“Fish Girl” appears in Fantasy Magazine
It has arrived. The package with two gorgeous glossy contributor’s copies of the Spring 2007 Fantasy Magazine and a lovely check made out to me.
“Fish Girl” is a story I wrote in 2000 or 2001, almost sold (to Rick Wilber during his stint as editor of Galaxy magazine during one of its shorter incarnations), then got a series of encouraging rejections for it (notably from Ellen Datlow who actually liked the story but had no place to put it at that time — my non-writer friends were perplexed by my ecstasy at that rejection letter), then set aside for several years. I finally revised the story last year, having finally seen and understood how to repair the story’s fatal flaw, and sold it first time out to Sean Wallace.
The story has already been reviewed on Tangent Online.
Celebration!
Tom Johnson said,
June 30, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Congratulations Beth. I’d like to read it — I assume I have to buy the magazine to read the story? Keep up the creative work.
beth said,
July 2, 2007 @ 8:31 am
Thanks!
Yeah, the magazine should be available for purchase online (and at some stores) soon. I’ll bring a copy with me to STC next week to show off.
Karina said,
July 13, 2007 @ 11:01 am
Awesome, Beth! I’m told Bakka has copies in stock now, so I’m heading over after work to pick up a copy. It’s been too long since I read one of your stories.
beth said,
July 16, 2007 @ 10:56 am
Thanks! It’s a lovely magazine and I’m delighted to be in it!