Publishy goodness, and less goodness
An unexpected treat arrived yesterday in the post: contributor's copies (2 - I can read in stereo!) of Fictitious Force #5. I share the TOC with a few names I know - Aliette de Bodard(![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
aliettedb ) and Kurt Kirchmeier (isaiah13 ) from Liberty Hall, Daniel Ausema from sfreader, and others whose names I have come across (Sarah Monette, who is apparently truepenny here on lj - her story is short, brutal and powerful, certainly on first read the most powerful story in the issue), and others whose names I hadn't (Mari Ness, aka mariness ).
Less joyful news; issue #2 of Staffs and Starships (in which I am also featured, with "Where No Wind Blows" - a Yi Qin/Yi Zhang story) will be the last for the foreseeable future. Another magazine that took up more time than its editor expected it to , and that hasn't been able to find the circulation it needed. Sad.
Yes, it's not so cool whenever a magazine folds. A lot of time and sweat, it's got to be the toughest game in town.
(I don't have my own copies yet, but I'm eagerly awaiting them).
Yep, we share the TOC. Your coat-tails, I cling to them. :)