I just got word from Eric Reynolds that Ruins Extraterrestrial, an anthology in which I have a story, will be arriving in brick and mortar big chain stores around the country!  This is very exciting news, as I’ve had so many family members and friends wanting to know where they can buy a copy…and loathe to do it online.

Here’s an image of the cover:

It should be showing up in stores in November or perhaps early December.  It will still be available online, of course.

This antho has really been the publication that keeps on giving.  I had a wonderful time writing my story, Watcher in the Dark, which has a bit of Indiana Jones style artifact recovery mixed up with pirates, and the main character’s special ability to move outside his body.  How could I not have fun?

Then I also really enjoyed promoting the antho at WorldCon.  Because of this antho, I got to meet a lot of cool people and other authors who’ve worked with Hadley Rille Books, and I suspect that this puclication had a hand in my getting a panel slot at WorldCon.  Every publication is gratifying, but it’s really nice when the story can still be seen and acquired several months after it comes out.

My thanks to Eric for doing a great job on this, and congrats to all my fellow contributers.  Major kudos to Justin Stanchfield in particular, whose story from this antho has been picked to be reprinted in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction.  You rock!