Hey kids, get yourself a fine publication for just 99¢! Yes, it’s the inaugural issue of the Women’s League of Ale Drinkers journal featuring some wonderful art by pal Stephanie Johnson (who designed the whole issue) and a whole lot more — like my long unplaceable story, “Fear and Loathing in Deptford,” in which I imagine how Christopher Marlowe’s last night might be if he wrote in the style of Hunter S. Thompson (albeit with Elizabethan sensibilities). I got lots of compliments on the story from editors who nonetheless did not buy it because it was too this or too that (too obscure, too much strange vocabulary, and — oh no! — even some Latin!). Check out the table of contents for more delights including some familiar names.

My book trailer for Pelzmantel received a review over at 1st Turning. I’m learning a lot from people’s comments — things that never occurred to me. It’s hard when you know the story inside out to think about how to introduce it to someone unfamiliar with it. Feel free to add your comments as well. I need all the feedback I can get as I’m starting to think about the trailer for The Mangrove Legacy: whatever will that have?