Last night the untenured faculty of The Citadel were treated to a dinner cruise in Charleston harbor. It was a magnificent night for it — clear skies, calm waters, only the hint of an evening breeze — and both the company and food was incredible. Quite a nice time.

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Lost in the debacle that was another defense and special teams embarrassment for my beloved Broncos yesterday, was this monstrous tackle by one of the rookies: Nice hit, rook!

From fellow writer Aliette de Bodard comes a note this evening that my short story “The Angel of Marye’s Heights,” which appeared in Paradox Magazine, has been accorded Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror for 2008, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant. I think …

I’ve turned the last page on Four Shards of Heaven. Feels good. Now to get an agent …