The Bones of Summer was also briefly holding its own (as it were) at No 53 in the Amazon Kindle Gay & Lesbian fiction charts but is now, alas, back into the shadows once more. Nice to have the glitter while it lasted, however.
Story acceptances this week have included my comic short story, Rosie by Name, by Bluewood Publishing, and also a comic SF story, Creative Accountancy for Beginners, again by Untreed Reads, so a big thank you to both publishers for that.
You can also find an interview with me at the Dancing Dove Journal, so I hope you enjoy that - I certainly enjoyed answering the questions, and thanks to Ralph for giving me "air-time". I've also finished the edits for gay romance short story, Angels and Airheads, and have sent those back to Torquere Press. And my Hot Fiction Tip for June at Queer Magazine Online can be found here - it's a totally strange title but a fabulous read.
Here are this week's earlier meditations, some of which are strangely and sadly apt:
Meditation 365
Out of a time
of destruction and rage
a small heaven
of quiet words:
on this day
nobody dies.
Meditation 366
After battle
there is time
for kindness
but it’s a spare sort
when the loyalty of cripples
is called to account.
Meditation 367
At eighty years old
he can no longer taste
or see, or hear
the voice of singers
but still has chutzpah enough
to sweet-talk a king.
Finally, in the midst of this, we must absolutely spare many of our thoughts for the Cumbrian gun tragedy which took place yesterday and which left many dead and more injured. Nothing much I can say at all, except that violence is all around and within us, and my heart goes out to the victims, the perpetrator and all their families and friends. We live in tragic and frightening times, I fear.
Anne Brooke
The Prayer Seeker's Journal
2 comments:
It's all onwards and upwards, glitter and light and good sales. Justly deserved of course.
Tee hee, I wish! But thanks for the good thoughts :)) Axxx
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