The Cosmicomicon
The Cosmicomicon
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I have a new story called “ The Man with the Hand of Gold ” up over at Uncharted Magazine today. I’ve been working on this one for a long, long time—I wrote the first draft many years ago while sitting at Book Expo America watching my friend Jonathan Evison sign copy after copy after copy of his first novel All About Lulu for what seemed like an infinitely long line of readers… I remember him pausing to shake out his hand and all of a sudden the name of the story popped into my head and I got out my little
I taught a workshop in the fall at Chapman University on Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy. It was an advanced workshop, partly grad students and partly undergrads. I organized the undergrad section around helping students prepare stories to submit to the Dell Award, which is an annual contest for “Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing.” Today the Dell Award Winners were announced, and three of my students were on the list!
My student Sam Wilson won the Award outright for his story “blooming bleeding hearts.” Olivia Garcia was the first runner-up with her story “Of the Known Universe,” and Emely Menjivar was an Honorable Mention with her story “Blind Faith.”
The Cosmicomicon
The Cosmicomicon