Today I wandered over to the Farmer’s Market by Fort Greene Park, stopped to listen to the beautiful sounds of the jazz band playing there, walked along a street of stoop sales selling old books and records and crystal, then over to the Brooklyn Flea where I skipped the long lines for the Red Hook vendors, tried some hand moisturizer from an Aussie company now based in Brooklyn, picked up some handmade delicious Brooklyn chocolates, and some fresh, delicious Ricotta, also made in Brooklyn. On the way back home I walked past the sounds of the church up the road rocking out with their love of Jesus. And all of it alongside people of every age and color, all of us just enjoying the beautiful day. That short time in my neighborhood was better than any antidepressant could ever be.

I fucking love this neighborhood.

Because of a mix-up, I ended up recording a podcast of Jeffrey Ford’s “The Dreaming Wind” when I was really supposed to record “The Annals of Eelin-Ok”, which I later recorded and which appeared on Podcastle. Paul Tevis was the official reader for “The Dreaming Wind”, but since it was already recorded, Rachel Swirsky went ahead and posted both of them.

So, to my surprise, you can now hear my reading of “The Dreaming Wind” (along with Paul’s) over at Podcastle.

Jeffrey Ford is one of my favorite writers and it was my pleasure to get to read not one, but two of his wonderful stories.

Sybil’s Garage No. 6

It’s my pleasure to help spread the word that the 6th issue of Sybil’s Garage is now available. I helped read for this issue and Matt Kressel, and the other editors, have done an amazing job of putting together the magazine. Less a magazine, this is more of a mini-anthology and well worth your time and money. Details are available at the website and there will also be copies for sale at Wiscon.

http://www.sensesfive.com/sg6.php

Table of Contents

Poetry
Liz Bourke —  “The Girl”
Donna Burgess —  “Ashes”
Lyn C. A. Gardner —  “God’s Cat”
Alex Dally MacFarlane —  “The Wat”
Susannah Mandel —  “Metamorphic Megafauna”
Tracie McBride —  “An Ill Wind”
Kristen McHenry —  “Museum”
Jaime Lee Moyer —  “One by Moonlight”
Daniel A. Rabuzzi —  “Backsight”
Michel Sauret  —  “Brick Wall Giants”
Michel Sauret  —  “Son of Man”
J.E. Stanley —  “City of Bridges”
Sonya Taaffe —  “Skiadas”
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff —  “Sun-Kissed”

Fiction
Rumjhum Biswas —  “Mother’s Garden”
K. Tempest Bradford —  “Élan Vital”
Autumn Canter —  “Day of the Mayfly”
Becca De La Rosa —  “Not the West Wind”
Eric Del Carlo —  “Come the Cold”
Jason Heller —  “The Raincaller”
Paul Jessup —  “Heaven’s Fire ”
Vylar Kaftan —  “Fulgurite”
Keffy R. M. Kehrli —  “Machine Washable”
Sean Markey —  “Waiting for the Green Woman”
James B. Pepe —  “I am Enkidu, his Wild Brother”
Simon Petrie —  “Downdraft”
Genevieve Valentine —  “The Drink of Fine Gentlemen Everywhere”
Stephanie Campisi —  “Drinking Black Coffee at the Jasper Grey Café”
Toiya Kristen Finley —  “Eating Ritual”
Donald Norum —  “An Old Man Went Fishing on the Sea of Red”

Non-Fiction
Interview with Paul Tremblay by Devin Poore

http://www.sensesfive.com/sg6.php

Kris Dikeman, a member of my writing group, Altered Fluid, wrote a brilliant story called “Nine Sundays in a Row” which Strange Horizons had the good sense to publish.

The story was also recently recognized in the top ten list for the storySouth Million Writers Award. You can vote for it for best story of the year. I urge you to check out the story and then go and vote.