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Yesterday was professional development at school. For those of you outside the education system, "professional development" means someone who doesn't know any more than you do comes and tells you how to do something you probably already knew how to do.
That sentence needs editing.
Anyway, I stopped into my classroom during a bathroom break, and (like any good junkie) checked Twitter. It seems one of my little tales made Ellen Datlow's honorable mention list for Best Horror of the Year. Practical jokes aren't fun, but this was for real. I checked. Double-checked.
Yes, "Cargo" from Dark Pages volume 1 was on the list, next to my name. Yes, I've checked it each year since I started writing. Yes the list is very long. This is one of those things folks outside the writing loop don't quite understand. What a lovely early birthday present.
Thanks to Brenton Tomlinson, Alan Baxter, and Blade Red for taking my little story about a strange little girl at the end of the world. And thanks, Ellen, for the mention.
I'm off to Topeka for my first signing today. I will have candy, so at least somebody will talk to me.
Have a glorious day.
My contributor copy of Blade Red's Dark Pages (volume 1) arrived on Friday, and it's pretty. The stories are pretty (in a dark sort of way, of course), the cover is pretty, and I'm pretty stoked to be part of the project. Thanks to editor Brenton Tomlinson for finding my short-short "Cargo" worthy of this line up:
"The Stain of the Psychopomp King" by Lucien E G Spelman
"Heart Of Ice" by Martin Livings
"Neptune’s Garden" by Lisa A Koosis
"Dust" by Naomi Bell
"To Die For" by S D Matley
"The Franchise" by Joe L Murr
"Clip Notes" by Marty Young
"Blood on Green" by Victoria Anisman-Reiner
"Cargo" by Aaron Polson
"Nepenthe" by Felicity Dowker
"Yellow Water Pike" by Derek Rutherford
"Surveying The Land" by B D Wilson
"Nightwork" by Robert Neilson
"Hand And Cradle" by Trent Roman
You can grab a copy for just under ten bucks at Amazon.com or seven GBP at Amazon.co.uk.
I have other news bits I'm bursting to share...later this week. Promise.
Two wonderful reviews of 'The Sour Aftertaste of Olive Lemon' have appeared on the net this week. The first from Brenton Tomlinson over at his blog Musings of a Aussie Writer. I quote:
If you're new to the Catherine J Gardner brand of fiction, then 'The Sour Aftertaste of Olive Lemon' will leave you in no doubt as to the unique voice, the mastery of the metaphor, and the exquisite use of vivid narrative description....
Full review here.
The second by Steven Pirie for The Future Fire. Again, I quote:
The result is a delightfully off-kilter dark fantasy that's a pleasure to read.
Full review here.
Oh, and be scared, be very, very scared... Tomorrow I unleash the Scary Dancing Apples upon the world.
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Congrats on the honorable mention. I downloaded the list the other day--part 2 anyway--and happened across your name. Very cool, and she's not in the habit of praising "okay" stories, either.
And best of luck with the book signing. May there be a multitude.
Congratulations! I bet that made the rest of the professional development day a lot more bearable. :)
Great news, Aaron. Congratulations on making the list!
Congrats, man! And have fun at the signing!
I got such a thrill out of seeing you and Cate on that list. Well done, mate. I hope the signing goes well.
Thanks, Gef. Multitude? Doubt it. My goal is to give away all my candy and a bunch of bookmarks. Selling books would be nice, too, but people have to pay for that stuff. ;)
K.C. - Thanks! It did.
Thanks, Alan.
Lee - Congrats x3 for you, my friend!
Thanks, Michael. The signing is an experiment. Well shall see...
You rock : )
Thanks, Natalie!
Woot! Woot! Woot!
Cheers, Cate!
Awesome news! Those nods certainly help keep the butt in the seat and the fingers on the keyboard!
Very cool indeed :)
You're so right, Daniel. Just when I feel like quitting, they keep pulling me back in...
Cheers, Danielle!
God, I loved that story.
Yeah, late to the party again...
Excellent news about the Honourable mention list.
A total of 6 stories from the TOC of Dark Pages (from 14) made the list. Not wanting to blow my own horn or anything, but that seems like one great anthology everyone should buy...
But let's be honest, it was never going to be a great antho without great authors providing brilliant tales to fill its covers - and you were definitely one of them. I'm glad Cargo found a home and I'm glad I had something to do with it.