Claire's Touch is Illustrated

I know, just a little photoshop with the rover in the foreground for reference, but it's my first story illustration so I'm excited. I thought when I saw it that the hill isn't supposed to be there, and all three see the surprise craft nearly at once, but the parachute looks right, and the ship is silver, as it should be. Funny how I had a picture in my mind though I didn't describe everything tediously, so another reader/illustrator can see it differently. Who is to say she is wrong and I am right? A story becomes something subtlety different in each reader's mind, I think. That's part of the fun. It is also part of the fun to see what another reader got even though I never said as much.

Want to see some amazing story illustrations? Chris Howard Does his ownI lack the talent.

Publication is available here: http://www.neo-opsis.ca/

Sparks is out on Kindle

http://www.amazon.com/Sparks-Exciting-Fantasy-Brightest-ebook/dp/B0078I3TRS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329241925&sr=8-1

I'm hoping there's an epub version for Nook users like me.

Claire's Touch Came Out

Neo-Opsis is soldly semi-pro. We were talking about this one a year and a half ago at a Readercon dinner. Neo-Opsis publishes biennially. They thought it reminiscent of an old Farmer novel, The Lovers. I tried to be Bradburyesque but also scientifically plausible. Well, maybe the latter's a stretch.

The End sold

The editor, Bruce Bethke is credited for coining the term Cyberpunk.

You've heard the writerly advice: start as near to the end as possible? I started at story at the Big Crunch. That is, the last tick of the clock of time, when the Big Bang has completely reversed itself and the universe has collapsed to a single dimensionless point. That's when the story starts. Hence the title.

Sparks Anthology has a Cover

I even get some billing there, and not last! Don't know how they came up with the order. Getting billed as one of the brightest stars won't go to my head at all.

Isabelle Sold

...to Earthbound’s Sparks Anthology, the 18th market that considered it. Originally, it was an entry in an evil dolls contest, brought to my attention by Jodi MacArthur. It got rewritten after the 5th market, which was Residential Aliens, whose editor had some helpful suggestions. Members of the Ultimate SF Workshop also helped through their critiques. The story grew from flash to 2600 words as a result.
What fills the love lost when parents get caught up in their jobs, whether through fear of unemployment or addiction to all the things paychecks buy?

Lobsamen Sold

To Golden Visions webzine. Silly little flash, I know. Memories of Stonington, ME had something to do with it. If you think the dialect is over the top, you haven't been there. The setting was inspired by this little restaurant. I'll link to it when it's up.