Short story sale: "Riddles."

[seanan_mcguire]

I appear to have accidentally set myself a "get a piece of short fiction published every month of the year" goal in 2011, with short stories confirmed for January, February, March, and now April. That pretty much takes us through my current backlog, although I have a few possibilities for May and June, but, being me, I still find it hysterical. As for what brought this on...

"Riddles," my story of what really happened when mankind met the Sphinx, has been purchased by Jennifer Brozek for inclusion in the anthology Human Tales, coming out in April from Dark Quest Books. This actually happened a little while ago, but I kept waiting to find out the publication date, and then I got distracted, and look, you should have figured out by now that sometimes, I have the attention span of a mayfly. A mayfly which is ALREADY DEAD.

"Riddles" is a rare piece for me, in that it's just fantasy, not urban in the slightest. Even my historical fantasy, like "Alchemy of Alcohol" (coming out in March, in Tales From the Ur-Bar), tends to take place in an urban environment. So getting to play with a world where there were no sidewalks, really kind of awesome!

I'm super-pleased with the story, and I'm super-pleased to have sold it, and I can't wait to see what else will be contained in the book. I'll let you all know when you can get a copy of your very own.

And now I want to go to Borderlands, so I can hug the Sphynx kitties. Hee.

Comments

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Don't forget to schedule in some kitty-petting time between selling all of those books and stories, though ;-)

[hoppytoad79.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a very interesting story. I will have to remember (HAHAHAHAHAHAright) to find it in April.

Like you, I have a lousy memory, which I tend to describe as being like a rusted-through sieve. I like your comparison to a dead mayfly better, though. ;)

[firynze.livejournal.com]

Ooooh.

Congratulations!

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

*shrieks with joy*

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

this is why it's AWESOME to have talkative authors you like on your flist. They TELL you when you can go buy something! They frequently give you clicky-links, even!

[kitrinlu.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations! Kitties!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

The Sphynxes also think you should go to Borderlands, for obvious reasons.

Give them some love from me.

[stephen blackmoore (from livejournal.com)]

Congratulations! I'll grab it when it comes out.

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, excellent! *anticipates*

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

I look forward to the eventual day when all your short-stories-to-date are collected into a book anthology. :-)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

The cats don't allow for kitty-petting time to go by the wayside. They also don't respect "Mommy's writing now, go do something else."

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

This is why I post. Again and again and again.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Heee.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I absolutely will, for loving them makes me happy.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It's so odd to be doing straight fantasy.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It's becoming gradually less eventual. Which is scary.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Thank you. If you remember, ask Jude while you're there if there's anything particular she'd like brought from England? (But obviously cat-cuddling is what you're really there for. We all know that.)

[filkferengi]

That would be the collection. The anthology would be the tribute anthology with all her friends, etc. Parody lyrics might well be included. It's probably a few years off, though.