It is the end of the sixth month, and things are looking good. There are new reviews for We Bury the Landscape: Hayes Moore at A cappella Zoo Rachel Joy at Kill Me If I Stop a reader's review over at Goodreads and a 2-star here (scroll down, scroll down). My story, "The Chinese Zodiac," in Charles Tan's Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, was called "exquisitely crafted" by Publishers Weekly. Kudos to writerly folks, Christine V. Lao and Paolo Chikiamco, whose stories were also favorably mentioned. Chikiamco, by the way, wormed his story all the way to the VIP lineup of a VanderMeer anthology. Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology is forthcoming in August and is available for preorder via Amazon. These lovelies also arrived in the mail. Dadaoism (An Anthology), which can be pre-ordered from Amazon, is awesome, awesome, awesome! This is from the hysterical "Noises," a story by Joe Simpson Walker: The farting. That was what had finally done it, that's what drove him to desperation: when she started farting on purpose to torment him. Here are the latest issues of Petrichor Machine, Picayune Literary Magazine, Yalobusha Review, and Ellipsis, where I've had work included. There are so many wonderful stories and poems that are published out there; I think a large majority of those end up getting published in the small presses. LOCAL BEAUTY My uncle gave my niece and my nephew one copy each of this lavishly illustrated 20-page book. I scanned the cover and the facsimile of the publication info. The text is written by Victor Jose Peñaranda. Foreword is by Daniel Ong. FURRY FURIES Recently, we have new furry additions in our household. Snowy and Ruffy. They treat everybody in the household like a slave. Snowy and Ruffy come from my sister's place in the city. They were once stuck in a small house with a super-small paved front yard. On their first night in our main house, they are delirious -- seeing so much space, seeing the grass, seeing the trees. We'll get their mother soon. And these two untouchables are the objects of the puppies' predatory urges. BUILD A CAVE I will turn this ultra-spacious wreckage into my library and cavernous bedroom. White walls, white ceiling, minimal furniture (translation: I won't have enough money left for the furniture), and glass. It's not much, I know. But soon...
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7/1/2012 11:36:45 pm
I'm very pleased with the anthology too. "Noises" was inspired by a real person and at least one line in it was said to me verbatim...
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7/4/2012 05:01:48 pm
Hi, Joe. I love your fantastic story and the anthology!
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Hello, my old friend. I'm going to delve into your article this afternoon, but for right now, another blogfriend is doing something called a blog hop for book people, and I just want to make sure you know about it. She explains it at http://bookishwhimsy.blogspot.com/2012/07/feature-follow-2.html.
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7/27/2012 06:45:05 pm
Hi, Jack. I'll check out the link tomorrow. So busy with stuff right now. I added the pictures when I wrote the post, but I remembered changing the layout and the arrangement many times afterwards. That must be why you're seeing them now and not before. Have a great weekend, and thank you for sharing the Bookish Whimsy link.
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I see what happened: The pics only appear if you click on Comments. In any case, looks like you've bitten off enough work for three men and a boy. What did you do, buy a warehouse? If you're going to make that your library, you'll obviously have to become a watertight engineer. Looks like a dream project, though, a big blank canvas for you to complete and live within. Keep us up to date out here. I for one would love to see what you do with it! 8/9/2012 07:25:01 pm
Hey, Jack! Sorry, it took me forever to reply. Yep, I'm an engineer (not working as one though) and not the construction kind. The steel bracing on the supports and the floor is over the top. Structure's designed to last. For now, it is used as a warehouse. In time, I'll get it done.
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