I’m a little late to the party on this one, but nevertheless I am delighted to announce that Sybil’s Garage no. 7 went on sale this week.  I had a blast helping out with this magazine — finding gems in the slush, guiding authors on rewrites,  and copy editing.  I’m rather proud to see it [...]

Fantasy Magazine has published an Author Spotlight interview to accompany “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory.”  I discuss writing the story, and also attempt to describe what makes a successful writing group. The story has already gotten some feedback.  In an absurdly flattering review in Locus, Rich Horton writes: And [...]

I’m delighted to announce that my story “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory,” has been published in Fantasy Magazine.  I’m a big fan of this publication, and I’m very happy this piece has found a good home there. A couple of different things came together to inspire this story.  The [...]

I’m proud to say my short story “Small Burdens” just went up on the wonderful speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons.  You can read it here. This piece began as my first Clarion story, written during the week our workshop was led by Kelly Link. A bit of spoiler — It’s a fairy story, and I [...]

So it turns out that inclusion in the Locus Recommended Reading List also means inclusion on the Locus Awards ballot.  “Home Again” is a tiny story that got only a fraction of the attention of some of the others on this long list, but it would mean a lot if it didn’t come in dead [...]

This is worth mentioning:  The 2009 Locus Recommended Reading List is out, and my Interzone short story “Home Again” is included in it! I’m a little stunned to see my name appear with so many people I’m in awe of.  There are several with whom I never would have expected to share a list any [...]

Once or twice a year for the last three years or so, my writing group, Altered Fluid, has visited Jim Freund’s speculative fiction-themed radio show on WBAI, Hour of the Wolf.  The topic of these shows is writing groups and how they function. After the banter and self-introductions are out of the way, one of [...]

I want to let the world know that Sybil’s Garage will begin accepting submissions for its 7th issue on Friday, January 15.  This ‘zine is Matt Kressel’s baby, but I’ve been an associate editor for the last several issues, and I have to admit to feeling some pride as well for the quality of the [...]

Alright, it’s been so long since I last updated this that the spambots have begun circling like buzzards, and it’s becoming more effort to delete their comments than to just post something new.  Hopefully when they see signs of life, they’ll move on (though if you need discount pharmaceuticals, I can put you in touch [...]

I just got a bit of nice press:  Rich Horton calls my story “Home Again” one of Interzone‘s best three short stories of 2009.   (Novellas and novelettes are separate categories, but still…) http://ecbatan.livejournal.com/84244.html “The best short stories were: “Home Again”, by Paul M. Berger (April), a short story with a sharp ending about a man [...]