Two new poems available, both of which I’m very proud.

My poem “This Illusion of Flesh” is now available in Mythic Delirium issue 26. Editor Mike Allen gave me a lot of really helpful editorial advice on this one and helped me make it a much better piece.

At one point he said, “I have a hard time picturing the being who says this.” I cocked my head for a few minutes and thought BAROO? When I responded with “Dude. That’s me. That’s how I experience my own life,” he laughed a lot.

Very nice review it here. Squeaky!

My poem “From the House of Dionysos” is also up at Strange Horizons. Poetry editor Sonya Taafe poked me to write that one after a comment I made on her blog, so I punished/rewarded her by submitting it to SH, and I was pleased as punch when she accepted it.

Sonya also made some really helpful comments: she has gotten me started on a trend of lopping the ends off of all my poems, and it has improved them all.

Ha! Lopping off the 5′ untranslated regions and only leaving the coding lines. #nerdery

It has been a while since I had much publishing news! That’s happy stuff.