News You Can Bruise for 2007 August 15

Musical team-up: "Uncle Meat" by Zappa and "Brother Veal" by Marsalis (?).

Another story submitted to Strange Horizons. Incidentally, they're having a fund drive and encouraging people to say nice things about them and drive traffic to them, which I'm happy to do. I'll just repeat what I said in April that SH-like online magazines are the future of short-form science fiction. And as long as I'm plugging things, my mind can't let go of my Street Performer Protocol/cliffhanger method for selling fiction online. If I ever manage to build up a fiction reputation I may start a site for that.

Here's a tip! When you're applying for a job with a company based outside the US, ask if they have a health care plan. They probably don't!