Winner #1

kafkonia has won the pick-a-contest contest, with his suggestion of naming a story I haven't written yet. Because, after all, this is all about me. :P He wins the first copy of Best New Romantic Fantasy 2. So send me your address, Jamie, or wait till Bearcon.

If you would like to win the second copy of this fine anthology, suggest story titles. If one of them is so awesome I must use it, you get a book. I make no promises about when I'll manage to write the story, but don't worry, you'll get the book up front.

I'll even autograph my story, if you want. :P

In other news, I hate paint. I also hate Ikea furniture that doesn't come with essential parts. Luckily, I have blueberries and on-sale Rainier cherries to ease the pain.

I set out one night when the tide was low

The titling contest continues. Right now, porphyrin is in the lead, with "Shoggoth with Grace Notes: An Etude in B Minor". That's grown two characters and some scenes, but I will leave the contest open another day.

Of course, the characters it's grown insist they belong in the Fishsexstravaganza book. And one of them appears to be a thirteen-year-old girl. Which would bring the total of teenage girls in Salvage to three. Whiskey Tango Fruitbat?! The world does need more Cthulhu YA, but I'm not sure I should be the one to write it.

This proto-story also raises the question: What is a seemingly sensible sorceress like Esther Waite doing working with Deep Ones? She helped breed the Fishatz Hadderach, but I don't know why.

Also, why does Salvage want 29 billion characters?