I'm so stunned I can hardly believe it myself, but I seem to have just sold my brand-new SF short story "Observations from the City of Angels" to Salon—just a day after finishing up the final draft. The only other person I'm aware of to sell original fiction to Salon is the redoubtable Cory Doctorow, whose stories "0wnz0red" and "Liberation Spectrum" both appeared there within the past year. (There may very well be others, but it sure as hell ain't common.) Raise a glass with me in celebration, and tune in soon to find out when "Observations" will run.

My short story "Observations from the City of Angels" is scheduled to appear in Salon this Wednesday, July 16. Be sure to check it out—and if you need a reminder, sign up for my handy mailing list.

It seemed as if this day would never come. But it's here, and I'm thrilled. My story "Love in the Age of Spyware" (originally titled "Observations from the City of Angels") debuts tonight in Salon as one of the vanishingly rare science-fiction stories to grace the virtual pages of that fine publication. The story is "premium content," which means that to read it either you must have a subscription to Salon or you must view a brief ad in order to acquire a free "day pass." The red circle in the illustration to the right shows you where to click in order to get your day pass when you visit Salon. If you need more explicit instructions, please visit this page. And if you enjoy "Spyware," please come back and email your friends about the story from our brief handy form.  [go]