Horror Poetry, Pneumonia, Recommended AWP events

So a week or so after I broke my arm, I came down with bronchitis that turned into a pretty nasty case of pneumonia, I haven’t even been able to talk on the phone or walk across a room much because of the coughing. Then allergic reactions to the antiobiotics…in short, it’s been an un-fun stretch of February so far. I apologize for being absent here and out of reach by e=mail/phone. I hope you all had fab Valentine’s Days. Much better than mine (although two worthwhile movie shoutouts for sick days: In a World, about a woman breaking into the old-boys-club of voice-over work that was very entertaining, and Austenland, about a fantasy camp for Jane Austen fans, which has a pretty great post-credits video you should definitely watch for laughs which features the song “Hot in Herre.”)

AWP is coming up and I wanted to remind you about two speculative poetry events to keep on your calendar (and I’ll be reading at both with a slew of fantastic spec poets!)

— A Night of Speculative Poetry, or, The Superheroes of Poetry – Thursday February 27. 8 PM – 9:30 PM – at the Jack Straw Gallery

— Drawn To Marvel book launch and reading gala. Saturday, March 1 at 7:00pm. Ray Gun Lounge, Seattle.

I did get some good news, too – I found out one of my poems, “Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales” is going to be included in “The Year’s Best Horror Volume 6” edited by the estimable Ellen Datlow! For a full list of pieces, see here: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2014/02/table-of-contents-the-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-6-edited-by-ellen-datlow/

Okay, that’s the extent of my sitting-up-typing-with-my-one-good-arm time for now!