RIP, Lucius Shepard
I just learned that Lucius Shepard died two days ago. I haven't had much contact with him in a long...
Archive for Short Stories
Sturgeon’s “Granny Won’t Knit”
In my Complete Sturgeon reading, I just read his 1954 story “Granny Won't Knit.” Spoilers and an entertaining anecdote follow....
Nebula nominees!
SFWA has announced this year's Nebula nominees, and I'm very pleased with them. Congratulations to all the nominees! (And double...
Picking up Sturgeon again
In 2001, I bought and read and enjoyed the first five volumes in North Atlantic Books's Complete Stories of Theodore...
My top ten single-author short sf collections
Back in 2010, John DeNardo of SF Signal was kind enough to invite me to participate in one of their...
Sturgeon on monogamy
Theodore Sturgeon's 1951 story “Rule of Three” (spoilers!) features two tripartite energy beings who embed themselves in six humans, and...
Escape Pod and Podcastle need your help!
The three sf fiction podcasts run by Escape Artists (Escape Pod, Podcastle, and Pseudopod) are in dire need of donations...
Another take on The Problem of Susan
Ursula Vernon, author of the newly Hugo-award-winning graphic novel Digger, has written a sad and powerful short story about The...
SH 2010 notes: violent female protagonists
While we were buying stories to be published in 2010, I noticed an interesting small trend: several stories featuring female...
SFWA qualifying markets list: now with links to guidelines
There've been a couple of times in the past few months when I've wanted to research various things about the...
Great storytelling recordings, super-cheap!
Info about a bunch of excellent albums of the stories of Willy Claflin and/or Maynard Moose—and how you can buy some of them for $2 apiece.
Some reasons to submit to Asimov’s
A couple of times in recent months, I've seen sf writers say that they don't submit to Asimov's. If you're...