Had an absolutely lovely late afternoon and evening yesterday imbibing on very good margaritas and getting to hang out with Sherwood Smith
( sartorias) who is  as marvelous and clever in person as she is on her LJ.  She's agreed to guest - edit a special edition of Coyote Wild, tentatively slated for late summer.  We're thinking a YA heroic-fantasy themed issue, with a mix of invitational, solicited stories, and  other stuff.

I'll update this, of course, as we get details ironed out.

But for now, suffice it to say I'm pretty much over the moon.

The new issue of Coyote Wild went up (I'm a little late blogging it, is all.)

Stories

• Truths on Loose Leaves - Toby Wallis
• Retinue - Adrian Simmons
• Distant Destinations - Michael McNichols
• Sandwich Street - Kurt Kirchmeier
• A Feast of Leftovers - Patricia Russo

Poetry

Go forth!  Read!  Let me know what you think!

This is, I think, my favorite issue to date.  We're going monthly as of the January 15th issue - so someone remind me to update our information with ralan.com and duotrope...

I'm still futzing around with author bios and so on, today - I'm enduring a headcold that's mercifully starting to clear a bit, so I'm in better shape to do the coding today than I've been the last few days.

Got the contract today for the Bear story. *big grin*

Have a Sherwood Smith story I'm sending a contract out for immediately, now that I'm home again.  *'nuther big grin*


And seriously considering going to monthly publication, as of January's issue.

Here's an random tidbit sort of a thing:  I realized when the October issue went live that there wouldn't be another issue until January, with the current quarterly publication schedule . . . and I was really disappointed. 

Part of what I love about periodicals is the way they reflect the current season, and I really wanted to do a winter issue.  I'd recently bought a couple of really terrific winter-themed stories, (not specifically holiday stories, but wintertime stories, still.)  So I started thinking about a special issue. 

Then I sorta thought, "well . . . what the hell.  Why not?" 

So we're doing it.

So cheers, everyone, and happy holidays!

Umm, okay -- it's been up for a couple of days, and I'm late with this post.  But still . . .

October 17, 2007

The new Coyote Wild is live!

Coyote Wild is pleased to announce our new issue:

Fiction:

• Elephants Never Forget - Jennifer Brinn

You don't have to be a swashbuckler to be a hero.

• The Greatest Adventure of All - Ian McHugh

"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause . . ."

• Elvis and Gretel in the Woods beyond the Railroad Tracks - Matt Betts

• Engendered Species - Greg Story

• Mirror, Mirror - Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

• Nightmare at the Nursing Home - Jenny Schwartz

• Pearl of Great Price - James Steimle

• Sea Child - Aliette de Bodard

• Toxicity - Erica Naone

• Photomancer - Bartholomew von Klick

• Uluru - Jennifer Linnaea

Nonfiction:

A Chainsaw-Wielding Yankee in King Arthur's Demonic Court - Richard Scott Nokes

A concise and excellent examination about what we're still learning about ourselves through those once and future stories that echo of Camelot.

Poetry:

• What You Should Call Us - Elizabeth Barrette..

You'll hear the gentle ching of harness bells, the muffled thud of hoofbeats and the shouts of Traveler children, long after the last line.

• The Fruit Vendor - J.C. Runolfson

Simple. Timeless. Unblemished.

• Frances Glessner Lee,
  Mother of Forensic Pathology
  - Lisa M. Bradley

I'm really, really delighted with the quality of the pieces, and couldn't be more pleased with the Fall issue.

Hope you like it, too.

best,
Mac

The first issue of Coyote Wild is now live.

We've got a few things we're still tweaking: I've got author bios to plug in, and a few sentences about each story in the table of contents. I love these pieces, though, and I'm very, very pleased about the content of the 'zine.

And a couple of readers have mentioned an odd browser issue, where everything is appearing in caps. We're going through the code line by line to see if we can do anything to solve that, on our end--but in the meantime, if you have any trouble viewing it, I'd love to hear your specific problems and perhaps you'd be so kind as to tell me what browser and which version you're viewing it with?

Cheers, everyone! Champagne is on me, and I hope you love the stories as much as I do.