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It's Monday, which means I'm tired and sunburned from watching the Kansas City Chiefs put a whooping on Jacksonville, 42-20. I'll admit there was a little nail-biting in the third quarter, but after a pick six by Derrick Johnson, the hammer was most effectively brought down.
Okay, enough sports blah-blah-blah.
1. A Repeat
Friday night (I had the day off after a marathon twelve-hour parent/teacher conference day on Thursday), we held our second trying-to-be annual "drive-in" movie night in our backyard. It was load of fun as you can obviously tell in this out-of-focus and rather dark picture:
Last time around, we watched Scooby-Doo. This year, it was Shaun the Sheep, Little Sheep of Horrors. Claymation fun for everyone! (Yes, we projected the movie on a sheet attached to our roof.)
2. A List
The table of contents for Day Terrors (from The Harrow Press) is official, and it includes:
Ataraxia — Scott Brendel
Sea of Green, Sea of Gold — Aaron Polson
The Wish Man and the Worm — J.M. Heluk
The Woman in the Ditch — Scott Lininger
And the Crowd Goes Wild — John Jasper Owens
No Sin Remains A Secret — Jack Bowdren
The Heat Has Fangs — Trent Roman
In Lieu of Flowers — Chad McKee
Down Where the Blue Bonnets Grow — Daniel R. Robichaud
The Infatuate — Adam Walter
Fiddleback — Lorna D. Keach
Daddy Long Legs — Harper Hull
Miss Riley’s Lot — Gregory Miller
Closing the Deal — Lee Clark Zumpe
Customs — Mark Rigney
A Day at the Beach — Lawrence Conquest
Uncle Alec’s Gargoyle — Rebecca Fraser
Carrington Cove — Davin Ireland
Lollipop — Jason Sizemore
Companion — Rob E. Boley
Sands of Time — E. C. Seaman
The TOC with story blurbs can be found at The Harrow. I had fun with my story because it let me make up more crazy sh*t about Kansas. I sure like to make up crazy sh*t about Kansas...
10 Comments on A Repeat, a List, and an Echo, last added: 10/27/2010
The drive-in idea sounds cool...it would be something I would consider if my kids could sit still for more than 2 minutes at a time.
Also, congrats on the acceptance!
Congrats on the acceptances! I'm going to have to start submitting to anthologies; there's a listing with deadlines on Duotrope's Digest, I believe. Anywhere else I should look?
Barry - It's a lot of set up but so much fun. We knew it was going to rain that night, so we were in a bit of a hurry.
Milo - Thanks. www.ralan.com has a nice list of anthologies (and even breaks them down by FTL and pay). Some listed there never make Duotrope. Good luck!
Congrats on the sale! And I love the idea of a drive-in movie night (and Shaun the Sheep is awesome).
Day Terrors and your 52 Stitches were my first rejections. They happened on the same day if I remember right. Congrats on making it in :)
I've looked back at the stories I wrote for them and have to agree with both assessments. They were pretty poor. Coming back from 4 years of not writing does that though.
Thanks, KC. I like how none of the characters in Shaun the Sheep speak (in words at least).
Thanks, Tony. It's funny how a little distance can give us better perspective.
Congrats on those anthologies. At first I thougth you were going to say movie night was Shaun of the Dead. Hmmm...maybe the boys will be ready for that in about 10 years...and I've noticed that you like to make up crazy sh*t about Kansas...
Gosh, that Day Terrors looks awesome!
Congratulations on that and Midnight Echo. Can't wait to see both!
Thanks, Katey, Alan.
Congrats. Fantastic news.
And the drive-in idea is great. I wish I had a big enough backyard.