“Stain”
On Sunday, my flash fiction piece “Stain” went live at A cappella Zoo. I’m going to count this as my “story of the week.”
She came to life with a port-wine stain on her right cheek. The mark of the devil, said her grandmother. The kiss of God, said her grandfather.
A cappella Zoo, Issue 4
“Stain” and four other works from the spring issue were recently reviewed in The Review Review by Vince Corvaia. I appreciate how Corvaia reviews the literature — explaining what works and what didn’t and why. Check it out!
“Finisterre”
My short story “Finisterre” (Strange Horizons, August 10, 2009) made the British Fantasy Awards 2010 Longlist for Best Short Story. (The list is really, REALLY long.) Again, I want to thank whoever recommended it. Thank you!
Six other stories published in SH also made the list, as did Strange Horizons for Best Magazine. Woot!
Tim Pratt, “Another End of the Empire,” June 22
Shweta Narayan, “Charms,” August 24
Tiffani Angus-Bodie, “If Wishes Were Horses,” May 25
Veronica Schanoes, “Lily Glass,” April 27
Eric Gregory, “Salt’s Father,” August 3
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, “The Ghost of Onions,” July 20
Tonight, I decided instead of posting a new story this week, I’d provide a link to “Finisterre,” which just happens to be flash fiction.
Paz watched too much television. I knew this was true when she told me she was a werewolf hunter. The destroyer of werewolves, she liked to say. Prima, she said to me, if you see a man with dilated pupils, a man who smells like mildew, a man with fingernails that are stained yellow and teeth that are uneven and broken, prima, if you see that man—run. Run! Because that man is a pinche werewolf.
A cappella Zoo, Issue 4 Spring 2010
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FFP#0 – Flash Fiction Mondays
Starting Monday, December 28th, I’ll be posting a new, unpublished flash fiction piece each week.
Wish me luck.
