It's always exciting to see something new and interesting - the latest book/story from your favorite author, a long-awaited film, practically anything on HBO.
But it's especially exciting if you're an aspiring author and a new publication appears on the horizon. I don't mean as a fresh market opportunity but as a sign and a symbol: a sign that there are enthusiastic people willing to put their heads over the parapet and produce something they love; a symbol of rude good health in the world of fiction generally and SpecFic in particular. In my opinion, there's one thing we need above almost all - optimism.
Welcome, Penumbra.
Editor's Note: Tom Brennan's dark vision of the future is the first story in the first issue in the first volume of Penumbra. "Butterfly" caught my attention in the middle of a long day in the slushpile because I thought his imagery was so evocative and gritty and just downright...well...horrific.
Tom Brennan is a British writer who lives by the sea in Liverpool, UK with a sadly diminishing number of elderly cats. When not writing, he works as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher, taking 911 calls 24/7 from the public, which is interesting and stressful but always surprising. He loves all kinds of fiction, from Phil Dick to Stanislaw Lem, Conan Doyle to Frantzen, Tim Powers to Dashiell Hammett, and most points inbetween. He likes running and cycling and finding gluten-free food, especially cakes.
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