Short Stories Are Like Gems, a miniessay in celebration of National Short Story Month, is up in the Atticus Review blog.

Thank you very much to the editors for inviting all contributors to send in miniessays about the short story. Lots of lovely and well-reflected miniessays about the short story on the site.

(Image by David Hodges)

I feel very honored to have a story, From Inside His Sleep, in the yearly print issue of the awesome lit mag Bluestem Magazine!

Thank you very much to the editors for taking the story in!

The 2012 print issue has some fantastic creative non-fiction, fiction and poems, especially Megan Stielstra, Elaine Palencia and Heather Delabre’s work!

(Image: Starz by unknown)

The hard science fiction anthology

Rocket Science,

edited by Ian Sales, with my story Dancing on the Red Planet, has received several great reviews.

They are all linked here and give lots of information about the stories and the anthology. Check it out!

(Image: Mars and Valles Marineris taken by ESA’s Mars Express space probe)

FlashFlood is a project in celebration of Flash Fiction Day.

Crane Legs is one of the stories in the FlashFlood.

Many thanks to the editors for doing the crane walk with me!

(Crane Legs was first published in L’Allure des Mots in February 2011.)

Cutaway Magazine

with my story, Thaumiel’s Ears,

is now available from the publisher.

Cutaway Magazine is a beautiful little magazine with stories that span the literary and the speculative.

Editors Craig Pay and Dave Schofield call Thaumiel’s Ears “epic fantasy in less than 600 words.”

There’s more about the stories in Cutaway Magazine here.

Many thanks to Craig and Dave for giving Thaumiel a good home!

(Image: Cold At Neptune by Russell Tomlin)

Lightning Strikes Twice In All The Best Places

is now in the Italian lit mag Brown Bunny Magazine!

Inspired by Chef Shane‘s world travels and a story prompt by Pure Slush editor Matt Potter, with vital information by writer Chris Galvin Nguyen.

Thank you so much to the editor for letting the lightning strike twice and to Chef Shane, Matt and Chris to share of their knowledge and experience for this story!

(Image by Wikimedia user Fir0002)

Poison Ore Heart

is now in the cool lit mag Everyday Genius.

A small apocalypse.

Many thanks to the editor for spinning this one out.

(Image: Blue Pond by Kent Shiraishi)