“Ash and Dust” is almost here.
Strange Horizons accepted this story on May 17, 2011. (If you are not reading Strange Horizons on a regular basis, you should be. Not because they bought my story — because they are great.) My jitters around seeing it published commenced within minutes of said acceptance. Luckily, six months lead time is enough for jitters to come and go, for other stories to happen, for life to suck one along in its current.
Now it is almost time. Story trivia?
–I managed to completely flub a reference to alcohol in the original version.
–It is the second of my post-apocalytic trio, affectionately dubbed Snowpocalypse, Droughtpocalypse, and Rainpocalypse (still in draft form). I plan on someday collecting them all in one catastrophic volume.
–It grew out of a much older, unwritten story, featuring an apocalypse of a very different sort.
I think that is all there is to be said about it for now. You can find it at Strange Horizons on December 12 and 19.