The Francher
was first published in the March 2009 issue of
Aphelion,
McCamy Taylor fiction editorThe Year They Invented Frozen Lemonade
was first published in the January 2008 issue of
The Harrow: Original Works of Fantasy and Horror, Michael Colangelo fiction editorScope Virgin
was first published in the November/December 2007
Written Word Online Magazine,
Ace Masters, editorMcMuckle Makes a Minyan
was first published in the December 2007
Ranfurly Review,
Colin Galbraith, editorPlatterland
was
first published in
On the Premises, the
November 2007 issue, Tarl Roger Kudrick, editorDaphne Longhandle's Last Flight
was
first published in
The Aputamkon Review II,
Les Simon, editorThe Runaway Bungalow
was
first published as a selection in SpecFicWorld's
Featured Fiction,
Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., editorThe Song of the Rice Barge Coolie
was
first published in
Aeon Speculative Fiction Eleven,
Marti McKenna, editorE Pluribus Human
was
first published in
Coyote Wild, the Summer 2007 issue, Lori A. Basiewicz, editorDead Man in the Yard
was
first published in Nanobison, Summer 2007: the "Dimensions of Love" issue.A Pass on the Tabouli
was
first published in the
Hiss Quarterly, Spring 2006: the "Future Imperfect" issue.Boys' Night Out
was first published in the Summer, 2005 On Spec―The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic.
I Want to Share Your Wheat
was first
published in the September/October 2002 issue of Demensions―Doorways to Science
Fiction and Fantasy where it was voted 2002 Story of the Year. An e-zine, Demensions went silent in 2003. It will be
missed.The Perfect Homburg
was first published in the March/April 2003 issue of Demensions―Doorways to Science Fiction and Fantasy and was reprinted in SpecFicWorld.com's
"Dark Tales" anthology November, 2005.An Unwarmed Fish
was first published in the Summer 2003 issue of
Demensions―Doorways to Science Fiction and Fantasy and reprinted in
SpecFicWorld's E-macabre #2 [2007].The Ninepatch Variation
was first published in the January 2004 issue of
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction.Chimaera Constant
was first published in the
October 2008 issue of Farrago's Wainscot.The Death of James A. Garfield was first published in A Fly in Amber, July 2008
The Red Sneaker Zones
was first published in the Hiss Quarterly, the "Space to Grow" issue, Spring 2007.Klein, the Clone
was first published as
The Flags of All Nations Hors D'oeuvres Toothpick Caper in the Winter, 2003 Fables―The Home for Folktale and Speculative
Fiction on the Internet.A Special Providence
was first published in the
May 2003 issue of Quantum Muse.Tomcat
was first published in the May, 2003 issue of Demensions, Doorways to
Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Donna Thiel-Cook, and reprinted in a slightly different version in
SpecFicWorld's
Featured Fiction for June, 2006, Doyle Eldon Wilmoth Jr. Editor.A triumph of reverse Darwinism, Facelift
arrived after the fact,
and was published (belatedly) in the February 2008 Aphelion thanks
to the good graces of Robert Moriyama, Aphelion's short story editor. It was originally written
as a website freebie to accompany the Kenn Brown
illustration which now adorns the MP3 link for Song of the Rice Barge Coolie.
The illustration is copyright Kenn Brown and Mondolithic Studios and used by permission. No unauthorized duplication or distribution without explicit
permission from the copyright holder.The original art for Magnetic Betty is the copyrighted work of Lee Suta and is used by permission.
The original photograph for the onetinleg.com logo, "They All Look at Another Side," is the copyrighted work of the artist María de la Puente Bernardos and is used by permission.
The original photograph for the Lost in Willipaq print version title page, "Tribute―The Perfect Shot," is copyright Garrit Pieper and is used by permission.
The originals for the covers and MP3 links of Facelift and E Pluribus Human, "Francie's Song to the Birds" and "Rapturous", are the work of sculptor Elizabeth Ostrander and used by permission.
"Streets of Manhattan," The original photograph for the MP3 link and title page of The Year They Invented Frozen Lemonade is the copyrighted work of the artist Demi Papas and is used by permission.
The original art for the cover and MP3 link of Daphne Longhandle's Last Flight, "Flower Dragon," is the work of artist and illustrator Kara Fraser and used by permission.
The original painting for the cover and MP3 link of Chimaera Constant, "Fotoplastikon" is the work of the surrealist artist Andrzej Troc and used by permission.
The original photograph for the cover and MP3 link of The Tirewoman Gabriel, "Belen2" is the work of photographer and teacher Martin McRostie-Cornfoot and used by permission.
The digital painting, "The Venus Furry"—cover art for the forthcoming "The Quilter Who Went to Hell," a compilation of Elizabeth Profitt Pease tales scheduled for print publication in 2010—is the work of Bobbie Jean Pentecost and used by permission.
