Well, July brought with it good news and bad. We'll start with the bad, get it out of the way and clear the air. Toward the end of the month, I was informed that An Honest Lie Vol. 4, which was set to feature my short story "Salvage," was being put on indefinite production hold and that Open Heart Publishing was closing shop effective immediately. This wasn't wholly unexpected, given the missed deadlines and lack of communication. It does, however, mean that "Salvage" is free again, and I have begun submitting the story to other markets in earnest.

And now the good news: My short story "The Zumundo Cog," which previously appeared in the November-December 2008 issue of the preeminent steampunk magazine The Willows and in the fantastic anthology Penny Dread Tales Vol. 1 from Rune Wright, will be reprinted a third time in the steampunk magazine Professor Dobbs' Literary Primer for the Extraordinary. Click HERE to see the amazing cover!

More information about the issue will be posted when its official release date has been announced.

Finally, the August 2013 issue of Columbia will feature my third cover story -- a photo essay about the Global Wheelchair Mission. Accompanied by beautiful photography by
That's all for this month. Until next time, thanks for reading!