My latest short story,
In the Cage With Ghosts (mentioned elsewhere in my blog and one I struggled with for the longest time) has been accepted for publication by John Benson, the editor of the respected small press magazine,
Not One of Us. No update yet about what issue it will appear in, but I'm looking forward to seeing the story in print. Thank you, John.
And then yesterday I was reading Wikipedia's entry for
GUD, a magazine that published one of my short stories in its second issue, and noticed the following under "Awards":
Stories from GUD Issues 0 and 1 received 3 honorable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Awards 2008
Steven J. Dines's 'Unzipped'
Sarah Singleton and Chris Butler's 'Song of the Dead'
Leslie Claire Walker's 'Max Velocity'
It was the first I knew about it! I have made some enquiries since, and it seems
Wiki have got their facts right -
Unzipped received an HM!
Good news indeed.