Okay, all the poems are in for my chapbook, and I think all of the illustrations are done, we�ve been playing with layout and printing options...I�m so excited! It looks like, so far, we�re going to do a straight black and white version for around $8 (32 pages, 14 poems, probably 9 illustrations, maybe more) and a limited edition version that is signed and numbered and has some interior color (4 of the illos in color, I think) for around $11 or $12 depending on printing costs. It�s supposed to be available on October 10th, and it�ll be available directly from Sam�s Dot and from Project Pulp.

So here�s the line-up, not in order... I know the poems, but don�t quote me on the illos yet:

• �That Forgotten Grim(m) Magic�
• �The Dance of Beltane Eve� (reprint) (illustrated)
• �Trimming the Wyrd�
• �Red� (illustrated)
• �Swan Transformed� (illustrated)
• �Death Do Us Part: Prenuptials� (illustrated)
• �What Big Teeth You Have� (reprint) (illustrated)
• �Beauty�s Truth� (reprint) (illustrated)
• �Tripped Trap� (illustrated)
• �Aarne Thompson Tale Type Breach� (illustrated)
• �From the Ashes� (reprint)
• �Would You Not Dance� (reprint) (illustrated)
• �Rumpled�
• �Endings�

Also, the bio I wrote for this chapbook rocks, even if I do say so myself. I�ll probably wind up putting it up on my site as my bio. This is going to be really cool... I really am disgustingly excited about it.

I got an acceptance yesterday from Scared Naked for a poem I sent them. I�m glad they liked it, I was afraid it would be too �dark fantasy� for them, and if it was I wasn�t sure what I was going to do with it--there comes a point in a poem where you�ve used words which mean most places won�t accept it purely because of those words. �Cock� seems to be ones of those words. �Nipple� often seems to be another. At any rate, �Pure White� will be in the December 2002 debut of Scared Naked.

Also I got an acceptance in the first part of the month for a poem I sent to Outposts of the Beyond. I also sent out four poems for a UK poetry anthology Rhys Hughes is editing, we�ll see if he likes them... (Thanks for telling me about it Michael. I wrote some really good poems for that, so the good thing is that if he doesn�t take them then I shouldn�t have any problems selling them elsewhere.) About a week after that I got a rejection for a poem from Strange Horizons. I�ve also received a rejection from Dreams and Nightmares.

So I need to decide where to send the poems I don�t have out already, and get several more written and sent out... And that�s it on the poetry at the moment, I think. I�ll chat at you kids more later.

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