Honourable mention for “It’s Fenrir, You Morons”

A bit of publishing news: my flash fiction piece, “It’s Fenrir, You Morons” has received an Honourable Mention in the first War of the Words competition. The contest was held in conjunction with this year’s When Words Collide festival, run by the Alexandra Writers Centre Society, in Calgary. The story will appear with the other winners in War of the Words Anthology Volume 1.

If you’re attending When Words Collide (sadly, I am not), which runs Aug 16-18, a celebration of the contest, featuring author readings, will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday 18, in the Bonavista Ballroom at the Delta Hotel where the festival is being held.

The War of the Words winners are as follows:

1st Place: “Motherhood, Etc.” by Collette Burjack

2nd Place: “Last Evening” by Barbara Darby

3rd Place: “Alan” by Carmen Poon

Honourable Mentions:

“*It’s Fenrir, You Morons” by David Jón Fuller

“Hardy’s War” by Mark Lloyd

“Cailleach Calling Over Lake Lament” by Emily Mody

“Query” by paulo da costa

“Play of the Game” by Kirk McDougall

“A Tree Odyssey” by Stephen James

“Lifeline” by Katalina Maridi

Congrats to all the winners!

Silver wolf coin sells fast

Wolf coinOK, this isn’t strictly speaking a werewolf souvenir, but you have to admit the image of a Canadian wolf on the face of a pure silver $20 coin is appropriate for lovers of all things lycanthropic.  The new coin, issued by the Royal Canadian Mint, was released this year. According to the mint’s website as I write this, the mintage of 250,000 coins is already 97% sold out.