Another Announcement: Deathmatch Round 2 is This Week

Friends, the 200 plus votes you guys gave me pushed me through to the next round of Broken Pencil's Deathmatch. Please head over there again starting today at noon. Yes, I want your hourly votes, but let me humbly say that the story that my story "You People" is up against—"Moulting" by Madeeha Hashmi—is as nearly perfect a short story as I've ever read. It is an evocation of a new love and great optimism. It has a delicate narrative voice and many carefully crafted details. Please read it. I could give a shit about winning—that's not entirely true—but I love stories. Read "Moulting." Also, check out Hashmi's blog Paper Bags & Napkins.  See you over at deathmatch.ca 

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Announcement: Deathmatch Round 1 This Weekend

My new story, “You People” is in an online story “battle,” Broken Pencil’s Indie Writers’ Deathmatch, this weekend from 12:00:00 a.m. on Saturday to 11:59:59 on Sunday. Go to deathmatch.ca to read “You People” and, if you’ve got a lot of time, the 15 stories that it is up against in this first round. Vote for whichever stories. Be warned, though, you can only vote once every hour. Of course, “You People” and I would like your vote.

Note: “You People” features The Oblititrons, who I first met way back in May, then again in two weeks later.

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