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To celebrate the publication of my short story, “fc01a9,” in Aoife’s Kiss, I’m holding a giveaway for a copy of the September Issue. Details are posted on my blog here: http://matthewwuertz.blogspot.com/2009/0
In other news, I finished a rough draft for my latest fantasy short story, and it’s a little over 8,000 words long. My rough drafts are typically the longest of all drafts, so I’m sure this will get cut down quite a bit over the next iterations. It felt like I would never reach the end of this draft, so I’m really pleased that I finally finished it.
The past week and weekend gave me ample opportunity to work on my latest fantasy and science-fiction short stories. The time travel story is at a place where I need to read it aloud and hopefully bounce it off someone for some feedback. The fantasy story went through the big sweeping changes edit, so there’s still a lot of cleanup work left to do. I think that by the end of March (if not sooner), both stories will be in submission queues somewhere. Then I must consider my next project…
I completed a rough draft of my fantasy short story. I don’t think I have any humor in it at all, and it is quite dark in places. Dark, for me, does not mean that it fringes on horror. In my works, dark fantasy means that the protagonist is experiencing something quite unpleasant without ending up happily ever after. In this story, I think the protagonist ends up in a somewhat worse state of mind.
I’m writing sporadically due to a shortage of time. Apparently there are now fewer hours in the day, or so it would seem. When I do find available windows, I’m working on the new fantasy short story. This story is rooted in the lore of my standard fantasy world and may include a reference to Klevtrìth (the protagonist from the series of fantasy stories published in The Sword Review). It will likely be quite dark at points, at least in relation to my other works, but I hope readers find it engaging.