Nice Surprise ;o)

I just saw the TOC for The Best of Jim Baen's Universe II. (Among the E-ARCs over at the web-site)

PREFACE Eric Flint & Mike Resnick

SCIENCE FICTION STORIES
"Crawlspace" Dave Freer and Eric Flint
"The Big Guy" Mike Resnick
"Murphy's War" James P. Hogan
"Laws of Survival" Nancy Kress
"War Stories" Elizabeth Bear
"A Stranger in Paradise" Edward M. Lerner
"NEWTS" Kevin J. Anderson
"An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away" John Barnes
"Dark Corners" Kristine Kathryn Rusch
"The Ten Thousand Things" Mark L. Van Name
"A Better Sense of Direction" Mike Wood
"Tweak" Jack McDevitt
"Squish" S.E. Ward

FANTASY STORIES
"Touching the Dead" J. Kathleen Cheney
"The Spiral Road" Louise Marley
"Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again" Garth Nix
"Creation: The Launch!" Laura Resnick
"Midnight at the Quantum Cafe" K.D. Wentworth
"Swing Time" Carrie Vaughn
"The Lord-Protector's Daughter" L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
"Palm Sunday" Ian Watson
"The Necromancer in Love" Wil McCarthy

Look at the people in that TOC! I am really, really flattered and honored that I squeeked in there!

I'm certain that the most excellent magazine editors must have gone to bat for my little story, and for that I am profoundly grateful.

THe paperback is available now at Amazon.