More online fiction
I keep running into references to Cory online these past few days. He and the amazing Charlie Stross co-wrote December's novella at Sci Fiction, "Jury Service"; Cory's first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, is coming out shortly; he's got a short-story collection due out later this year, and another novel as well.
Speaking of Sci Fiction, this week's story ("Midnight at the Ichnologist's Ball") is by Greg Beatty! Way cool—I don't remember whether I knew Greg had sold a story there or not, but if so, I forgot.
Ellen Klages's story "A Taste of Summer," originally published in Black Gate, is about to reach the end of its Nebula eligibility. I think it's charming, like most of Ellen's stories. If any of you are active members of SFWA and think the story is deserving, consider giving it a recommendation.
The remarkable and prolific Jay Lake, who (after making his first pro sale in 2001, and then publishing 16 stories in mostly pro markets in 2002, all this while co-editing Polyphony) just made his first Campbell-eligible sale, has a whole bunch of stuff online recently, with more to come:
- "Cletis and the Duct-Tape Spider," a 30-part story (about 6000 words total), posted in blog format one 200-word chunk per day; you should start with week 1 (reading from the last entry on the page up through the first), and proceed through weeks 2, 3, and 4, ending up at the last set of installments on the main page. Unfortunately, one of the installments is missing; I'll ask Jay about that.
- "Story Words": another blog-format setup, in which Jay tosses off a mini-piece about the imaginary history and/or etymology of a real word every day (send him words!)
- "Jack's House" at SH, of course, an excellent and original allegorical story not quite like anything I've seen before
- And coming up in a couple weeks, a 12-part series of short-shorts, to be published once a month. Good stuff.