It took a bit longer than hoped for, but Particular Passages is finally out!
15 Stories, 15 Authors
Down a forgotten hallway lie rooms no one has entered.
Each room contains a world waiting to be explored.
Some beautiful and full of wonder, other dark and full of terrors.
You won’t know which until you step inside.
So take a deep breath, and open the door…
Featuring stories by Elmdea Adams, Jen Bair, David Boop, J.T. Evans, Todd Fahnestock, Arlen Feldman, Shannon Fox, Jessica Guernsey, Sam Knight, Chris Mandeville, Kim May, John D. Payne, Wayland Smith, Stephannie Tallent, and Marie Whittaker
My story, Taking the World by the Horn, was originally written in 2015 for an anthology requesting “red unicorn” stories, it was never submitted. In fact, up until preparation for this anthology, I had never shown it to anyone. Instead, I wrote two more and submitted the third story for that anthology. It wasn’t accepted, rightfully so, as the editor felt it was more like part of a much larger story. And so it was. I may get around to that someday. If you are curious, that story is called “Pure as the Driven Snow,” and is available as a stand-alone e-book.
Why didn’t I submit this story? I honestly can’t say, other than it didn’t “feel” right. In truth, this one probably stood a better chance at being accepted for that anthology.
In the six years since it was written, “Taking the World by the Horn” never really felt like a good fit for other anthologies, but it finally felt right for this one.
While this was not the first anthology of other people’s stories I’ve edited (6th, I think), nor the first book I’ve published on my own (31st, I think), this is the first anthology of other people’s stories (and one of my own) that I have edited AND published. (It is published through Knight Writing Press. )
It’s a special moment for me! Yay!
(And as long as I am throwing out numbers, just in case anyone else is counting, after working for a couple publishing companies, I stopped counting how many books I was somehow involved in publishing (like editing, uploading, formatting, cover design, etc.) after 400. I’m probably closer to 450 now. I try not to think about that too much.)
