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"Laura ran her finger along the shell's pearly inside, following its smooth curve. 'Hold it to your ear,' the teacher said. 'See if you can hear the ocean.'"

-- From
"Water's Edge," in Half Human

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For more frequent ramblings, visit my blog, Desert Dispatches.

   May 1, 2008

May's story is "Frog Princes ."

I've sold several short stories the past few weeks: "Dragon Offerings" to the March 2009 Tales from the Talisman; "Alien Promises" to a future Escape Pod; and "What Fire Is" to a forthcoming Valdemar anthology.

April 1, 2008

April's story is "Heart's Desire."

I'll be speaking Saturday, April 24 at Pima Community College's East Campus. (Details here.)

March 3 , 2008

March's story is "By the Oaks ."

January 31, 2008

February's story is "Lost or Forgotten ."

January 2, 2008

Happy new year, all!

January's story is "Windwood Rose ."

December 18, 2007

Secret of the Three Treasures is on New Mexico's 2008-2009 Land of Enchantment Children's List.

December 1, 2007

December's story is "Tzipi's People."

Look for my article on "Iceland's Land and Lore" in the February 2008 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine (which should be on newstands in December).

November 8, 2007

My short story "Lost or Forgotten" is now out in the faerie-tale anthology Cabinet des Fées 2.

I'll be reading from "Invasive Species," a story set in the world of Bones of Faerie, at 8 p.m. Saturday, November 10, as part of TusCon.

October 31, 2007

November's story (up a day early for Halloween) is "Drawing the Moon ."

I'll be reading a short excerpt from Bones of Faerie at World Fantasy Convention's BU Rapid Fire Reading: Friday, November 2, 4:00 p.m.

October 3 , 2007

October's story is "Practical Villainy." (Story is rated PG.)

August 31, 2007

September's story is "Song for Two Voices ." (Story is rated PG.)

I'll be speaking at the Society of Southwest Authors Wrangling With Writing Conference on "Writing Fantasy for Children and Young Adults" Sunday, September 16, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

August 1, 2007

August's story is "Bra Melting ." (Story is rated PG.)

July 19, 2007

I'll be reading from Bones of Faerie at NASFic in St. Louis this August: Saturday, August 3, 3:00 p.m. (My complete NASFic schedule is here. )(But note that I won't be reading from Bones at 2 p.m. Thursday, as indicated there.)

July 1, 2007

July's story is "Beyond the Flames ." (Story is rated PG-13.)

I've updated the site's appearances page.

May 31, 2007

June's story--well, poem in this case--is "Advice."

April 23, 2007

May's story, up just a little early, is "Dragon Offerings."

April 6, 2007

I'll be at the Arizona Book Festival on Saturday, April 14. Check out my schedule here.

March 31, 2007

April's story is "Why Is This Night Different?

March 1, 2007

March's story is "Virginia Woods." (Story is rated PG.) You can also listen to an audio version "Virginia Woods" from the horror podcast Pseudopod.

February 16, 2007

I have an author profile in today's Arizona Daily Star.

February 13, 2007

The Arizona Daily Star has a link to me reading chapter one of Secret of the Three Treasures as part of Love of Reading Week. (Quicktime is required to play it.)

February 11, 2007

On Friday, February 16, I'll be reading from Gothic! at the Tucson Main Library at 10 a.m.

My YA fantasy, Bones of Faerie (working title) will be published by Random House in Spring 2009.

January 24, 2007

February's story (up just a few days early) is "Sarah's Window."

If you're in the Burlington area, I'll be signing Thursday, January 25, 3:30 p.m. at The Book Rack & Children's Pages Thursday as part of the Kindling Words Caravan .

For earlier news, see the News Archive.