Welcome to Friday, Earthlings!
This brand-spanking new newsletter is now my website. That’s right. After over a decade, I finally said goodbye to WordPress. I don’t have any issues with WordPress. It’s quite robust and has served me well over the years. I don’t, however, need all that functionality anymore, and maintaining a WP website was starting to feel a bit cumbersome. Ergo, Beehiiv. Let’s see how this goes.
I’m hoping the newsletter format will spark more conversation between me and you—readers and fellow writers alike.
Submissions to The Cookout anthology close on April 30!
The Cookout is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories by Black authors from the African Diaspora, centering on the beloved traditions of the cookout: the joy, drama, and delicious food! The project was fully funded on Kickstarter thanks to the tremendous support of awesome people like you. You can find our submission guidelines at www.thecookoutanthology.com.
Short Story of the Week
Pop culture, modern technology, and human capriciousness come to a head in John Wiswell’s tongue-in-cheek satire, Welcome to Heroism, published in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 69. Welcome to The Dare, a viral phenomenon inciting the attention-hungry to shock and impress the masses with their subversive, superhuman feats. Be ready to be amused… and low-key filled with dread.
In Case You Missed It
Water Baby, originally published in the Summer 2024 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine, is avilable as a standalone story for Amazon Kindle. It is currently Free for Kindle Unlimited members.
