Some of you know that in a past life, I was an e-publishing pioneer. It seems to be coming back to haunt me.
Normally, I’d never look at a site named shortshortshort.com, but here we have Short-short Stories by Bruce Holland Rogers, so it’s worth a look. Bruce is running a subscription, $5 a year gets you 36 stories– lord only know what type, since Rogers is an award-winning writer in many fields (Pushcart Prize, two Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker, etc.), and many of the subscription stories have gone on to appear in print in such magazines and anthologies as The Sun, Realms of Fantasy, Descant, Analog, and Polyphony. Give it a shot.
Second piece: one of the little odd joys I got in the BiblioBytes days was from watching the reactions on people’s faces as a brief explanation and demonstration of the latest technology loose on the net. I saw it happen with musicians with Napster, and I saw it happen with authors and publishers with ebooks.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen that particualr look of wonder and horror on someone’s face– but I just saw it yesterday. On someone who works in the comic book industry.
Stay tuned.