September 2023 Update: Rhapsody of the Spheres Published

Cooler nights and shorter days have arrived, marking the approach of autumn. There's even a tinge of colour in the leaves of some of the old maple trees in the neighbourhood. This time of year always puts me in a back-to-school mood, and though I’m no longer enrolled as a full-time student, I’m still taking online courses here and there. 
 
It’s been a good summer publication-wise. I’ve had acceptances from some markets that I’ve tried to get into (or get back into) for awhile. One I’m always happy to see my work appear in is Third Flatiron, and August saw the release of the Third Flatiron anthology Rhapsody of the Spheres, which included my short speculative humor piece, “The Art of Music Surfing.”

 

Recent Publications

Articles:
“Harnessing the Power of Rejections,” Funds for Writers, Volume 23, Issue 33, August 25, 2023.

Poetry:
[Despite the greengrocer’s demands], Saturday Evening Post: Limerick Laughs May-June runner-up, August 28, 2023, https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/08/may-june-2023-limerick-laughs-winner-and-runners-up/
 
“If You Should Meet a Black Hole,” Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, August/September 2023.
 
“Mycelial,” The Future Fire, Issue 2023.66, July 2023, http://futurefire.net/2023.66/fiction/mycelial.html
 
Reviews:
The Astronaut Always Rings Twice, edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell, published in The Fifth Dimension, August 2023, Hiraeth Publishing.
 
Wild Kin, by Marlene Grand Maître, posted on The Miramichi Reader web site, August 27, 2023, https://miramichireader.ca/2023/08/wild-kin-by-marlene-grand-maitre/
 
Short Stories:
“The Art of Music Surfing,” Rhapsody of the Spheres, a Third Flatiron anthology, August 21, 2023.
 
“A Subtle Form of Combat,” published in Yay! They’re Here! Edited by Helen Davis and Elizabeth Davis, Dead Fish Books, August 2023.
 
What I’m Working On
As we head toward NaNoWriMo in November, I’m getting back into writing fiction after a short break. I still have my usual stack of books to review as well.
 
Coming Soon
My poem “First Contact,” which first appeared in Eye to the Telescope Issue 42, Notional Ekphrasis, has been accepted for the Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume I, which will be published by Ansible Press.