the ego has landed

[realthog]

I've just heard from hutch0 that three of the stories I published last year have received Hon Menshes in Gardner Dozois's Best New Science Fiction 26. The three are

"Will the Real Veronica LeBarr Please Stand Down?", published in Postscripts #16 ed Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers

"All the Little Gods We Are", published in Clockwork Phoenix, ed Mike Allen (time_shark)

The City in These Pages, published solo by PS Publishing

Since I think it's the case that I published only four stories last year, I feel I've achieved a fairly high batting average . . . especially since I'd been under the impression that The City in These Pages was published in January '09. (The copyright date reads '08, but I think the book may not have been physically published until '09.)

Also, to my very great delight, Gardner mentions my novel Leaving Fortusa, published by norilanabooks, in his introductory Summation of the year's sf.

And we have no beer in the house . . .


The fourth story, by the way, was "Always More than You Know", published by Des Lewis in his anthology Cone Zero. I'm not sure whether or not Gardner would have seen this book, which could easily -- coming from an exceptionally small UK outlet (it's just taken me several minutes to track down an appropriate URL for the link) -- have flown below his radar. A pity if so, because it's an excellent antho . . . yes, even despite my presence.

Comments

[marshallpayne1.livejournal.com]

Wow, Paul! That's really great. Congrats.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Marshall!

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Big congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Nick!

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Well done, Sir Paul, er, Sir John, um, Mr. Grant . . . :-) your most high excellent excellency of de plume, you fine writer, you.

A huge congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Kind of extra pleasing that Hutch should be celebrating in similar fashion, innit?

But don't tell him I said so . . .

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

"Kind of extra pleasing that Hutch should be celebrating in similar fashion, innit?"

It is. :)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

:-)

[lonesome-crow.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Paul! Indeed, it's likely Gardner didn't see Cone Zero. Des does some good stuff.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Mike!

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Sophy!

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Congrats sir!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, o indefatigable one!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Barbara!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Kari!

[dqg-neal.livejournal.com]

Congrats. Thats a pretty good batting average in anyone's book.

Sadly I realize that I haven't read any of those anthologies this year. I'm way behind in reading. I hadn't even heard of Cone Zero.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I think very few people over here know about Des's Nemonymous project, of which Cone Zero was a part. But the last few in the series have attained the status of anthologies authors would kill to get into, sort of thing. I was running around the house yelling in delight when he took "Always More than You Know", I can tell you!

[mylefteye.livejournal.com]

'Impressive' doesn't do you justice. Very well done, Paul.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You flatter me . . . but thanks anyway!