Starting the second half of the 2020 Visions collection is a short story by an author with one of the most unique names in speculative fiction: Cat Rambo.  Many people believe she writes using Cat Rambo as her pen name. It is, in fact, her real name. I’ve known Cat… Continue reading
Emily Devenport is another one of the local authors I know from hanging around writerly events here in the valley of the sun– sitting on panels at local cons, chatting at the bookstore she worked in, that sort of thing. In addition to the name Emily Devenport, she has written… Continue reading
Jeff Spock make his living writing video game scripts, as well as writing prose fiction. He lives in the town of Le Bar sur Loup in the south of France. His story for the 2020 Visions anthology is called “Teh Afterl1fe.” Those are not typos. This is typical spelling in… Continue reading
David Lee Summers fills the number 6 spot in the anthology with his hopeful story The Revelation of Thought. Any comments I could make about the story would be in the form of spoiler, so I’m not going to discuss it. David is a professional astronomer at Kitt Peak Observatory. … Continue reading
Ernest Hogan is not to be confused with this Ernest Hogan. His self-description probably does the best job: ERNEST HOGAN is a recombocultural Chicano mutant, known for committing outrageous acts of science fiction, cartooning, and other questionable pursuits. He can’t help but be controversial. Everything he does offends or causes… Continue reading
The fourth author to appear in 2020 Visions will be Jason S. Ridler. Jason holds a doctorate degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is also a former cemetery worker and punk musician. He has burst onto the writing scene in the past few years,… Continue reading
The third story in 2020 Visions is from Randy Henderson, a relative newcomer, and a man about whom I know very little. His story is called A Shelter For Living Things, and concerns the impact of water shortages and rationing on a woman who runs an animal shelter. This story… Continue reading
I met Sheila Finch in Tempe, Arizona last year at Westercon. Sheila and I were the only two members to attend the scheduled SFWA meeting, but since two members does not meet quorum, we just sat and chatted for the hour. Sheila’s reputation as a writer precedes her.  The 1998… Continue reading
Over the course of the next two weeks or so, I will be posting a little information on the authors contributing to the 2020 Visions Anthology. The order is the sequence I expect the stories to appear in the anthology. It opens with a short piece from Mary Robinette Kowal…. Continue reading
After months of reading and screening stories, after cutting loose stories I liked but just weren’t quite right, and after waiting on the publisher to give me the green light, here is the awaited table of contents for the 2020 Visions anthology. 1. Mary Robinette Kowal – Birthright 2. Sheila… Continue reading
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