Inner Peace Is For Losers

So my good buddy and fellow Variant Frequencies writer matt_wallace has an anthology now ready for pre-order from Apex Books. Here's the cover:



Not bad, eh? They're great stories in the Matt Wallace style. Many of them have been heard on Variant Frequencies. There are even Parsec Award winners in there.

Order yours today. If you get the hardcover, Matt will sign it for you. He'll even write you a dirty limerick if you ask.

A new Variant Frequencies story is now live, titled "Spired" by Jonathan C. Gillespie and narrated by John Cmar (aka Cmaaaaarrrrr). As usual, produced by the wizard of GarageBand, Rick Stringer, whose sound effects and music add to the tension and danger.

What it's about:

Obsession is close kin to determination. For one man, an alien peak seems just another obstacle capable of being conquered with the right set of tools. But any climber will tell you — you don’t want to look back the way you came.

Also, go have a look at Apex Online, January issue. That's matt_wallace, who I may have mentioned a time or two, as the featured writer for January. There's a highly entertaining interview and a story by Matt. Go have a look, then say something nice to him about it, because he's very needy.

I received word from Rick that our podcast, Variant Frequencies, has won another Parsec award at this year's Dragon*con. Once again, we won in the short story category. The story is called No World for Warriors. It's part of the Amarant series, which will continue soon. I promise.

So congrats to Matt for writing a fantastic story, and Rick for an excellent production. Proud of you guys.

My good buddy matt_wallace is having an interesting week. He has a story up at Pseudopod called "My Caroline." It's a terrific story, given an awesome reading by JC Hutchins. Go listen and comment, because Matt's a little insecure and he needs the reassurance.

Also, the folks over at Apex Digest are considering making a calendar for 2008 with illustrations from stories featured in the magazine. They're taking votes, so go here and vote for "A Place of Snow Angels" by Matt Wallace.

He wants to be Mr. December. You know, wearing a Santa hat and precious little else.