Wordos Loreen Heneghan and Damon Kaswell are proud to announce the birth of Beatrix Tigress Kaswell! She was born at 1:06 PM today, which makes her a cusp baby (between Pisces and Aries). It’s also the spring equinox!

An update from Jerry Oltion:

His novel ANYWHERE BUT HERE won the 2006 Endeavor Award for best novel by a Northwest author.

Jerry is also the most published author in Analog magazine in the last 25 years, and the third most published of all time. (Yes, he’s shooting for #1.)

Josh English and Ted Stetson will both appear in Fine Tooth Press‘ anthology Strange Stories of Sand and Sea. Way to go, guys!

Rachel McGonagill has a story out in the Twenty Epics anthology, and it’s on the Locus Recommended Reading list for 2006!

Jerry Oltion’s short story collection, Twenty Questions, is now out from Wheatland Press. It can be ordered at a discount from the publisher’s web site, www.wheatlandpress.com.

Ray Vukcevich’s short story anthology Meet me in the Moon Room, published by Small Beer Press, has recieved many accolades:

• It’s been nominated for the 2001 Phillip K. Dick Award.
• It’s on LOCUS recommended reading list for last
  year.
• It’s on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker award,
  along with his short story, “Whisper.”

Ray, you are the man!

Leon West’s story “Memoria Technica” won 2nd Place in fourth quarter Writers’ of the Future Contest. He gets to go to L.A. and wear a tux. Way to go Leon!

Devon Monk’s story “Last Tour of Duty” appears in the October, 2001 issue of Realms of Fantasy.

Ray Vukcevich’s short story anthology Meet me in the Moon Room, published by Small Beer Press, is now available at fine bookstores everywhere, and from Amazon.com.

Kenneth Brady’s short story “Shark Attack” appeared in the fall issue (Number 4) of Frequency, the Science Fiction Audio Anthology.

Leslie What’s short story “The Weresluts of Avenue A” is currently in Bending the Landscape: Horror, from The Overlook Press, published by Overlook Press; it’s available at bookstores everywhere, or at Amazon.com.

Her Nebula Award-winning story “The Cost of Doing Business” is in Nebula Awards Showcase 2001, Edited by Robert Silverberg. Again, at bookstores and available at Amazon.com.