A.C. Wise

My short story, ‘Cloth from Flesh, Flesh from Bone’ will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Ideomancer. More details to follow as I get them.

My short story Blessed is currently online in the July issue of Reflection’s Edge. Here’s an excerpt:

The Great War, the Last War, the War to End All Wars; the war of glory and confetti and marching home to kiss girls for black and white photographs splashed across the front page. But that wasn’t Roland’s war. What he saw - flickering like an old film reel when he closed his eyes - was the dirt.

Follow the link above to read the rest of the story.

So I’m a little late to the game, and I just started reading Helix, but better late than never, right? Some of these stories are old, some are new, but all are good, and a good sampling of why you should be reading Helix too. (Oh, hey, that rhymes!)

Captive Girl by Jennifer Pelland

The Sorrow Fair by A.M. Dellamonica

The Mermaids’ Tea Party by Samantha Henderson

I was thrilled to learn today that my short story ‘Sisters of the Blessed Diving Order of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew’ will be be published by Strange Horizons - one of my favorite publications! It should appear sometime late in 2008, or early 2009.

Speaking of Strange Horizons, their Fund Drive is still going strong. They are offering some pretty kick-ass thank you gifts for donations over $25, but a donation of any amount gets you chance to win some great prizes, too!

For the curious, the title of this post comes from the song, Pandora’s Aquarium by Tori Amos. The lyric sparked the idea for ‘Sisters of the Blessed Diving Order of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew’. More info on when exactly the story will appear to follow.

Okay, I lied about the evil space monkeys. They’re coming no matter what you do. The good news is that my flash fiction piece, ‘The Chupacabra in Love’ will be appearring over at Every Day Fiction, which, as the name implies, posts a new piece of short fiction every day. Stay tuned for more info on when the story will be published.

On the Finding of Photographs of My Former Loves by Peter M. Ball

G-O-O-D-B-Y-E by Nick Mamatas

The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman

Non-Fiction: Q&A with Ray Bradbury by Marty Rosen

Every year, all around the world, hundreds of short stories are being neglected; they do not receive the love and attention they so desperately need. But at Strange Horizons, the longest running genre zine on the world wide web, speculative fiction stories are given a safe environment in which to flourish and grow. So please, won’t you take a moment to help change a short story’s life by donating to the Strange Horizons 2008 Fund Drive? Sponsor a story, spread the word, and make the speculative fiction world a better place for all the stories to come. After all, we are the stories we tell.

SFRevu has nice things to say about Paradox #12, giving the issue an overall rating of “Very Good”.

Bookgasm posted a positive review of The Undead: Flesh Feast, praising its stories for being innovative even with a topic that, as they put it, has been “done to death” - pun intended.

Paradox #12 gets a positive review over at The Fix. Sweet!