haunted hope

[adelaidesean]

Thanks to the awesome efforts of angriest, Hope #2, the fundraiser fanzine helping the victims of the Victorian bushfires, is now out. It contains (among many other excellent things) my story "The Haunted Earth", which was inspired by a dream Shane Dix's son, Sam, had when he was a wee lad. The story was written in June, 1993, and has never been published before. I was reminded of it while teaching Clarion in January, when a story submitted for critique by Mac North turned out to have a very similar premise, as happens sometimes. I dug it out, found it surprisingly readable, and submitted it to Hope in the, well, hope that it would find a home. I'm very pleased it has.

This is my second story this year, and neither of them has appeared in print, per se. Hope is being distributed electronically at the moment (iirc) and "A Longing for the Dark" is only available as a reading by yours truly at Terra Incognita. Future releases, however, will be more traditionally distributed.

They are, for the record:
The Scarecrow (Broken Land, book 3, out now!)
The Grand Conjunction (Astropolis, book 3)
"A Glimpse of the Magnificent Structure (and the Threat it Entails)" (Godlike Machines)
"The Inevitable" (The New Space Opera 2)
"Ungentle Fire" (The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy)
"The Spark (A Romance in Four Acts)" (Australian Legends of Fantasy)

Comments

[editormum.livejournal.com]

I read Scarecrow day before last (review copy for Fiction Focus). Reviews will ensue! I already bought a copy for my library :D

Yes, like.

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Whew! Thank you. I'm very glad.