And I'm back! It's been two weeks, but my word, what a two weeks it's been! I have much news, all of it good! So, in order:

In the week before WHC, I found out that my story 'Mami Wata' (from Exotic Gothic 3) had been selected by editor of distinction Ellen Datlow for one of the 20 honourable mentions in her Year's Best Horror 2 - not as good as actually having a story in there, admittedly, but an improvement on last year, when I was an Honourable Mention (Longlist; Electronic). Now I just...