Two wonderful surprises arrived in the mail this week, the paperback and hardcover versions of Columbia and Britannia, the new anthology out from Fourthhorseman Press.  The book hasn’t hit the stores yet, so I’m not spoiling the publisher’s big reveal of the books, but I will say that they look amazing.  Once the book get’s listed on the Fourthhorseman website I’ll list ordering information here.

Dug up some old, unsuccessful stories the other day and started thinking about ways to revive them. This is always a tricky business. Sometimes a story that isn’t working is asking for attention, but sometimes they’re just asking to be given a quiet and honorable death. The hard part is really hearing it when they’re telling you to let them go. We’ll see what happens with this set: a new lease on life, or a final trip to the “do not publish” folder.

Progress on the website and a return to the writing life proceeds inch by stubborn inch.  Spent last weekend at my Grandmother’s house in West Texas, and then spent much of this week fretting over a vomiting baby (she seems fine now).  Hoping to have the skeleton of a stories page up by the end of this weekend, but that same baby’s second birthday will be happily getting in the way on Sunday.  Should be fun, we even have  a balloon lady coming. Here’s a little daily dose of cuteness as Maddy rocks out on Grandma’s piano:

Keep an eye on http://www.fourthhorsemanpress.com/ for an upcoming project with a story of mine. Good stuff from Brian Dixon and Adam Chamberlain, the devoted and talented publisher/editors at Fourth Horseman Press.

After a multi-year hiatus blamed on a baby, hackers, and illness (in that order), this site is slowly returning to life. Check back soon for more posts and updates.