Pen Names Are eXTra (but this one lets me pun)
On a casual search, I came across not one, but at least two other Jason Kimbles with their names on books. Genre books, even.
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The Story With a Long Title Took a Long Time to See Light
It’s been a minute! Both for blogging and for new story news. But hey, today we change both. I’m up for the third time over at Cast of Wonders. Does this make me a triple threat? Oh hey: spoilers. Go read or listen at the link if you’re averse to those, then come back here. …
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New Story: If Only Kissing Made It So
“If Only Kissing Made It So,” my story about boys kissing and possibly time travel, is live at Cast of Wonders today, narrated by Max Gladstone. Yes, that Max Gladstone. To say this was a pleasant surprise would be whatever is more under than under in understatement. I’m just saying: the email listed the narrator, …
Story About Not Letting Go Returns
Hey, so happy surprises in the new year. “Blood and Water,” my story that dropped from Cast of Wonders in May of last year, is back again as a 2017 Staff Pick. It’s always nice to get another spotlight, and Marguerite Kenner’s new commentary is the kind that gives me all kinds of writerly warm …
Monsters On the Internets
So I fell off the wagon with doing story posts, but in a turn of good luck, “Drowning Joys,” from the second issue of Aliterate recently made its way to the Aliterate site, so for anyone who didn’t buy the issue, it’s new to you, which is an excuse I’m fine exploiting for some new …
Suddenly Free Fiction
Mike Allen has posted five stories from Clockwork Phoenix 5 online for free. Including my own contribution to the volume: “The Wind at His Back.” I’ve already talked about this story, so I’ll keep things short. Set in what I’ve been calling the Tallverse – a weird western world where tall tales and folklore are …
Walking Trees and Words Made of Smells (or: NEW STORY!)
Cover art: Smoke in the water… by Cyril Rana Used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0) license Image edits by Joy Crelin and Leland Spencer As usual, extended nattering to be had in a day or so, but after a bit of fallow, I’ve a new story out in the wilds. …
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Pronouns Caught In a Twister
So, after record-breaking attendance at the launch reading, Clockwork Phoenix 5 is now a thing which is officially out in the world. Which means “The Wind at His Back,” my story which starts this particular volume of “tales of beauty and strangeness,” is also officially a thing in the world, about which I couldn’t be …
All The News
And into the void that is my blog updating schedule, lo there were a bunch of things to update (some of which may not be a surprise if you’ve been checking my bibliography page), so let’s dive in: Almost available for your greedy reading needs: I was lucky enough to make the cut for Clockwork …
On Storytelling and Alien Perspectives
The latest episode of The Sockdolager podcast is live. Editors Paul Starr and Alison Wilgus share their insights on what they liked, loved, and noodled over for all of the stories in the Fall issue. As you may recall (and if you don’t, obviously I am un-subtly reminding you), this was the issue in which …