Three things worth noting:
1) Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts @ Podcastle
The audio version of Ben Fransisco’s story Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts is live over at Podcast. Go forth and feast your ears upon it; you will not be sorry.
2) Fantasy Magazine Best Story of 2009 Poll
If you haven’t had the chance yet, hie yourself over to Fantasy Magazine and place a vote in their 2009 reader poll to determine the favourite story published there last year. My votes swung towards Angela Slatter’s The Chrysanthemum Bride and Lisa Hannett’s The Good Window, but as usual you can’t go wrong with the majority of the stories that Fantasy publishes.
3) Apex Magazine’s First Annual Reader Poll
Apex Magazine is also looking for your vote on the best story they published in 2009, although I’m steering clear of recommendations given that two of the stories involved were mine.
You are by far my favorite pimp, Peter. And you don’t even rough me up too much.
I will, however, demand that you *get back to work and produce more awesome fiction goddammit*