Havok Publishing recently released the cover artwork for the Multiversal anthology, which will include one of my flash fiction stories. The anthology is tentatively scheduled for release July 30, 2026. Also in the news: the Slapshots in Space and Magical Marathons anthology that will be co-edited by Colleen Anderson, Paula Johanson and myself opens for submissions July 1 to August 31, 2026. Details are available at the Tyche Publishing web site, https://tychebooks.com/submissions/. The anthology will accept speculative poetry and fiction about sport.
Recent Publications
Fiction:
“Cheating
Death,” Havok Publishing, June 2, 2026.
Nonfiction:
“Art
Expressions exhibition showcases student creativity,” The Simcoe Advocate, Grant Haven News, June 18, 2026. An article
about the Art Expressions exhibition of high school student work.
“Fantastic
Field Hockey and Superhuman Prowess: Positive Portrayals of Female Athletes in
Four Spec-Fic Books,” Trollbreath Magazine, Issue 8,
Summer 2026. In the article, I discuss the portrayal of female athletes in Quan
Barry's We Ride Upon Sticks, Nicole Luiken's Violet Eyes,
Seanan McGuire's Dying With Her Cheer Pants On , and E.C.
Bell's Dying on Second.
“From
Fastball to Fiction Writing,” Reality Skimming Blog, June 1, 2026, https://www.realityskimming.com/post/from-fastball-to-fiction-writing. A
collection of my thoughts on my exposure to governance issues like integrity
and accountability, and how these issues play out in my speculative fiction
writing.
Interview
with Nina Munteanu, The Temz Review, Issue 35,
June 29, 2026, https://www.thetemzreview.com/issue-thirty-five.html.
Poetry:
“After
the Darkness of Space,” Polar Starlight Issue 23, June 2026, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/POLAR-STARLIGHT-23-June-2026.pdf
“Living Room Camping,” Spaceports
& Spidersilk, June 2026.
“Showdown on Alpha V,” Women of the Weird West, Brigids Gate Press,
June 2026, https://brigidsgatepress.com/
Reviews:
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni
Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation, by Sheila Weller, published as a “hot
take” in the June 15, 2026 Seaboard Review of Books newsletter, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboard-review-of-books-monday-june-15-2026
The Last Mandarin, by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung,
published as a “hot take” in the June 29, 2026 Seaboard Review of Books
newsletter, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboard-review-of-books-june-29-2026
Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for
Agroecology in the Americas,
by Bruce H. Jennings, The Seaboard Review of Books, June 22, 2026, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/revolutionary-science-by-bruce-h-jennings
What I’m
Working On
The main
focus for July will be articles and book reviews.
