My poem, “The Green Lady,” will appear in Aberrant Dreams in 2008. I am thrilled to be accepted by AD again; in addition to finding my work worth publishing, they are a joy to work with, responsive to a writer’s every question or concern.

I also neglected to mention in this space that my review of Stephen Jones’ H.P. Lovecraft in Britain: A Monograph, was published in June by the SF Site.

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Last year I attended the first Arse Elektronika, organized by Monochrom and held in San Francisco. I had a fantastic time and learned a lot (you can read my notes here). So it gives me great pleasure to announce that I will not only be returning to this year’s event …

but also presenting a paper, “What is the 21st Century Novel?” with my co-author Reesa Brown! This years AE theme is “Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?” and covers technology, sexuality and science/social fiction. Our presentation will be part of the first track for the conference, Narration. We will be talking about the history of the novel and our ideas for its future, as well as of course how human sexuality ties into it all. We’re also working on a collaborative project which ties into the paper’s theme that we hope to announce around the time of Arse 2008.

I’m excited to be returning to San Francisco, and Arse Elektronika. See you in September.

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My poem, “a 24th-century reflection on emptiness,” has been published by Aberrant Dreams. You can read it here.

I’m really pleased to be published in Aberrant Dreams. While you’re at it, check out some of the other works in their webzine.

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My review of Tanith Lee’s young adult novel Indigara is now available on the SF Site. I felt a little bad turning in such a negative review of an author I have enjoyed in the past, but it’s my duty as a reviewer to share my feelings on the book I read even if I think it sucks.

Unfortunately, this is a book with serious faults that keep it from feeling like it ever gets off the ground. Most of the time when I read a book, there’s a point somewhere in the middle where I glance to the end to see how many pages are left. If it’s a good book then I am gauging how much pleasure I have left before I finish. If it’s a bad book I’m thinking the opposite — how many pages are left before I can move on to something better? Indigara was definitely a case of the latter, and that moment came a mere 80 pages into the book’s 200.

Check out my review then go looking for one of Lee’s other books; she’s a talented author, she just missed the mark this time.

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My review of Richard Dansky’s first original novel, Firefly Rain, is now available on the SF Site. I really enjoyed this book, and think it is worth at least checking out of your library. I’ve already enjoyed his RPG writing, and his work with Storytellers Unplugged so this novel was a treat. I hope Dansky keeps writing original work, and I have high hopes he becomes an author of note in the Horror genre.

Read the review here.

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My poem “a 24th-century reflection on emptiness” will appear in Aberrant Dreams in 2008. Hooray for me!

I will post again when I know a more exact publication date.

It’s been a few years since I’ve had the chance to see my poetry published. Hopefully the next time I won’t have to wait as long.

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