Spring is finally coming, though not as fast as I'd like. It's taken almost forty years for me to finally decide it, but I think my favorite season is the one we're coming up on: the smell of wet ground, bright shoots of things peeking out, the colored fuzz on trees making everything look slightly out of focus. The sunlight. I'm a night owl by habit, if not by nature, but I'm happiest when I can actually manage to wander the world in the morning. The air feels different. I love it.
Issue 20, containing: Syllabub, The Return of a Recommendation, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
Is there more to the world than cooking? Only maybe. This week's issue returns us to the ongoing saga of perfecting various recipes that possibly only I care about, as well as the new exciting topic of More Things Maybe Only I Care About.
Issue 19, containing: Letters, Syllabub, Community Calendar, Commonplaces, &c.
I'm going to move around the sections of this issue! Why? Because it's my magazine. And I want to. Which is reason enough for anything.
Upcoming convention fun-times
Join me at Boskone (February 12-14, 2021), which'll be online and running for the low weekend price of $25 this year. It's the science fiction and fantasy convention I grew up at, with discussions of books, science, art, games, music, and more.
Issue 18, containing: The Things that I Have Learned about Plants, Small, Nice Things, The Realizations of Adulthood, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
For me this month has been strangely harder than any in many years. Harder, because of numerous things of which we are all aware, but also because there is a chance at a better life ahead -- but only, perhaps, a chance.
Issue 17, containing: Historical Ephemera, Mysterious Sound Stings, Holiday Cards, A Short List of Things, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
Happy hollies, jolly joyeux noel, and many merry returns (though hopefully not of gifts). It is New Year's Eve, and I am watching German science fiction -- Dark, on Netflix, for those interested.
Issue 16, containing: At Home Witchery and Practical Magics, Whisking, Correction, Yet More Notes Regarding Various Recipes, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
At some point, I'm going to have to give up the ghost and stop trying to compose in the Patreon window.
Issue 15, containing: A Giving of Thanks, A Holiday Meal Plan, A Chili Recipe, Letters, Commonplaces, &c.
It would be very nice if I could be consistent with these -- but then, many things would be nice. I think I can find some pleasure in the fact that I've made it to 15 issues. And that the weather continues fine, and that banana bread muffins remain delicious.
2020 Award Eligibility
Check out the stories I wrote this year that are eligible for the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and any other award your heart sees fit to nominate them for.
Issue 14, containing: Mom, Commonplaces, &c.
This will be a foreshortened issue.