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I just got back from New York yesterday where I got to talk to the Phobos crew and get some inside skinny on the contest. The contest is still on, everything is cool, they just had a much larger submission pool this year and a smaller staff than last year. Keith Olexa says they want to post the finalists this week.
On the postive front, I got to talk to Sandra Schulberg, the publisher, at some length about her plans for Phobos and it sounds like she is very committed to the company for the long haul. She's making plans for what she wants the company to be ten and twenty years out, which is very encouraging. And it sounds like the finances are on sound footing to keep this going a long time.
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The signing went fine. A lot of people were there, but I think if you subtract out the Phobos crew and the homeless guys at the back of the room, maybe 4 actual readers were in attendance. It was still pretty thrilling.
Also of interest, Phobos arranged for me to have a radio interview on a show called "Six Siders." You can hear the interview at www.sixsiders.com by clicking the "listen to the show link" at the top. I'm reasonably close to the beginning of the show, twenty minutes in, maybe.
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These were listed in the Hatrack main forum. Anyone recognize a title?
“A Timely Education” “All the Rage This Year” “And Cry the Name of David” “Big Shot, The” “Come to Dust” “Dissident” “Earl Billings and the Angels of the Lord” “End of the Beginning, The” “Forgotten War, The” “Future Games: 2050” “Golden Town” “Incomplete” “Man Who Moved the Moon, The” “Man Who Murdered Himself, The” “Merge” “Noah’s Children” “Second Chance of Clevon Walker, The” “Sounds of a Future” “Travelogue” “Tried as an Adult” “Truth Will Not Save You,The ” “Two Rooms and all the Electricity…” “Veil Of Ignorance” “Walls Within, The” “Waterfall”
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I'm not on there either. Though I wish they would post it at the Phobos website, so it was official. Not that I think the post on the other side was fictitious, but it also isn't official enough for me to think about submitting the story elsewhere yet.
Congrats for making it this far Eric! And the other Hatracker as well!
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To find the main forum, got to "Forums" in Hatrack's Menu (top of the page), and Select American Food, Movies, and Culture (or something very like that).
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Hey, guys. Go where GZ said and check out the thread, "*sings* 8 smilies in EVERY POST." Why don't we get smilies like that here? Those are .
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Finally, Phobos has posted the finalists to the website. Just go to www.phobosweb.com and click on the contest link. Although, as near as I can tell, it's identical to what's been posted on this forum earlier.
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