February was a short, busy month that ended with a bang.

I wrote and polished one new story and continued work on second.

I received one rejection and four submissions are out in the wild. A fifth story, conceived during dinner at last year’s CSSF workshop, isn’t far behind.

We picked up The Hard SF Renaissance edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer and The New Weird edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.

Eric Reynolds announced the Return to Luna short story contest, with the winners published in an anthology by Hadley Rille Books, whose previous anthologies Visual Journeys and Ruins Extraterrestrial have had stories recommended for a Nebula Award. Good company to be in. I’m already hard at work on my entry.

Since this was a leap year, I did something special on leap day. I won’t say just what yet but it’s safe to say I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.