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How the time slips by! A confluence of events these past two months has kept me from posting (not least of which was a new addition to the family!), so here is a brief update on the writing front:

Four chapters of Knight Terrors: The (Mis)Adventures of Smoke the Dragon have now posted online, with chapter five due tomorrow (Wed. June 3) http://knighterrors.blogspot.com.

My tenth flash piece for Every Day Fiction, "Tower of Baubles," posted today (Tues. June 2). www.everydayfiction.com I also had a flash there on May 22: "The Bride's Tail." All of my flashes for EDF can be accessed by searching my name on their website.

Marking my first time as a featured cover author, my haunted-house story "The House on Waterloo Lane" made its debut in the May issue of Arkham Tales. It is available for free as a .pdf file at www.arkhamtales.com

Also had a flash at Flashes in the Dark: Horror Flash Fiction in Daily Doses on April 3: "Bloody Pan." www.flashesinthedark.com And a poem in the latest issue of Aoife's Kiss. I think that's all the new publications to date (perhaps I should update the bibliography soon).

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" has placed in the top ten in the 2008 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll, in the category Fantasy/Science-Fiction Short Story. The image above is my virtual plaque. Thanks to all who voted! The story can be read here:  http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers/fantasy/smoke.html

THE FIRST CHAPTER IS LIVE...

http://knighterrors.blogspot.com

To read it is free. And all your base are belong to us.

If you enjoy humorous fantasy, check it out. If you know someone who does, why not pass along the link? Smoke: Stumble him, Digg him, Tweet him; just don't call him late to dinner.

My story "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" has been nominated in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll, in the category short story/fantasy or science fiction.

If you would like to cast a vote, go here: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/ (Polling is open until January 14th.)

If you have not yet read the story, it is at Abandoned Towers here: http://cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers/ On the left-hand side of the page under Online Content, select "Fantasy." Then click on the book. Then click on the story--you're there!

If you vote in the P&E poll, could I persuade you to cast a vote for Every Day Poets in the Poetry Zine category? Last I checked, EDP is running fourth--quite impressive, considering we've only been online for two months! You can visit EDP at http://www.everydaypoets.com

Happy New Year!