Because I seem to be a day late these days, it's now time for me to draw your attention (well, for those of you who haven't seen this yet) to the fact that we've started taking preorders for Tales of the Chinese Zodiac by Jenn Reese. The first twelve of these tasty little flash fiction stories ran at Strange Horizons last year, but we're in with the author and sweet talked her into creating three new zodiac stories for this very snazzy little chapbook.

(But wait! There are only twelve animals in the zodiac! Yes, yes, well, it's all explained in the chapbook, so if you want to know where these extra guys came from, you'll just have to buy a chapbook to find out. And wait until June, when it comes out.)

It's $6, which includes shipping. Preorder the Tales of the Chinese Zodiac now and help us cover our printing costs!

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And in other animal-related news, my mom sent me this link to the Indy Star Falcon Blog and Webcam. Apparently, a falcon routinely makes its nest on top of one of the buildings in downtown Indianapolis (my hometown), so they've set up a webcam and blog about it. She just hatched three fuzzy little babies, which are so freakin' adorable I can hardly stand it. My favorite entry is The Art of Feeding, but they're all good. I tried to watch the cam for awhile today, but it was just hours and hours of the bird's back (I guess she was sleeping or sitting on the last egg?). Regardless, it's already one of my favorite blogs.