Well, seeing as my wife boarded a plane yesterday morning to visit her brother in Georgia for a week and seeing as how I have a three-day weekend coming up . . .

Okay, here's the deal: I'm going to write three new short-stories by Monday night. They must be at least 3k words each and cannot be from any previous short-story ideas I have sitting around.

I love to test myself like this.

I'll keep you posted.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and for those of you off to Wiscon, remember, throwing up on the editor's shoes after a Saturday night of hard partying will not get you a book contract. I know, I know. That's a persistent rumor but I'm here to tell you: It just ain't true!

Have fun, but not too much fun.

Joseph Haines, signing off from The Edge of the Abyss.