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I was an associate editor for the Sam's Dot Publishing anthology, Appalling Limericks. Buy a copy today at The Genre Mall.

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APPALLING LIMERICKS made the March 2008 Genre Mall bestseller list.

MAGAZINES

I am the editor for ILLUMEN, a poetry print magazine that's published twice a year.

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The cover of the Spring 2008 issue of Illumen, "Passage" by Dan Skinner placed in the top ten of the 2008 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll for Magazine/Ezine Art.

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James S. Dorr's poem "Emile's Ghosts" that appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Illumen was nominated for a Rhysling Award.

Three poems from Illumen received honorable mention in The Year's Best Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow, for 2008. They are:
 
"Guardian" by Sandy Hiss, Spring 2008 Illumen
"Midnight in the Panopticon" by Jennifer Crow, Autumn 2008 Illumen
"The Gravedigger's Daughter" by JoSelle Vanderhooft, Autumn 2008 Illumen

ILLUMEN received a top ten finish in the Poetry Magazine category in the 2008 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll.

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ILLUMEN made the April 2008 Genre Mall bestseller list for the spring 2008 issue and the November 2008 Genre Mall bestseller list for the autumn 2008 issue.

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Illumen
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Issue 11

Four poems from the 2009 issues of Illumen were nominated for a Rhysling Award. They are "Wishes for Godmothers" by Mary Alexandra Agner (Fall 2009 issue), "The Bookseller's Tale" by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Spring 2009 issue), "The Glass Ship" by Mary Alexandra Agner (Fall 2009 issue), and "Creation Myth" by Robert K. Gardner (Fall 2009 issue).

ILLUMEN received a top ten finish in the poetry magazine category of the 2009 Prededitors & Editors Readers Poll.

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I am the editor of the online science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine AFTERBURN SF.  

"The Sixth Day" by Robey Jenkins was named a 2009 Notable Story in the story South Million Writers Award.

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