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Another Interlude

Hire Education is now online in the Universe Annex section of the Grantville Gazette. The story grew out of an observation that a guy with a baseball bat might try to repossess your education, and then I got to wondering what might happen if education became a commodity that you could rent or hire for use. If someone fell behind on their payments, what would happen next?

Also up is The Unicorn Dilemma in Issue 18 (March 2012) of NewMyths. The story is a slightly different take on a girl, a knight, a dragon and a unicorn.

Words and Music is in the February 2 of Futures:Nature. The story is available online. The premise revolves around aliens who modify the meaning of their statements with pitch, far beyond any earth tonal languages. Communication problems? You bet.

I also sent back the page proof last week, and so I expect that Perchance to Dream will be up at Futures:Nature very soon.

His Brother was an Only Child is still available at Daily Science Fiction. Cryogenic storage may have unexpected repercussions.

For my Leap Year Magic Promotion on Kindle, I gave away 150 copies of my young adult fantasy The Princess, the Knight, & the Knave. So far, not one review, or like or any response . . . disappointing. I suppose I should be more patient, but the novel is only 61,000 words, about 220 paperback pages. Maybe the YA audience doesn't do Amazon reviews? Naw, that can't be it. Of course with free promotions, people sock up with books that may never see the light of day, or might sit around until a dark winter evening when . . . . Oh, wait, winter isn't over yet. Well, I'll mull over this a bit longer and hope for the best. Now, I can't decide whether to run a similar promotion for Wobbling Star. Clearly, I need to plan better before jumping headlong.

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