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Some poor schmuck has been named series editor for Best American Fantasy 4 Larry Send a noteboard - 04/01/2010 10:07:14 PM
I've known about this the past two weeks, but had to wait until the official, official announcement was made. Due to a few deadlines looming for the anthology series creators, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, I was asked to step in and be the series editor for Best American Fantasy 4 (estimated publication date being first quarter 2011). I said yes.

Duties will consist of reading through boxes and boxes of genre and literary magazines and journals, as well as a few original anthologies, of stories printed from May 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010. By late June, I'll be turning in a list of 75 or so short stories that are "American" (including Latin America), "fantasy," (which can be defined quite broadly), and "short stories" (under 10K words) to the guest editor for BAF4, Minister Faust. With any luck, review copies will be available before Christmas and I'll have a few to distribute.

So...anyone interested in that? Oh, and the link gives you anything you ever wanted to know about me, so please be gentle and not stalk too much :P
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Some poor schmuck has been named series editor for Best American Fantasy 4 - 04/01/2010 10:07:14 PM 1127 Views
That is really cool! - 04/01/2010 10:46:27 PM 1065 Views
Well... - 04/01/2010 11:46:04 PM 917 Views
I promise, I won't stalk you too much. - 04/01/2010 10:58:37 PM 956 Views
Luckily, that's my parents' address - 04/01/2010 11:45:26 PM 901 Views
Congratulations. - 04/01/2010 11:14:22 PM 921 Views
Well, if you know my tastes in reading... - 04/01/2010 11:44:44 PM 893 Views
That's why you submit a mysteriously focused longlist. *NM* - 05/01/2010 11:23:32 PM 525 Views
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Hey, congratulations! *NM* - 05/01/2010 12:29:26 AM 527 Views
Thanks - 05/01/2010 08:07:08 AM 899 Views
You totally have to make sure Goodkind is in there... - 05/01/2010 12:36:04 AM 972 Views
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This is a big deal. - 05/01/2010 12:59:47 AM 1014 Views
Yes - 05/01/2010 08:02:54 AM 956 Views
I'll buy it based on your name *NM* - 05/01/2010 01:30:39 PM 477 Views
A lot of people around here probably will *NM* - 05/01/2010 09:55:04 PM 484 Views
Am I a brand now? - 06/01/2010 10:12:58 AM 915 Views
You are - 10/01/2010 03:31:24 AM 828 Views
Awesome. Idea: Use this to jump towards TV land. You could be the next Rod Serling. *NM* - 05/01/2010 02:50:09 AM 608 Views
No TV - 05/01/2010 08:04:04 AM 888 Views
Awesome! - 05/01/2010 04:25:51 AM 998 Views
Be sure to read the first three volumes of BAF first - 05/01/2010 08:06:28 AM 940 Views
So cool! Congrats. *NM* - 05/01/2010 05:01:51 AM 491 Views
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Congrats. - 05/01/2010 08:08:02 AM 931 Views
Ha! - 05/01/2010 08:09:39 AM 929 Views
Congrats, my friend. - 05/01/2010 02:38:36 PM 928 Views
Thanks - 06/01/2010 10:15:23 AM 862 Views
Absolutely. - 06/01/2010 03:15:21 PM 841 Views
Well,for starters... - 07/01/2010 11:59:29 AM 855 Views
whoever this poor schmuck is, I hope he reads fast - 05/01/2010 09:59:19 PM 831 Views
I don't know if he can read fast enough, though - 06/01/2010 10:16:24 AM 836 Views
ah, social life...something i'm about to lose completely - 06/01/2010 11:03:09 PM 819 Views
Well done, Larry. That's brilliant. *NM* - 06/01/2010 10:57:15 AM 467 Views
I don't think "brilliant" is a word I'd use for it - 07/01/2010 12:02:35 PM 932 Views
Pfft, that blurb left out Squirrel Fancier - 07/01/2010 03:17:05 PM 810 Views
Well, it's attached to a couple of my columns elsewhere! - 08/01/2010 08:14:19 AM 928 Views
nice! *NM* - 09/01/2010 04:09:07 AM 479 Views
Hopefully so! - 14/01/2010 01:43:07 AM 917 Views
That's wonderful news. - 10/01/2010 01:18:39 AM 1061 Views
Thanks - 14/01/2010 01:41:20 AM 767 Views
However you want to say it - 18/01/2010 04:56:33 PM 1127 Views
Re: Some poor schmuck has been named series editor for Best American Fantasy 4 - 10/01/2010 03:26:32 AM 904 Views
Yes, they are pretty much spoken for already - 14/01/2010 01:40:47 AM 868 Views
Re: Can you send any of these review copies to a land far, far away? - 11/01/2010 03:35:16 PM 916 Views
Don't know - 14/01/2010 01:38:54 AM 842 Views
I only just saw this! - 14/01/2010 09:34:55 PM 882 Views
You were blind before? - 15/01/2010 12:02:09 AM 840 Views
But now I see! - 15/01/2010 10:13:40 AM 1119 Views
It won't be out until mid-March - 17/01/2010 11:31:01 PM 677 Views

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