The June 2006 issue of F&SF is now on sale. It features the following stories:
– “Animal Magnetism” by Albert E. Cowdrey
– “Counterfactual” by Gardner Dozois
– “Why the Aliens Did What They Did to That Suburb of Madison, Wisconsin” by Tim McDaniel
– “Hallucigenia” by Laird Barron
– “The Protectors of Zendor” by John Morressy
– “Terms of Engagement” by C. S. Friedman
You can read reviews here and here.
Spilogale, Inc. is the name of the publishing company that publishes F&SF. The company was named after the genus name of a spotted skunk, pictured here.
That picture is hanging above the archway that leads into the reading room.
There they are, Gordon’s Howies. That’s what the World Fantasy Award looks like, folks, isn’t it snazzy? (Hats not included.)
I don’t know where that Oscar came from; I think Gordon must have stolen it. They look so much bigger on TV…
One of the many silly things around the office. (Note: that’s not actually Gordon.)
Gordon and his sister apparently have a tradition of trying to give each other the ugliest gift every year. This was one of the things he received. More recently, she gave him that soap-on-a-rope gargoyle I blogged about earlier.
Had pizza for lunch today at a little place down the block from the new office. It’s not as good as the place by the old office, but it’s not bad.
It’s a tiny little place, with just three tables to sit at, and no counter space. But they’ve got two likeable paintings hanging on the walls. Here’s one of them, which I wouldn’t mind having on my own wall.
Liz Zernechel, Director of Clarion, just announced the Clarion class of 2006. They are:
William Alexander
Bradley Beaulieu
Steve Berman
Christopher Cevasco
Brian (BK) Dunn
Jemma EveryHope
Casey Fiesler
Michael Furlong
Stephen Gaskell
Nye Joell Hardy
Vincent Jorgensen
Rahul Kanakia
Sarah Kelly
Felice Kuan
Robert Levy
Livia Llewellyn
Will Ludwigsen
Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran
Sean Manseau
Aimee Poynter
Shveta Thakrar
Alex Wilson
I see some familiar names there. Hmm, wonder where I could have seen them before…
