Swan Tower

I thought I was done with publications for the year, but one more has slipped in under the wire! My flash story "Ten Minutes" is free to read online at The Cosmic Background. It's born of my brain's invincible impulse to narrate everything, including my own attempts at meditation -- which led to me writing a story about meditation! And about something else, but you'll have to read to find out what . . .

I'm particularly honored by this timing because The Cosmic Background is running a Kickstarter right now, and so the editor chose my piece as one to showcase what the magazine is doing. I'll note that, very unusually for our field, TCB pays its slush readers -- most markets rely on volunteers for that -- so this is part of what your money will support if you pledge! Rewards include your very own eldritch horror in the mail, so check out the Kickstarter page and consider kicking a few bucks their way!