I have been reading the Sword & Sorceress anthologies since they were in single digits, so I read with interest the announcement from Norilana Books about Sword & Sorceress #23.   For those who might be interested in submitting a story, the reading period is April 19-May 16.  

Before May 16, I have to write a chapter-by-chapter outline for a book that's (soon to be) under contract, but I hope to squeeze in time to write a S&S story.  I really need to write more short fiction.

In general, 2008 is shaping up to be a fairly good year for short stories--four scheduled for publication so far:  two new, two reprints.  There was "Redemption" in the Forgotten Realms anthology Realms of War,  a revised version of "Trophy Wife" will be in the upcoming anthology Lilith Unbound, a reprint of "The Lorelei" in Worlds of Their Own (Planet Books, ed. Jim Lowder), and "Burning Bright" in Catopolis, one of the Martin Greenburg anthologies from Daw (ed. Janet Deever-Pack).  There's also a Forgotten Realms short story being scripted into a graphic novel, and a 33,000-word novella "Beyond Dreams" will be included in the paranormal romance anthology Beyond Magic (Tor, ed. Anna Genoese.)  Granted, that's not what you might call prolific--Jay Lake will probably write more than that between now and Friday--but it's moving in the right direction.  

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