So, for starters, what is this Sky-Tinted Waters: 20 MinnSpec Tales of which we speak? Behold the blurb:
With Sky-Tinted Waters, award winning small-press publisher Sam’s Dot Publishing and the 350+ member strong Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers follow up their successful Northern Lights: 20 MinnSpec Tales anthology with twenty new tales certain to thrill, entertain, and illuminate. Within these pages the reader will find exciting fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories featuring:
…Rampaging steam-powered constructs
…Bioengineered killer squirrels
…Military serums filled with nanotech
…A demon who pounces on mispronounced words
…An invisible flying pony
…The two worst friends in the world at the edge of space
…And fourteen more tales of adventure, enchantment, humor, terror, magic and science gone wrong, the unexplained, and the unanticipated by twenty author ranging from debut talents to established professionals in the field of speculative fiction.
The Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers (a.k.a. MinnSpec) is a group of speculative fiction writers in Minnesota (go figure) who gatherr online and in person to talk shop, share critiques and opportunities, and generally have a good time. The angologies are the brainchild of member Michael Merriam, author of Last Car to Annwn Station, Shall We Drown in Feathered Sleep, and Horror at Cold Springs, among other things, who wanted a showcase for the remarkable work of our remarkable members.
How did I end up on comma duty? When Northern Lights came out, I reviewed it on Good Reads, saying something to the effect of, “I enjoyed the stories, but I wish they’d run it past a copy editor before publication, because the typos were killing me.” When the time came to plan Sky-Tinted Waters, Michael approached me and said, “Remember what you said in that review? Care to put your money where your mouth is?” Because I never pass up an opportunity to whip out the Red Pen of Doom, I was more than happy to oblige. I like to think I did my part to make this anthology as full of awesomeness as it could be.
Sky-Tinted Waters is available via Sam’s Dot Publishing.
