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My story “Planet of the Sealies” in is the current issue of Pevnost Magazine in the Czech Republic under its new, slightly incomprehensible title “Planeta Skokoanku.”
Awesome!
As usual, the super geniuses at Pevnost have done a nice job with the lay-out and an interior illustration. I only wish I could read it. [...]

It’s been another crazy week, and, man, the writing life continues to be a rollercoaster ride of excitement, anxiety, gratification and despair. Of course it helps that I’m melodramatic as hell.
Eight days ago I received contributor copies of Ennea #484, a Greek magazine which pays nicely in [...]

Sold a short story to Asimov’s this morning, my second for them. It’s slated for their December issue. Exciting stuff.

A great email today. A new webzine called Terra Incognita will be translating my story “Long Eyes” into Portugese. It’s a pay-free transaction, but still exciting, since that’s a new language for me. Even better, the editor enjoyed Plague Year and War and has asked to run an interview about the [...]

My one regret is that the only people I know who speak (much less read) Romanian are the two editors whose names run across the top of this book, which is the debut edition of a showcase anthology series by Millennium Press. It features short fiction written by their novelists.
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I’m sure by now that everybody’s sick and tired of Good News From Jeff (and we’re not done yet), so I’ll keep this one brief and limited to the few choice brains roaming across this blog!
My creepy suspense short story “Pattern Masters,” originally published a few years ago in [...]

Here’s another fun new twist! My near-future action story “Enter Sandman,” originally published in Artemis Magazine #6, has just been released as a podcast by the good folks at Dunesteef. They did an excellent job with the narration and sound effects, and I suggest giving it a listen.

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Also while in Denver, I received another email from the editor of the Israeli sci fi magazine Mercury, who has now purchased my short story “Meme” for translation in Hebrew. I love those guys!!!!