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My story, "Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten", is now out in Realms of Fantasy. I’m so excited about this. I’ve been trying to break into Realms since I started writing and I’ve finally made it. And it’s with a story I’m very proud of. It was the last story I wrote at Clarion in the summer of 2006, and it was one of those that sort of fell together fairly well. Not that it was a piece of cake to write (far from it). But it did have a lot of depth that I didn’t exactly plan on in the beginning. With the help of my Clarion-mates and the instructor’s (Kelly Link and Holly Black), I was able to make it a much stronger piece than I could have done on my own. Thanks, Clarionites!

The artwork, rendered by Kiriko Moth, is gorgeous. You can take a look at the piece on the artist’s website. Unfortunately I can’t link directly, but when you go to her gallery page, it’s the one in the far upper-left, the one with the fire and smoke and the arcing bridge in the background. I think she did a great job capturing the feel of the piece. I’m also very excited that it was full spread. It looks great inside the magazine.

And hey, I got top billing! How cool is that? I was flabbergasted (yes, flabbergasting still happens to people, even in these days of text messaging) when I opened up the mail and saw that on the cover. So, I’m glowing, and I’ll probably be glowing for some time to come…

If you read it, I’d love to hear what you think. Drop me a line via my contact link above or comment here.