June 2023 Update

My short stories “The Roxy Ruling,” previously published under the title “Roxy’s Rule” in New Myths in 2017, and “Where the Hearth Is,” which appeared in Home for the Howlidays, edited by M.L.D. Curelas and published by Tyche Books Ltd. in 2021, were included in WolfSinger Publications’  Tails From the Front Lines 2: The Thin Blue Line. 

The book was launched May 15^th in conjunction with Law Enforcement Memorial Day. Proceeds from this anthology will be donated to the  El Paso County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office K9 program in memory of K9 Jinx who was killed in the line of duty on April 11, 2022. That's Jinx's photo on the cover of the book.

Tails From the Front Lines 2 includes the eulogy that was read at Jinx’s memorial service, as well as the “Last Call” for Jinx, both of which were quite emotional. Link for more information about the book: https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/tails-from-the-front-lines-2
 
Recent Publications
Poetry:
“After the Explorers,” “Feeding the Monster,” “The First,” and “Mars Colonists Are Interviewed,” Eccentric Orbits 4, Edited by Wendy Van Camp, Dimensionfold Publishing, May 2023, https://dimensionfold.com/catalog/poetry-books/eccentric-orbits/

“Chimerapet” and “Making a Run For It,” Scifaikuest online, May 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online

“Retirement Life,” On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic, No. 123, Vol. 33 No. 1, https://onspec.ca/current-issue/

Reviews:
Camp Zero, by Michelle Min Sterling, posted May 1, 2023, on The Miramichi Reader site, https://miramichireader.ca/2023/05/camp-zero-by-michelle-min-sterling/
 
Summoning Space Travelers, by Angela Acosta, excerpted in Star*Line 46.2, Spring 2023, full review at https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/reviews/22reviews.html
 
Tuesday’s Child is Full, by PS Cottier, excerpted in Star*Line 46.2, Spring 2023, full review at https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/reviews/22reviews.html
 
Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, by Natalie MacLean, posted on The Miramichi Reader site, May 15, 2023 https://miramichireader.ca/2023/05/wine-witch-on-fire-by-natalie-maclean/
 
Short Stories:
As noted above, “The Roxy Ruling” (Previously published as “Roxy’s Rule” in New Myths) and “Where the Hearth Is” (first published in Home for the Howlidays) were included in Tails From the Front Lines 2: The Thin Blue Line, published by Wolfsinger Publishing May 15, 2023.
 
What I’m Working On
I’m continuing to work on reviews, as well as article ideas. Since reading C. Hope Clark’s article “The 25/50/25 Rule of Freelance Writing,” which was published on Writer’s Digest’s online site March 29, 2023, I’ve been trying to focus on stretching my writing goals, so I have sent, and will be sending, queries and articles to some new markets in the coming months. Another article by C. Hope Clark, this time in her newsletter Funds for Writers, titled “Finding the Balance” talked about the importance of devoting time to “long tail” activities, such as novels, and items with shorter completion times, so I've been finding time to plug away at some collection ideas that have been on the back burner.