Well, now the contract’s been signed and sent back, so I can say that “Tears in the Sea” will be published next month in the January 2010 online edition of Cabinet des Fees. “Tears in the Sea” is part of a larger project, The Skin We Wear, which is a series of short stories (and a few poems) that work independently but, when taken together, comprise a complete novel. Previously published pieces of The Skin We Wear include the story “Behind the Tower” in Straying from the Path: New Tales of Little Red from Drollerie Press, and the poems “Increments” and “What Lurks” on The Ghazal Page. Though I must admit I don’t think you’re likely to pick out the larger story yet. By some strange sort of anticoincidence, no two of them have the same characters.
If you can’t wait until January to get your fix, I’ll be in Artocratic on December 18th, with two previously published poems. “My Last Seattle Poem (the Beginning of Landscape)” placed 2nd in The Willamette Week’s annual poetry competition in 1992, and “The Decline of the Beat Poets by Nigel Turtleneck” first appeared in Paterson Literary Review in 2005.
In addition, my story “Wood” will appear in Like a Sacred Desire: Tales of Sex Magic from Circlet Press. This is for adult readers only–my first venture into writing erotica. I might not have written it, except that asked me to submit a story. But I am nevertheless proud of the work I did there. I made a commitment to myself from the outset that I wouldn’t write it unless I could tell a story that worked as a story–and not a story with erotic elements tacked on but one in which the erotic elements are integral to the telling of a meaningful story. I think I succeeded. And, based on a conversation with the editor about the other stories she chose, I think that most if not all of the book may fall into a similar mold.
Recently:
- Where to find me online
- Drollerie Blog Tour: Anna the Piper on Dangerous Writing
- Upcoming publications
- Straying from the Path
- Drollerie Press book sale
- Drollerie blog tour: Cindy Lynn Speer talks about music
- Call for Submissions: Trafficking in Magic/Magicking in Traffic
- Updates to appearances
- Because nothing goes with chocolate like excess…
- Celebrate Chocolate Day–20% off The Chocolatier’s Wife
