Author: Sylvia

My short fantasy story, Looking for a Knight in Shining Armor, has sold to Daily Science Fiction. As I have very much been enjoying their mailing list (a snippet of speculative fiction Mon-Thurs and a longer story on Fridays), I’m thrilled that I will be included.

I received an honorable mention for the first quarter Writers of the Future contest.

1st Quarter 2011 Silver Honorables and Honorable Mentions Announced | L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future Contest

The first issue of the Journal of Unlikely Entomology has been launched and includes my short story, Plague of Locusts, as well as a gorgeous illustration by Linda Saboe.

My short story, Plague of Locusts, has been accepted for the launch of The Journal of Unlikely Entomology. I’ll link to the first issue when it is online.

I thought I’d post a snippet of steampunk for your delight and delectation. This piece was inspired by the Forgotten Futures story contest in New Scientist. You can hear me reading it on my blog: Can’t Backspace » Short Fiction: Parabola. It took me all day to get the recording to work with my iPhone so if no one listens to it, I might cry. Just sayin’.

Continue reading Short Fiction: Parabola

My short story, Dixie Dust, has been accepted for the zombie anthology Gone with the Dirt: Undead Dixie by Pill Hill Press.

The Bloody Carnival anthology, including my short story House of Mirrors is now available on Amazon.com in paperback.

Here’s the proof artwork for the cover of the hardback edition, available at Pill Hill Press:

I think it looks great and I can’t wait to get my copy.

Excerpts from Away with the Faeries and Kiss Me Goodbye have made it to Round 3 in WeBook’s PageToFame project.

My flash fiction story “House of Mirrors” has been accepted for the Bloody Carnival anthology by Pill Hill Press.

Call it Even, a romance snippet I wrote just for fun, is on the Long and Short Romance Reviews site as their story of the week:

Long and Short Romance Reviews : Call It Even by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley