My very-first-ever fiction submission, to Weird Tales, has been rejected. But, Ann VanderMeer did ask me to keep her in mind for future submissions, and while I could tell myself she was just being polite – I’m not going to. Like being waitlisted for Clarion, this feels like a huge step to me, and lets me know that I’m headed in the right direction, even if I have to take the occasional detour to get there.
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As promised, I’ve submitted one of the stories I used for my Clarion application to Weird Tales. I was so wound up about it, I forgot to attach it to the first email (though I did remember to paste the first four paragraphs into the body of that email, per the instructions at Ralan.com’s listing for the magazine), and had to send a second one, with an apology and an attachment. I can only hope Ann VanderMeer’s done something similar in her time…
George Romero’s Diary of the Dead came out today.
Peter Hartlaub’s written a column on surviving a zombie invasion, which I discovered via a link from The Apocalyptic Workout, wherein the Slackmistress notes that some may wonder whether she will continue with her end-of-the-world fitness program now that the writer’s strike is over.
There’ve been several lovely zombie stories in Weird Tales recently, including zombie love stories by Joe R. Lansdale (“On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks”), Lisa Mantchev (“Six Scents”
), Carrie Vaughn (“Kitty’s Zombie New Year”) and Michael Boatman (“A Father’s Work”).
So I’ve been thinking about zombies.
Which is why, when a helicopter passed over just a few minutes ago, I tensed and wondered whether I could get to the machete in time.
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