So my story “From the Mouths of Babes” is now available in the March 2006 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We went to Borders on Saturday night to return some books and sure enough, it was there on the shelf. Available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and many fine book stores nationwide.
Two very positive reviews of my story.
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Tangent Online
“Simple and restrained, told almost entirely in dialogue, Hergenrader’s affecting prose challenges our ideas of youth and age, while evoking the timelessly strong parent-child bond.”
- SF Revu.com
“What starts out seeming like a story about a father and his very precocious son takes a very interesting turn. I’ll look forward to more stories from Hergenrader in the future.”
As an unexpected yet related bonus, I’m also interviewed by John Joseph Adams, F&SF’s slush reader over on his always-excellent blog as part of the ongoing “The Slush God Speaketh…” series.
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Congratulations Trent, you should be proud. Let’s hope your health improves so that the alcohol you toast with is not a 30 mL shooter of NyQuil.
I found a place in Atlanta that carries F&SF, Books a Million (but only one of the stores), and had no luck calling the local Borders or B&N. I’ll pick it up tonight, and look forward to it.
Congrats again.
Next milestone: You need to be on the cover! But this is way, way cool, Mr. Trent. Congratulations.
Dr. Phil
My congrats as well. (And also for The Slush God interview.) Keep up the good work.
Andy
Congrats Majikowski! I’ll try to find a copy over here.
Thanks guys!
I’m trying to imagine which suspense was more skin-warming, the sense that young Daniel felt, or the one I endured while wandering the magazine section at the bookstore, circling the display, circling, circling, finally having to resort to asking for assistance, and then being guided to the section of odd sized journals to find my personal copy of the March ’06 F&SF.
On a side note, searching “Phil Kessel” on Technorati returns our recent blogs number 1 and 2.
Huge congrats!
Great reviews, too.
My local Borders hadn’t been carrying any of the SF magazines, but just recently turned over a new leaf. I wondered through the mag stands today, spotted the F&SF, Asimov’s, Analog grouping, flipped through the mags and was pleasantly surprised to catch your name. So by buying the issue, I can feel that I am not only supporting the continuing prescence of these mags on the newsstand, but also your writig career. The issue is on the passenger seat of my truck, waiting to be read. Good going.
Thanks Eric! I really appreciate it.