to the Luminiferous Aether, is now scheduled for publication at Bewildering Stories on June 18.

A series of successive successor entities correspond with a research couple about their need for assistance in resolving their undocumented experiment. Will the couple get the help they need? If they do, will they want it when it finally arrives?

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Gentle Push to be Published at Mindflights

The editors at Mindflights have selected my short story, Gentle Push, for publication in their internet magazine. Humanity has expanded to the nearby stars and has encountered a powerful enemy. The story provides the first-person point of view of a creature in an ancient alien race investigating the conflict and encountering a human under unusual circumstances. She is not what it expects, but proves to be quite resourceful and enlightening.

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