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excitement! ink! an anthology!
Jun. 29th, 2021 10:31 amSo....the story selections for this year's Queer Sci Fi Anthology were posted today, and I'm thrilled to finally be able to tell you that my flash fiction short "Openings" is among them! (We've known for a little while, but they asked us not to say anything until the official announcement. But now we can!)
The theme for this year's anthology is "Ink," and a 300-word maximum is...well, it was a challenge! (And we all know about me and writing short things...) "Openings" was actually my second attempt - I'd started something else, got to 800 words, realized it'd never be short enough, flailed around a bit, and came up with a different story - and now it's been accepted, so I'm thrilled! "Openings" is, more or less, about a bibliomancer and a librarian, and very bashful confessions of feelings via notes and paper and ink and magic, and I love so many of my lines, especially when they talk to each other and both say and fail to say all the emotions they're feeling...
Over the next few weeks, the QSF team will also be announcing the anthology awards - three top winners, an honorable mention, and their judge’s picks. And then the anthology overall will be published August 10, and you can read all the fabulous stories!
Here's the link to the announcement with the full list of selected authors - you might notice some familiar names of friends (K.S. Murphy! Addison Albright!) as well as some brand-new exciting names! I'm looking forward to reading them all, and so happy to be included!
The theme for this year's anthology is "Ink," and a 300-word maximum is...well, it was a challenge! (And we all know about me and writing short things...) "Openings" was actually my second attempt - I'd started something else, got to 800 words, realized it'd never be short enough, flailed around a bit, and came up with a different story - and now it's been accepted, so I'm thrilled! "Openings" is, more or less, about a bibliomancer and a librarian, and very bashful confessions of feelings via notes and paper and ink and magic, and I love so many of my lines, especially when they talk to each other and both say and fail to say all the emotions they're feeling...
Over the next few weeks, the QSF team will also be announcing the anthology awards - three top winners, an honorable mention, and their judge’s picks. And then the anthology overall will be published August 10, and you can read all the fabulous stories!
Here's the link to the announcement with the full list of selected authors - you might notice some familiar names of friends (K.S. Murphy! Addison Albright!) as well as some brand-new exciting names! I'm looking forward to reading them all, and so happy to be included!
