My payment for my sale to “Futurismic” arrived safely today. Yay! Alas, I also got a rejection from  Strange Horizons. Sad, sad. But happy-sad because it was a nice rejection. I like the work the folks at Strange Horizons do and would love to get into their e-zine sometime soon. I’ll send them something once […]

Filed under: Words on May 24th, 2008 by silviamg
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I got my copy of Tales of Moreauvia today which contains my short story “Candles for the Dead,” set in pre-Revolutionary Mexico. This is the first issue of TOM, a magazine that publishes speculative historical fiction: alternate history, time travel, Victorian SF, wild west, weird west, gaslamp fantasy, steampulp, retro-futurist, etc.

Filed under: Words on May 21st, 2008 by silviamg
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I’ve sold “Maquech” to Futurismic. This is another of my near-future Mexico City stories and tells the story of an exotic animal trader who purchases a Mayan maquech. A maquech is a jeweled beetle, a real live beetle that’s had bits of gold and small jewels glued to its shell for ornamentation. People attach it […]

Filed under: Words on May 14th, 2008 by silviamg
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For an explanation, read Tempest’s Fantasy column. Enjoy.

Filed under: Ranting on May 7th, 2008 by silviamg
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