The results of the WorldCon Short Story Competition.

From the AussieCon 4 web site: http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=78

WINNER

“The Perforation”
by Helen Stubbs 
The Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

1st Runner Up

“The Rise & Fall of a Fair Dinkum Superhero”
by Aidan Doyle 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Highly Commended

“The Promotion”
by Brooke Maggs 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Highly Commended

“The Bicycle Rebellion”
By Laura E Goodin 
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

My article on Eastern European castles is up at Fantasy Magazine.

http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2010/06/eastern-europes-hidden-castles/

The first review of the forthcoming Worlds Next Door anthology.

http://community.livejournal.com/lastshortstory/80058.html

My favourite above all was ‘Inksucker” by Aidan Doyle. I loved this one so much I wanted to hug it. Some sentences were gorgeous gems, a delight to read and really good to see someone playing with language, and showing how much fun writing, and stories, can be. I would love to read more short stories in this world!

Got some good news today.

Just sold a short story to Strange Horizons.

It was my first acceptance by Strange Horizons after submitting 11 stories to them over the years.  So persistence does pay off!

And it’s my third SFWA-level professional short story sale.

The Mathematical Fiction web site is an interesting sith with reviews and lists of fiction that uses mathematical concepts.

Not surprisingly there are a lot of references to Greg Egan and Ted Chiang stories.

My own Reading By Numbers story has an entry now.

http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf880