Three Stories in One Anthology!

Writers on the Wrong Side of the Road

edited by Sassy Brit and CC Bye:

"Anything goes" in this anthology and I can attest to that. They've accepted 3 (count 'em!) of my stories, and they couldn't be more different than each other.

"Pronghorns" is one of my bleakest stories, about two neighbours who form a suicide pact.

In "The Cenotaph" a young man considering joining the armed forces in order to fight in Afghanistan (against his parents' wishes) meets another young man who refused to fight in the First World War.

"Triona's Beans" is a whacky story suitable for kids or really juvenile adults, in which, as it says on the WWSR back cover, "a teenage girl saves a world between first and last dinner call". "Triona's Beans" was written with Päivi Kuosmanen. It was originally accepted for Ahmed Kahn's anthology Fun Times in Strange Lands, which unfortunately is still awaiting publication.

The anthology ranges from speculative fiction to erotica and covers a lot of ground between. Definitely not your normal fare.

I'll add a purchasing link to this page when I get one. Meanwhile,

Writers on the Wrong Side of the Road expected release date Is Monday, November 21, 2011.

Writers on the Wrong Side of the Road
The most dangerous rule-wreckers from Alternative-Read.com
Edited by Sassy Brit and C.C. Bye
Published by Chase Enterprises, Nov 21, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9781774-4-7 (print) $23.95 USD
ISBN: 978-0-9781774-5-4 (eBook) $5.99 USD
6x9 Trade Paperback, 292 pages, 4 colour stock cover
Short Story Anthology/Fiction

Available soon from Chapters/Indigo www.chapters.ca

We took away the rules
and let them write whatever the hell they liked.

Delay in Publishing "Triona's Beans"

I was looking at editor Ahmed Kahn's LiveJournal just now and noticed this:

Sat, Jan. 2nd, 2010, 09:15 am
2009 - A Writerly Round Up

Achievements

...Anthologies:

Collected stories for 2 anthologies: "Fun Times in Strange Lands" and "Cheer Up, Universe"

Non-Achievements

Have not been able to publish the anthologies yet. ZC Books (who were going to publish the books) is closing its doors and I am actively seeking other publishers.

Drat! "Fun Times in Strange Lands" is the one Päivi Kuosmanen and I have a story in! Hopefully Ahmed will find another publisher soon. Anyone interested in putting out an anthology of fun Tween SF?

Fun Times in Strange Lands: A TOC Emerges

Ahmed is always publishing OUR stories. So why not plug one of his own books? This cover is from his first YA book, Ghelenden, from Whortleberry Press.

Ahmed Khan has announced the finalized table of contents for his upcoming YA SF anthology, Fun Times in Strange Lands. And here she be:

J.P. Boyd: "The Boy Scout with Three Heads"
David M. Fitzpatrick: "Four Young Ones and a Terrible Dragon"
Nancy Fulda: "Hexes and Tooth Decay"
Ralph Gamelli: "Rainy Afternoon, with Brain"
Ahmed A. Khan: "Promises to Keep"
Ted Kosmatka: "The Last Teddy Bear"
Brian Lawrence: "Mother’s Comfort"
Kevin James Miller: "The Beautiful Truth"
Marian Powell: "When the Earth’s No Longer Silver"
Mark Rayner: "Hounding Manny"
David M. Simon: "In Search of Ancient Underwear"
Casey Wolf & Paivi Kuosmanen: "Triona’s Beans"