March Has Come in Like a Lion…
…so let’s hope it goes out a bit more calmly!
Hello Everyone! I hope you’ve had a great February and that March is shaping up to be even better.
My February hasn’t been so great, unfortunately. I’ve not been well since the day after Valentine’s. So far, all tests are normal, and the doctors say it doesn’t look serious, but it’s hard to believe that when your heart and blood pressure are behaving abnormally (among other things), and there’s only guesses as to why.
For now, we’re treating it as a medical side effect from cancer drugs and hoping to get more info next week.
But in the interest of being positive, I’m happy to be here, to have my sister taking care of me, and through her efforts I have been improving, so keep your fingers crossed.
And while you’re doing that, here’s a bit of good news. Most of you know that one of the big magazines in SFF right now is Uncanny Magazine. They’ve won the Hugo for best Magazine many times, and I was lucky enough to have a story published by them for the first time last year. Well, that story, ‘Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200’, has won their Readers Poll for favourite story of 2023!
It’s my first Readers Poll win ever (though I’ve been a finalist at Clarkesworld). I’m absolutely delighted and gobsmacked to have come out on top of the fantastic stories that were finalists with me. So for the moment, I’m holding on to this little win with all my might.
If you want to read the story, you can click here.
And if, by chance, you voted for me, thank you! You made my day during a difficult time.
Also, keep in mind my story is also eligible for the Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, WSFA Small Press Awards, World Fantasy Awards and many others. If you’re voting for awards in the SFF community, I’d be really honoured if you considered both my stories published last year. Mid-Earth Removals Limited is the other one, published in The Sunday Morning Transport, and you can read it by clicking here.
That’s all for now. You have a great week and until we meet again, stay thirsty, my friends!
