Surreal

After years of publishing in the magazines and anthologies sold only online or at convention tables, it was deeply surreal to walk into Porter Square Books today and see Soul Jar on the endcap in the "New Science Fiction and Fantasy" section. This is the first time that's happened to me. I'm delighted-- it's a real thrill seeing something I contributed to on the shelves-- but also it's just like "!!!"

I didn't say anything to the bookstore people because that comes across uncomfortably like having an ego (no one knows who I am, although the person I was with thought it was pretty cool), but it's quite thrilling.