The original painting for the cover and MP3 link of Scope Virgin, "Zen Crow" is the work of artist Sara Jane Sparks and used by permission.
Much-deferred thanks to Natasha M. Speer, Ph.D. of the University of Maine at Orono for tutoring the author in the intricacies of the Fourier Transforms as they might apply to the lofting of Saturn-like rings of effluent as demonstrated in the story The Beewolf.
The cover image is "The Biting Pear of Salamanca," the work of artist Ursula Vernon who says, "Don't look at me. I was reading up on pop surrealism before bed, and this is the sort of thing that happens. Even for me, that's a little disturbing." She would like to sell you a print. A popular tourist attraction of the region, the biting pear lives off low-flying birds, hand-outs, and the occasional unwary sightseer. See more of her work on her website. Biting Pear is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
The quote, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known," is the handiwork of Carl Sagan, astronomer (1934-1996). Dr. Sagan is reported to have said: "They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
And credit where credit is due: I lifted the idea of posting MP3 downloads of the tales of onetinleg.com from a Jim Kelly column in Asimov’s. James Patrick Kelly is a writer of surpassing skill, and his column On The Net is a must-read.
The author is indebted for the music that ornaments the tales of the Free Reads pages to Charlie Hunter [The Ninepatch Variation, Boys' Night Out, The Perfect Homburg, A Special Providence, Platterland, Dead Man in the Yard, McMuckle Makes a Minyan, The Runaway Bungalow and Klein, the Clone]; Logan, Salmonraptor, Ehma, DJ Rhode and Haeresis [Song of the Rice Barge Coolie and Magnetic Betty (Ehma)]; banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka [Scope Virgin]; The Hot Club of San Francisco [A Pass on the Tabouli]; the postclassicists Topology and Topology Music [Facelift, Platterland, McMuckle Makes a Minyan, Daphne Longhandle's Last Flight, The Year They Invented Frozen Lemonade, The Runaway Bungalow, the symphonic rendition in Magnetic Betty, and Mark Twain in Milan]; Ehma and Celestial Aeon Project's "Aeon 3" [Mark Twain in Milan]; Logan, Flatlink, Salmonraptor and Haeresis [I Want to Share Your Wheat]; Flatlink, Manuzik, and Logan [Dead Man in the Yard]; Flatlink and Haeresis [Platterland]; Flatlink and Xera [for McMuckle Makes a Minyan]; Grace Valhalla, Salmonraptor and Jampy [The Perfect Homburg]; Azurello, Topology and Topology Music, Celestial Aeon Project [The Francher, Daphne Longhandle's Last Flight]; Suerte and The Serenata Chamber Musicians [The Runaway Bungalow]; La Mula [The Year They Invented Frozen Lemonade]; and Celestial Aeon Project, DOM The Bear, Raphael Badawi, DJ Rhode, Antonio Raffone and Barocco, for Suite Allegro Largo [Chimaera Constant]. Special thanks to Passamaquoddy flutist Rolfe Richter for the signature pieces of the spirit-priest in Chimaera Constant and The Red Sneaker Zones. The music is from Mr. Richter's CD Dreamwalk and used by permission. Sergio Naddei's Chamber Music bookends The Tirewoman Gabriel with incidental cues by Da Capo (Claude's Music) and Eloy Terrero (Interpolar). Terry Snow's Theme and Variations for Strings bookends The Diplodocus Effect with incidental cues by Topology. Two of Swords boasts bookending by the Gavotte from Ludwig Thuille's Piano Sextet in B-flat major (the On Classical compilation), the incidental music is by Topology, and from Butterfly Tea’s "Magical Adventures" album, all licensed under a Creative Commons license. The Dolby Jenks theme (Magnetic Betty) is "Lords of the Sky" from Celestial Aeon Project's "Aeon 3." For The Beewolf, music kudos for Juice Connection [As Last Year's Snow, original soundtrack―Brane Driving]; Filmusik―Märchenwald; Speedsound― Psytrance Products Vol.01; esgi [Echoes in Time]―There Is No End. Thanks to the jolly consortium of audio wranglers at The Freesound Project for helping build the sound clusters for Mark Twain in Milan and The Diplodocus Effect, likewise Haeresis for the signature theme of Lady Ada Lovelace's cat in the Mark Twain tale. And lastly, a grateful nod to Bill McVicar and WQDY 92.7 FM in Calais, Maine (USA) and Chris Gay at Sound Expressions, Lake Utopia, New Brunswick (Canada) for making their audio facilities available.
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Rob's wife, Bonnie, is the secretary at a nearby rural elementary school. She is a gifted quilter who beguiled her new husband with the kaleidoscope of patchwork geometry.
The nearest town to the Hunters that anybody is likely to have ever heard of—because of Stephen King’s The Langoliers—is Bangor, Maine where there are real parking meters and a traffic light. They drive down every six months or so to watch the light change and see the trains come in.
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