My silly short story ‘Cod Philosophy’ has gone up on great podcast zine Drabblecast. Drabblecast also featured my equally silly short story ‘Aqua Vita‘ last year.

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Hmm.

. . .Christian demoninations

Hmm.

The Age shows off its usual quality writing*:

Building unions fined $1.3m for legal breaches
But if they were legal. . .?

‘He jumped on his head with both feet’
How very agile of him.

*Yes, that’s a deliberate ambiguity.

Taken from the Wheatland Press blog. Note that Polyphony 7 will contain my short story ‘The Possibility of Love’.

In 2002, the Polyphony anthology series debuted. Conceived as a short fiction venue for stories that would skate gracefully across the boundaries of science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, and literary fiction, it was quickly recognized as the standard bearer for cross genre work. Since then, the series’ six volumes have become a vital, unique collection of voices in literature of the fantastic.

Polyphony has been twice nominated for a World Fantasy Award and the stories therein have been featured in several “Year’s Best” anthologies, along with garnering accolades from several award judges and committees. Polyphony authors range from multiple-award-winning seasoned writers to the previously unpublished. The series is truly a melodic interweaving of many voices: old and new, speculative and literary, heralded and unknown. Polyphony has not merely crossed literary boundaries, it has reformed and redefined them.

The harsh economic climate threatens to kill this vital series. Wheatland Press is asking for your help.

The authors have graciously made concessions to make Polyphony 7 a reality. They’ve agreed to a reduced pay rate to see the volume published. Now we need readers.

In order to publish Polyphony 7, Wheatland Press must receive 225 paid pre-orders via the website by March 1, 2010. If the pre-order quantities cannot be met, Polyphony will cease publication. It’s that simple. The preorder link is here:http://www.wheatlandpress.com/
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If the preorder number is met, then Polyphony 7 will be published on or about July 1, 2010.*

We have heard from many in the SF/F literary community that Polyphony is a vital part of landscape. We agree, but we cannot continue without your support. We hope that you will support our fine authors and their art by becoming part of the Polyphonycommunity and pre-ordering a copy of Polyphony 7.

*The fine print: If we do not receive enough orders by March 1, then all preorders will be refunded immediately.

Do feel free to buy another Wheatland Press title while you are stopping by the website! Those will, as always, ship immediately.

Me: Hmm, my sister should think about becoming an informatics nurse.

Jono: A nymphomatics nurse?

“Allopathetic medicine”

Oh dear. Hopefully I think before I speak more often than I apparently think before I type.

From a WIP:

“sucked up by the vortext. . .”

Clearly, I’m the queen of the portmanteau neologism.

And also:

There were even those who refused to set food on what could be considered the ground here. . .

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From The Age:

Breaking News
6:45AM Wheels of bus packed with kids fall off

This one was me, writing an informative (ha!) article:

. . .hygiene laws are pretty sick