So, I finally finished the edits on "Jetsam", and sent it off. It's at "Strange Horizons", which was my first pick of what few pro markets are (I think) suitable for the story. However, SH's famous list of stories we've seen too often has got me so paranoid, I'm already convinced they won't take it. "Jetsam" could quite easily fall under the "surprise twist endings", "warnings are ignored with unfortunate consequences", or "horrible things happen to person in the end either as punishment or irony" categories, just to name a few.

Oh well. As of now, I have all of three submissions out: "Jetsam", my entry to "Surreal Botany Field Guide", and an erotic dark fantasy piece to an anthology (that I probably won't hear anything on until sometime in 2007). It's not that much, but for someone who supposedly doesn't write short stories, it's not that bad.

Now I get to start working on the last story I wrote at Clarion - a science fiction piece called "The Four Hundred Thousand". Working on it is my gift to myself, for getting the other stories dusted off and sent off. Seriously - I can't wait to start revising it. What can I say? It's a boring life I lead.