Award Eligibility 2019

Fiction

• "Six Weeks in the Life of a Cultural Documentations Officer," Future Science Fiction Digest #5, 2019 (reviewed by Tangent, made it on the Tangent Online 2019 Recommended Reading List and was rated 3 stars)
• "You Are Bleeding," Fireside Magazine, 2019
• "Bark, Blood, and Sacrifice" is out in Not One of Us #62, 2019 (reviewed for Locus by Rich Horton)
• “J is for…,” F is for Fairy (Alphabet Anthologies), 2019 

Poetry

• "The Fruits of Silence," my slightly wolfish poem, is out in the Autumn Issue of Mirror Dance
• My (potentially devious) poem "Pledge Week" is out in Arsenika #4.
• Seven Truths and the In-Between, Strange Horizons, August 5, 2019
• Sing, Uncanny Magazine, 2019
• The Age of Stone, Through the Gate, 2019
• The Heart of Winter, Sycorax Journal, 2019
• The Old Sailor’s Tale, Sycorax Journal, 201

Giftmas 2019

It is that time of year again when days and weeks just seem to fly by even though you have about a million things to do.

And yet, today I'd ask you to slow down just a little, maybe actually enjoy this time of eggnog (here's a vegan version for you) and stories and people coming together to celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of a new one. Many of you reading this will have ever wondered where you might sleep tonight, whether you'll be safe, let alone comfortable and warm. I don't want to make you feel guilty about that, but I do want to give you a way to give people less fortunate than yourself one less worry: I want to ask you to give someone a meal.

Each year, Rhonda Parrish organizes this Fundraiser to help the Edmonton Food Bank provide meals for people that need it. If you can, donate. Why? Because

$1 buys 3 meals 

and that's Canadian, so if you're hailing from elsewhere, you might be able to give even more with just a very small donation. So do it. It's one buck. You're used to paying more for coffee.

There's also a Snowman Drawing Contest that goes hand in hand with the Fundraiser (and I'm sure you can do better than me) and a Rafflecopter. So take a few moments in this busiest of seasons. It will make a huge difference for someone, I promise you.

Thank you for donating!

 

Hessian Green Sauce (Vegan)

Let me share some traditional German food with you, or at least the recipe. Legend has it that the version prepared in Frankfurt was Goethe's favorite dish. While a legend is probably all that is, it's still delicious, and who knows, maybe it does inspire some Knabenmorgenblütenträume for you.

Traditionally, seven kinds of herbs go into this:

parsley
sorrel
chives
salad burnet
borage
dill
melissa (this one is optional and some recipes don't even include it)

Depending on where you live, you might not be able to find all these herbs, but that's okay. Parsley, chives, and dill should work for a minimalist version, though I suggest you add some lemon juice to mimic the sorrel's acidity. You can also use frozen herbs in a pinch; obviously fresh herbs will give you the most aromatic result. Oh, I have no idea how much precisely you should use of each herb, I had about 150 g total, though if you use frozen, you'll want more to get enough flavor.

You will also need:

750 ml (25 oz) soy yogurt, unsweetened
1 - 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 - 2 perfect avocados (or use tofu instead, about 1 - 2 cups, diced)
1 - 2 teaspoons soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Potatoes

Chop all the herbs finely. Chop your avocados or tofu and the other ingredients, mix well. Traditionally, this is eaten with boiled potatoes, as you can see I dared bake mine in the oven with some herbs, salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

Eligibility Post 2018

My eligible works first published in 2018 are:

Short stories:

•  Tigerflies or The City of the Night, Mithila Review 
• "N is for...," Alphabet Series: E is for Evil

Poems:

• Ragnarök—A Prism, Sycorax Journal
  
• The Juggler in the Garden, Eternal Haunted Summer
• Traveler's Choral, Eternal Haunted Summer
• Seven Witches, Eye to the Telescope #30 
• The Quiet Song, Not One of Us #60
• The Shadow of the Peak, The Cascadia Subduction Zone Vol. 8 No. 3
• The Shift, Mirror Dance, Summer 2018
• Owl Women, Polu Texni
  
• The New Prometheus, Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2018
• The House Beneath, Not One of Us #59
• Pomegranates, Mirror Dance, Spring 2018