He's struggling to get his third Evenmere novel into print (1st 3 chapters available at https://www.sff.net/people/james-stoddard/The_Winking.html ), even with two stories recently published in the prior and current issue of F&SF (the latter a story of Evenmere).

I loved the whole Evenmere concept: endless ancient halls, rooms, attic containing Jungian and Campbell archetypes (including that of destruction in the "last" dinosaur Jormungand); whole wings of the house being separate principalities and nations; the references to other fantasy realms from Lewis Carrol to William Morris to Homer to Joy Chant and many other fantasists from the old Ballantine Adult Fantasy series of the 70's.

Great stuff. If you get a chance, track down his House books.

Admittedly, itis a bit discouraging that if some of my favorite fantasy authors like Mr. Stoddard can't find an editor / publisher for his novel...well, I'll definitely won't give up my day job.

I have not read the story in the Mar/Apr issue yet. But "Christmas in Hostage Canyon" was great! I loved the idea behind it.

He's written a third Evenmere novel but, despite the first and best THE HIGH HOUSE winning the Compton Cook Award and praise by many of the best fantasy authors in the field, has yet to find an agent willing to represent him (which really places my own as yet vain quest for representation in sharp despondent perspective) particularly as there is no interest in reprinting the first two Evenmere novels. I've encouraged him to consider e-publishing as a back-up. He recently epublished his "modernization" of William Hope Hodgson's classic THE NIGHT LAND. http://www.amazon.com/Night-Land-Story-Retold-ebook/dp/B004GKNM3W/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

As far as agents go, I question having one anymore. But that's another topic already being talked about.