Triangulation Three-Peat

I'm humbled to have a story in this year's Triangulation: Last Contact. It's the third time the good folks at Parsec have been generous enough to include one of my little tales. I'm honored. Triangulation always brings good company. For the (nearly) complete table of contents, see editor Stephen V. Ramey's blog.

Thanks, Mr. Ramey. Happy to have climbed aboard the good ship Triangulation. Thanks for believing in short stories.

A Repeat, a List, and an Echo

It's Monday, which means I'm tired and sunburned from watching the Kansas City Chiefs put a whooping on Jacksonville, 42-20. I'll admit there was a little nail-biting in the third quarter, but after a pick six by Derrick Johnson, the hammer was most effectively brought down.

Okay, enough sports blah-blah-blah.

1. A Repeat

Friday night (I had the day off after a marathon twelve-hour parent/teacher conference day on Thursday), we held our second trying-to-be annual "drive-in" movie night in our backyard. It was load of fun as you can obviously tell in this out-of-focus and rather dark picture:

Last time around, we watched Scooby-Doo. This year, it was Shaun the Sheep, Little Sheep of Horrors. Claymation fun for everyone! (Yes, we projected the movie on a sheet attached to our roof.)

2. A List

The table of contents for Day Terrors (from The Harrow Press) is official, and it includes:

Ataraxia — Scott Brendel

Sea of Green, Sea of Gold — Aaron Polson

The Wish Man and the Worm — J.M. Heluk

The Woman in the Ditch — Scott Lininger

And the Crowd Goes Wild — John Jasper Owens

No Sin Remains A Secret — Jack Bowdren

The Heat Has Fangs — Trent Roman

In Lieu of Flowers — Chad McKee

Down Where the Blue Bonnets Grow — Daniel R. Robichaud

The Infatuate — Adam Walter

Fiddleback — Lorna D. Keach

Daddy Long Legs — Harper Hull

Miss Riley’s Lot — Gregory Miller

Closing the Deal — Lee Clark Zumpe

Customs — Mark Rigney

A Day at the Beach — Lawrence Conquest

Uncle Alec’s Gargoyle — Rebecca Fraser

Carrington Cove — Davin Ireland

Lollipop — Jason Sizemore

Companion — Rob E. Boley

Sands of Time — E. C. Seaman

The TOC with story blurbs can be found at The Harrow. I had fun with my story because it let me make up more crazy sh*t about Kansas. I sure like to make up crazy sh*t about Kansas...

3. And finally, an Echo...as in Leigh Blackmore has informed me that "In the Cave of Stories" will find a home in Midnight Echo #5 (Midnight Echo being a publication of the Australian Horror Writers Association). I love this piece and it was well worth the wait to hear the "yes".

My Most Humbling Experience to Date

The Table of Contents (TOC) for Blood Lite II: Overbite...

Death and Taxes—Heather Graham
Table for Two—Jeff Ryan
Treatment—J.A. Konrath
Dead Clown Séance—Christopher Welch
The Day the Devil Swallowed a Heapin’ Helpin’ of Pride at the Beaulahville Gospel Jubilee—Scott Nicholson
Piecemaker—Don d’Ammassa
Good Breeding—Lucien Soulban
Tails—John R. Little
Dog Tired (of the Drama!)—L.A. Banks
A Sweet Girl for Todd—Mark Onspaugh
Dark Carbuncle—Kevin J. Anderson & Janis Ian
Tastes Like Chicken—Jordan Summers
Presumptuous Beast Throws Sumptuous Feast—Mike Baron
Bad German—Edward Bryant
The Halloween War—Brian J. Hatcher
Oh, the Ho-Ho Horror—Joel A. Sutherland
The Unfortunate Persistence of Harold Francis Beamish—Aaron Polson
Dick and Larry—D.L. Snell
Son of…a Bitch!—Sam W. Anderson
Her Lucky Day—Allison Brennan
A Wing and a Prayer—Sharyn McCrumb
Barewolf—Daniel Pyle
American Banshee—Eric James Stone
The Epicurean—Amy Sterling Casil
The Ghoul Next Door—Nancy Kilpatrick
Daycare of the Damned—Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Season’s Tickets—Derek Clendening
The Close Shave—Mike Resnick & Lezli Robyn
Shaggy Dog Story—Steve Rasnic Tem
Eight-Legged Vengeance—Jeff Strand
Lucifer’s Daughter—Kelley Armstrong

The book is slated for an October 2010 release.

(Who the hell is this "Polson" character, and why'd they let him in?)

Triangulation: Dark Glass (Thus Far)

Triangulation: Dark Glass will be released in time for the PARSEC's annual Confluence convention, on the weekend of July 24-26, 2009. The anthology includes the following stories (in no particular order):

"The Milton Feinhoff Problem" -- Mark Onspaugh

"More Things in Heaven and Earth" -- Jason K Chapman

"One Touch to Remember" -- David Seigler

"Deadglass" -- Lon Prater

"Souls on Display" -- Kurt Kirchmeier

"Imaginal Friend" -- Ken Chiacchia

"Saint Darwin's Spirtuals" -- Dave Thompson

"Windows to the Soul" -- Gerri Leen

"Monstrous Embrace" -- Rachel Swirsky

"Dancing Lessons" -- Aaron Polson (What's he doing in this list? Seriously.)

"A More Beautiful Monster" -- Loretta Sylvestre

"Audition for Evil" -- Amy Treadwell

"Broken Things" -- Kathryn Board

"Perchance to Dream" -- David Miles

"On the Path" -- Kelly Harmon

"Seeing Is" -- Craig Wolf

Contest entries are still to be judged, so the TOC will increase. I'm honored to find my little tale with such august company. (I tried to provide blog/homepage links where possible, and would be glad to update the others if someone points me in the right direction...)