Guest Post at JoUE

I've written a guest post over at the Journal of Unlikely Entomology, wherein I discuss the making of the story, Let the Bugs Work Themselves Out.

It begins...

When I wrote Let the Bugs Work Themselves Out, I was delirious with fever, caused by what doctors want me to believe was a common flu, but what I am convinced was a medical conspiracy to test a new strain of Black-Death-Hell-Anthrax-Ebola-Pox. It was more than a fever. My perception twisted into weird little skews and everything felt grotesque and creepy. You know that feeling you had while watching Eraserhead? That was an actual symptom of this "flu".

I knew it wasn't wise to work on my novel in this state. Instead...

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Paid, Published Story: Let the Bugs Work Themselves Out

Wait, what? I forgot to announce on this blog!

I sold a story. And it is now published at the Journal of Unlikely Entomology's 'Hello, World' mini-issue. The theme: A new world begins when technology and insects meet.

The title of the piece is Let the Bugs Work Themselves Out, and in short, it is about cyberpunk ants. It is my first paid, published story, with a real live editor and everything! I've read this piece aloud at two public readings, and it is the favorite of my pieces. It was reviewed favorably at Locus Magazine.

Read it here.