© James Pyles

I know I haven’t been around a lot lately. My wife injured her back (it’s slowly getting better) and I needed to take care of my two grandchildren during the day all this week including getting my granddaughter to and from swimming lessons. She also just turned four a few days ago, which kept things busy.

As you can see above, my author’s copy of the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2019 Edition arrived. When I get a chance, I’ll start digging into it. Can’t wait to see what other terrific stories it contains besides my short story “The Recall.”

Speaking of which, last Wednesday, I was interviewed by Will Martinez for a podcast at Dark Fringe Radio. Will and I made a connection on twitter when I was doing research on the Wow! Signal while writing “The Recall.” He said if the story was published, he’d like to interview me. Well, it was, and he did.

The podcast should be available in a few weeks. I’ll post more news as it develops.

I got an email this morning saying that another of my stories was just accepted for publication. The name of the periodical is still hush-hush, and I’ll reveal more when everything’s locked in.

Lastly, on a sadder note, I’m still looking for a day job. I love writing fiction, but it doesn’t pay the bills.

Cheers.